DOJ Newswire Report News
Tampa Area Siblings Sentenced to 15 Years for Series of Convenience Store Robberies
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has sentenced Christopher Alvarez (19, Tampa) and Dyonnie Alvarez (22, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for four Hobbs Act robberies, conspiracy to commit those robberies, and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence during the commission of the robberies.
Fort Myers Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Jontavious Jarquel Griffin (34, Fort Myers) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
St. Croix County Man Sentenced to 216 Months in Prison for 2018 Arson
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in cooperation with the St. Croix District Attorney’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigations State Fire Marshal’s Office, announces the sentencing of a St. Croix County man to 216 months in state prison for setting fire to a Woodville, Wisconsin, commercial building on December 29, 2018.
Armed Waterbury Drug Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on April 28, 2023, CORNELIUS CONEY, also known as “C Nizzy,” 35, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Two DC-Area Men Plead Guilty to Drug Charges Connected to an Open-Air Drug Market in SE DC
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Douglas Campbell, 27, of District Heights, Maryland, and his brother Delonte Campbell, 27, of Southeast Washington D.C., pleaded guilty today, in U.S. District Court, to felony charges in connection with their roles in an open-air drug market.
Orleans Parish Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Violation of the Federal Gun Control Act
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
On Thursday, April 27, 2023, REGIS GRIMES, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced in the United States District Court after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Plymouth Man Arrested, Charged in Federal Complaint With Arson Following Fires at Two Minneapolis Mosques
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Jackie Rahm Little, aka Joel Arthur Tueting, has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with arson following fires at two Minneapolis mosques, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Rapid City Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on April 28, 2023.
Georgia woman sentenced to prison, ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for COVID fraud
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Defendant filed false COVID relief applications for dozens of people
Violent Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Robbery
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
A Cedar Rapids man who attempted to rob a marijuana dealer and later shot at least twenty‑four times at an apartment building was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 15 years in federal prison.
Hospers, Iowa Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Gun Convictions
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Hospers, Iowa Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Gun Convictions
Ocean County Man Admits Money Laundering
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he illegally laundered the proceeds of a wire fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
U.S. Attorney Will Thompson Announces Digital Ad Campaign Targeting Romance Fraud Scams
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
A convicted participant in a multimillion-dollar romance fraud scam is helping the Southern District of West Virginia sound the alarm about these schemes, said United States Attorney Will Thompson.
Everett Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today charging an Everett man with sex trafficking four female victims.
St. Louis County Man Admits Smuggling Wildlife
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
A man from St. Louis County, Missouri on Tuesday admitted smuggling regulated wildlife into the United States.
DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Reveals That Social Media Platforms Play Significant Role in Cartels’ Ability to Get Fentanyl and Methamphetamine into American Communities
DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Reveals That Social Media Platforms Play Significant Role in Cartels’ Ability to Get Fentanyl and Methamphetamine into American Communities
Federal Jury Convicts St. Louis County Man of Dealing Fatal Dose of Heroin and Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
A jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Thursday found a convicted felon guilty of selling the heroin and fentanyl that killed a Florissant, Missouri, man in 2018.
DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Reveals That Social Media Platforms Play Significant Role in Cartels’ Ability to Get Fentanyl and Methamphetamine into American Communities
Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
A registered nurse on Thursday admitted illegally obtaining and using fentanyl from the hospital where she worked.