News from April 2023
Leader of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder and a Drug Distribution Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced NFL gang leader Gregory Butler, a/k/a “Gotti,” “Sags,” and “Little Dick,” age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday to 30 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise related to his activities in the NFL gang, which operated in the Edmondson Village area in Southwest Baltimore.
Alma Woman Sentenced to 30 Months for Possession of Stolen Firearms
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Erin Leigh Gehrig, 41, of Alma, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to 30 months’ imprisonment following her conviction for possession of stolen firearms.
Queens Man Sentenced To 121 Months In Prison For Laundering Millions Of Dollars Of Fraud And Hacking Schemes And Committing Bank Fraud
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DJONIBEK RAHMANKULOV was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for laundering millions of dollars in criminal proceeds obtained from computer hacking, healthcare fraud, and Small Business Administration loan fraud, as well as operating an international unlicensed money transmitting business.
Large-Scale Cocaine Supplier Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
Ten Members and Associates of Marion Gardens Jersey City Gang Charged for Drug Trafficking Activities
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
Ten members of the Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were charged today for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Atlantic City Councilman Charged with Submitting False Voter Registrations, Making False Statements, and Fraudulently Obtaining Unemployment Benefits
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man has been charged with falsifying voter registrations, making false statements to the FBI about interactions with prospective voters, and submitting false unemployment benefits claims with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Texas Man Sentenced For Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire Reports | Apr 5, 2023
Defendant Spent 37 Minutes Inside Capitol Building, Rifled Through Papers on Senators’ Desks
Superseding Indictment Charges River Falls Man With Sex and Labor Trafficking, Production of Child Pornography & Money Laundering
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging a River Falls, Wisconsin man with labor and sex trafficking, production of child pornography, and money laundering.
Rockford Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Banks in Rockford and Belvidere
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
A federal judge has sentenced a Rockford man to a total of 10 years in federal prison for robbing banks in Rockford and Belvidere in 2021, and for violating his terms of supervised release.
Former Memphis Attorney Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
Former Memphis attorney, Leigh M. Chiles, 49, pled guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud an estate over which she was appointed to serve as executrix
Informational: Federal Court arraignments
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints.
Federal Arrest of an Undocumented Non-Citizen for Assault on a Federal Officer
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Venezuelan national, 19-year-old Jhon Rincon-Teran for assaulting a federal officer in El Paso, Texas.
Kittrell Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years For Multiple Armed Bank Robberies
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
Cameron Evans, 27, of Kittrell was sentenced today to 185 months in prison for charges related to two bank robberies in Raleigh and Greenville.
U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Yonkers Man For Threatening To Kill Yonkers Police Officers
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
Ridon Kola Threatened to Kill Yonkers Police Officers and the Mayor of Yonkers in Online Messages While Expressing His Support for Radical Islamic Extremism and Terrorist Attacks
Lincoln Man Sentenced for Unlawful Possession of Ammunition
By DOJ Newswire Report | Apr 5, 2023
United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Bukjiok Dobuony, 30, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for felon in possession of ammunition. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Dobuony to 30 months’ imprisonment.
Cass County Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of an Unregistered Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Cass County man has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a short-barreled shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
147 press releases published in March by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2023
There were 147 press releases published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in March.
Detroit Rapper Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - Detroit rapper Marcellus Wallace, a/k/a “Baby Grizzley," was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison based on his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2023
News Release: HAMMOND- Antonio Joel Ortiz, 25 years old, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years for Trafficking Nearly 150 Pounds of Drugs, Including Heroin, Fentanyl, and Marijuana
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Linwood Douglas Thorne, 51, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in one of the largest seizures of heroin in the District of Columbia’s history. The sentence, handed down March 31, 2023, by U.S. District ...