News from April 2023
Zohannon Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms in Columbus
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A confirmed member of the Columbus-based Zohannon criminal street gang who is also a convicted felon was sentenced to serve federal prison time this week for illegally possessing two semiautomatic weapons, one was stolen and the other had two loaded magazines attached with a brass catcher—a device designed to capture spent bullets.
Sturgis Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Sturgis, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on April 14, 2023.
New Orleans Man Sentenced After Conviction at Trial for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
GEORGE BENNETT, aka “G,” age 40, from the greater New Orleans area, was sentenced on April 13, 2023 by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to one hundred twenty-one (121) months’ imprisonment followed by a term of ten (10) years’ supervised release and a mandatory $300.00 special assessment fee after his conviction at trial for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Martin County Man Convicted of Producing and Receiving Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Beauty, Ky., man was convicted on Wednesday. by a federal jury sitting in Pikeville. of six counts of child pornography-related offenses.
Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Theft of Firearms From Police Weapons Vault and Tampering With Multiple Witnesses
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Former police officer William Cintrón-Rivera, a.k.a. “El Kid/Kid" pleaded guilty to the theft of 54 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, Guayama headquarters on July 17, 2019. On Jan. 20, 2021, a federal grand jury charged the defendant with multiple counts of firearms violations and tampering with witnesses.
Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking More Than 2 lbs. of Fentanyl in New Hampshire
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
34 Officers of People's Republic of China National Police Charged with Perpetrating Transnational Repression Scheme Targeting U.S. Residents
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging 34 officers of the national police of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) – with harassing Chinese nationals residing in the New York metropolitan area and elsewhere in the United States.
Eight Chinese Government Officials Charged with Directing Employee of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Chinese Dissidents from Company's Platform
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
An amended complaint was unsealed charging a total of 10 defendants, including a former executive of a U.S. telecommunications company (Company-1) who worked in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), six officers of the PRC Ministry of Public Security (MPS), two officials with the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), and one other civilian with conspiracy to commit interstate harassment and unlawful conspiracy to transfer means of identification
Philadelphia Man Admits Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Philadelphia man today admitted trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Suzanne Turner Named Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Director Christopher Wray has named Suzanne Turner as the assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She most recently served as assistant director of the Inspection Division.
U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Bronx Woman For Threatening To Shoot Up A New Rochelle Restaurant And Sports Bar On A Saturday Night
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Jayleen Mota Threatened to Shoot Up A Popular Nationwide Chain Restaurant and Sports Bar in New Rochelle on a Saturday Night
Former Oakland Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Public Funds
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Terry A. Poland, 33, of Fremont, Nebraska, was arraigned and pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Michael D. Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge, to Misuse of Public Funds.
Kankakee, Illinois, Man Sentenced to 207 Months in Prison for Carjacking, Discharge of Firearm
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A Kankakee, Illinois, man, Anycco M. Rivers, 25, of the 1100th block of E. Merchant Street, was sentenced today to an aggregate term of 207 months’ imprisonment for carjacking and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Two Inmates Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Weapons at FCI McDowell
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Two inmates were each sentenced today for possession of a weapon by an inmate of a federal prison for separate incidents at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell.
40 Officers of China’s National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Defendants Accused of Creating Fake Social Media Accounts to Harass PRC Dissidents, and Working with Employees of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Dissidents from Company’s Platform
Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Defendants Are New York City Residents Who Allegedly Operated the Police Station in Lower Manhattan and Destroyed Evidence When Confronted by the FBI
Columbia Man Sentenced After Attempting to Bring Stun Guns, Smoke Grenades, Knives, and Pepper Spray Into Columbia Airport
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
David Lee Angell, 51, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to knowingly and willfully entering into an airport area in violation of security requirements.
Sumter Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison in Tax and Covid-19 Loan Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
Maggie-Anne Boler, 61, of Sumter, was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison in relation to a scheme to submit false tax returns and a fraudulent Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loan to the United States. The schemes defrauded the United States out of roughly $180,000.
Mobile Resident Convicted on all Counts at Fraud and Identity Theft Trial
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A federal jury convicted a Mobile resident this week for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements to the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and Social Security Administration (“SSA”).
South Los Angeles Man Found Guilty of Knowingly Recruiting Teenage Girls for Commercial Sex Work and Trafficking an Adult via Threats
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 24, 2023
A South Los Angeles man was found guilty by a jury today of nine felonies for recruiting and enticing teenage girls for whom he acted as a “pimp” and providing them for commercial sex work.