News from August 2023
Nine KC Gang Leaders, Members Indicted in Racketeering, Murder Conspiracies
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three leaders and six members of a confederation of street gangs in the Kansas City metropolitan area have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in an ongoing criminal enterprise that involved armed violence, including a murder conspiracy, drive-by shootings and illegal drug trafficking.
Chillicothe, Illinois, Man Sentenced for Setting Fire to Reproductive Health Services Facility
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe, Illinois, man, was sentenced today for the arson of the Planned Parenthood Peoria Health Center in Peoria, Illinois.
Activity in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Wyoming
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Firearm Offenses. Joshua Charles Crook, 34, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced on August 17 to 40 months’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal imposed the sentence, which includes three years of supervised release and a $100 special ...
Six Indicted For Multi-State Oxycodone Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - Six individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed oxycodone pills, obtained from a source in the Houston area, across Southeastern Massachusetts and beyond.
Justice Department Provides Emergency Support for Maui First Responders
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: On Aug. 13, Emergency Support Function #13 (ESF #13) was activated to provide force protection for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Urban Search & Rescue teams, the Department of Health and Human Services Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team and to augment the Maui Police Department in the aftermath of the Hawaii wildfires.
Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man has admitted to a federal judge that, in February 2021, while he was detained at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) on unrelated charges, he arranged by telephone with his then girlfriend to locate and sell a firearm that he illegally possessed and took steps to continue running his established drug trafficking business.
Previously Convicted Felon Indicted for Narcotics and Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and using a firearm in relation of a drug trafficking offense.
New Orleans Man Sentenced for Federal Gun and Drug Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - LANCE STEVENS, age 27, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2023 after pleading guilty to a six-count indictment charging him with federal firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
Melvin Hill Convicted by Jury on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Melvin Hill, 44, of Tignall, Georgia, has been convicted in U.S. District Court in Rutland on five drug and gun charges after a week-long jury trial. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered that Hill remain in jail pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled. Hill has been held without bail since his arrest in March 2022.
Lansing Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Illegal Gun Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Davion Shymarri Shaltry, 19, of Lansing, Michigan, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. Shaltry will be on supervised release for three years after he is released from prison.
Two Radcliff Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Armed Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Two Radcliff men were sentenced this week for interference with commerce by robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Arsonist Pleads Guilty to Fire Bombing Donut Hole
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa man who firebombed a popular donut shop with a Molotov Cocktail pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Justice Department publishes 18 notices in week ending Aug. 12
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
There were 18 notices published by the Justice Department in week ending Aug. 12, according to the Federal Register.
ATF National Response Team To Investigate Buffington Farms Fire
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The National Response Team (NRT) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived on-scene Wednesday to join agents from the Cape Girardeau, St. Louis and Fairview Heights ATF Offices in investigating a large fire that destroyed parts of Buffington Farms in Williamsville, Missouri.
Jury Convicts Binghamton Felon and Escapee of Illegally Possessing a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: UTICA, N.Y. - On Friday evening, a jury voted to convict Charles Harrison, 34, of Binghamton, New York, of being a felon in possession of a firearm, following a 4-day trial in Utica.
Jury Convicts Columbus Man of Committing Six Robberies
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal jury has convicted a Columbus man for committing six robberies in Columbus in September and October 2020.
Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Pleads Guilty
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: AMIRE NEWSOME, also known as “Mire," 20, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang.
Leesburg Man Sentenced for the Unlicensed Sale of Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Leesburg man was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for selling at least nine firearms, for a profit and without a license, that he originally purchased from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Wise County Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl Pills
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An Exeter, Virginia man, who conspired to sell pressed pills containing fentanyl purchased from various social media platforms, was sentenced this week to 60 months in federal prison.
Previously Convicted Felon Indicted for Narcotics and Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and using a firearm in relation of a drug trafficking offense.