News from April 2023
Cherry Hill Gang Member Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy Including Murdering an Individual Believed To Be a Rival Gang Member
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, today sentenced Travis Alewine, a/k/a “Sticks," age 30, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 253 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his membership in the “Hillside" gang, operating in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. Alewine admitted that as part of his gang activities, he participated in a murder.
Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Pisgah Laboratories Inc. discussed on April 27 by Justice Department
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Application: Bulk Manufacturer of Marihuana: Royal Dynastic Organics discussed on April 27 by Justice Department
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
MAJOR CASE: U.S. Marshals, Crime Stoppers Offer up to $10K Reward for Information Leading to Murder Suspect’s Arrest
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Marshals and Crime Stoppers of West Virginia are offering a combined reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a West Virginia man wanted for first-degree murder in McDowell County, West Virginia.
Justice Department discusses Importer of Controlled Substances Application: Pfizer Inc. on April 27
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Providence Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A citizen of Liberia residing in Providence who participated in a fraud scheme to create and deposit fraudulent checks and then quickly withdraw the funds from banks before the fraud was discovered was sentenced today to forty-one months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Former Mississippi Department of Corrections Official Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force Against an Inmate
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: A former case manager with the Mississippi Department of Corrections pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Tom Lee for using excessive force against an inmate, involving the use of a dangerous weapon and resulting in bodily injury.
Former Employee Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Molotov Cocktail Attack on St. Charles Restaurant
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A disgruntled former employee of a St. Charles, Missouri restaurant who attacked it with Molotov cocktails was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison.
New Orleans Man Sentenced on Federal Carjacking and Weapons Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant KEON ESTEEN, age 18, was sentenced on April 13, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Barry W. Ashe to a total term of 130 months. As to Count 1 the court sentenced ESTEEN to 46 months of imprisonment. As to Count 2, the court ...
Sacramento Man Charged With Methamphetamine Distribution Crimes and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment Thursday against Efrain Valentin, 54, of Sacramento, charging him with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Man Convicted of 2006 Murder of Kelly Diaz
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWIN CORTORREAL, a/k/a “Crazy Ed," was found guilty of all three counts at trial, including conspiracy to commit racketeering and two counts for robbing and murdering Kelly Diaz in 2006 in Washington Heights. The verdict followed a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni.
Leesburg Convicted Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Timothy Eric Evans (41, Leesburg) under the Armed Career Criminal Act to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the handgun and ammunition used in the offense. Evans had pleaded guilty on June 8, 2022.
U.S. Marshals in Houston Arrest Mississippi Prison Escapee
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Houston, TX - The U.S. Marshals-led Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force today arrested one of the four fugitives who escaped early Sunday from the Raymond Detention Center in Raymond, Mississippi, and getting away in a Hinds County public works truck.
Falls Church Man Sentenced for Possessing Unregistered Silencers
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Falls Church man was sentenced today to 3 years in prison for unlawful possession of unregistered silencers.
ATF Investigates Weare Explosions
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Boston - The Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leading the investigation of two separate explosions that occurred in a wooded area of Weare, New Hampshire.
Former Arkansas State Senator Sentenced for Role in Bribery Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: A former Arkansas state senator was sentenced yesterday to four years and two months in prison in the Western District of Missouri for accepting multiple bribes in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
South Carolina Man Arrested for Stealing and Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Alexander Timothy Rosa (31, South Carolina) on a three-count indictment charging him with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, possession of a stolen firearm, and stealing a firearm from a federal firearms licensee. If convicted, Rosa faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count.
Wanted by the FBI: High School Students for the 2023 FBI Summer Teen Academy
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX-The FBI El Paso Field Office invites all interested 10th-12th grade students enrolled in accredited high schools (public, private, or homeschool) in El Paso to apply to attend the FBI El Paso Teen Academy, which will be held at 660 S. Mesa Hills, June 12-16, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day.
Three Members of Caribbean Arms Trafficking Ring Plead Guilty
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Tevin OBrian Oliver (30, Homestead), Jameal Kaia Phillip (30, Trinidad and Tobago), and Edward Soloman King III (31, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to federal charges. Oliver and Phillip pleaded to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the ...