DOJ Newswire News
South St. Paul Felon Pleads Guilty in Drug Trafficking Case
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A South St. Paul felon has pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Wilmington Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Gun Possession Involved in Carjacking
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Wilmington man was sentenced last week to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm that was used in a carjacking. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced the sentence.
New Britain Man Admits Stealing and Selling Catalytic Converters
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ALICEA, 31, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.
Kalkaska Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Pipe Bombs
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: KALAMAZOO - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that Terrence Wayne Vanochten, 56, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing unregistered destructive devices, namely three pipe bombs.
Former Long Beach First Responder Sentenced to More Than 29 Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes, Including Selling Fentanyl That Resulted in Coworker’s Fatal Overdose
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former first responder who worked at a Long Beach hospital was sentenced today to 352 months in federal prison for selling fentanyl to two of his co-workers who thought they were buying cocaine, one of whom later died of an overdose after ingesting the powerful opioid.
Bridgeport Felon Caught With Loaded Gun Receives 54 Months in Prison for Fourth Federal Conviction
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAHSHIM CARTER, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years for supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Jamestown Man Going to Prison on Drug and Gun Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Douglas Beardsley, 38, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of firearms, was sentenced to serve 176 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
Wolcott Man Admits Unlawful Manufacture and Dealing of AR-15-Style Assault Rifles
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Colonel Stavros Mellekas of the Connecticut State Police today announced that GREGORY LEARY, 35, of Wolcott, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to manufacturing and dealing AR-15-style firearms without a license.
Fourth Circuit Upholds Former Tabor City Doctor’s Conviction for Operating a Pill Mill
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - A three-judge panel from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous, published opinion affirming former physician Jong Whan Kim’s conviction and sentence for operating a pill mill in Tabor City. The Fourth Circuit’s decision was the first published opinion by the Court upholding...
Michael Glasheen Named Director of the Terrorist Screening Center
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: Michael Glasheen Named Director of the Terrorist Screening Center.
Rotterdam Man Sentenced for Marijuana and Gun Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Tyquan Armstrong, aka “Moose," age 44, of Rotterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
James Smith Named Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: James Smith Named Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office.
New Orleans Man Charged in Superseding Indictment With Federal Gun Offense
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MAURICE FLORANT, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on June 9, 2023, in a one-count superseding indictment for a violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Rapid City Man Indicted for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Rapid City, South Dakota, man for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2023
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge yesterday sentenced an armed career criminal for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
New Britain Man Admits Stealing and Selling Catalytic Converters
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ALICEA, 31, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.
Wolcott Man Admits Unlawful Manufacture and Dealing of AR-15-Style Assault Rifles
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Colonel Stavros Mellekas of the Connecticut State Police today announced that GREGORY LEARY, 35, of Wolcott, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to manufacturing and dealing AR-15-style firearms without a license.
Bridgeport Felon Caught With Loaded Gun Receives 54 Months in Prison for Fourth Federal Conviction
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAHSHIM CARTER, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years for supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Jury Convicts Alabama Man of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2023
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - On June 14, 2023, a federal jury convicted Curtis Navelle Harrison, 45, of Monroeville, Alabama, of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and less than 40 grams of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF").
Montana Man Sentenced for Federal Hate and Firearms Crimes for Shooting Intended to Kill and Rid Town of LGBTQI+ Residents
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2023
News Release: A Montana man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris to 18 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for shooting into a residence and attempting to shoot others with the intent of ridding a town of LGBTQI+ residents.