News from June 2023
Illinois Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: HAMMOND- Levar Tyms, 20 years old, of Country Club Hills, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to possessing an unregistered machinegun, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Muskegon Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Destructive Device
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that Casey Richard Newman, 40, of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff for knowingly possessing a destructive device. Destructive devices, ...
Maple Grove Felon Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking, Possession of a Machinegun
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 6, 2023
A Maple Grove felon has been sentenced to 360 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl while possessing a machinegun, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Washington Parish Man Sentenced for Federal Gun and Drug Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JONATHAN LEWIS, age 39, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on May 25, 2023, to serve three concurrent sentences of 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to two counts of distribution of cocaine (Title 21, ...
Wolf Point Man Accused in Armed Carjackings in Yellowstone, Cascade Counties Admits to Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Wolf Point man who was arrested after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase throughout Cascade County admitted today to trying to steal a vehicle from a man near Ulm and to brandishing a gun while carjacking a vehicle from a woman in Billings, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Militia Members Indicted for Conspiracy To Murder Border Patrol Officers and Attempted Murder of FBI Agents
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Two members of the self-styled 2nd American Militia who conspired to go “to war with border patrol" have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to a conspiracy to murder Border Patrol officers, which ended in a shootout with FBI agents who arrested them on the eve of their planned trip to the United States - Mexico border.
Cooperation Between United States and Mexican Law Enforcement Leads to Mexican Takedown of Significant Firearms Trafficker
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Michel Bacasegua-Barriga, the leader of a prolific transnational firearms trafficking organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border, was arrested last week by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía General de la República (FGR). The enforcement operation ...
Federal Judge Convicts Billings Felon of Illegal Possession of Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: MISSOULA - A federal judge today convicted a Billings felon of illegally possessing a firearm after a bench trial, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Joshua J. Murphy Named Special Agent in Charge of the Mission Services Division at the Los Angeles Field Office
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: Joshua J. Murphy Named Special Agent in Charge of the Mission Services Division at the Los Angeles Field Office.
Las Vegas Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl and Possession of Machine Guns
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 6 ½ years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for selling machine gun conversion devices and thousands of pills laced with fentanyl.
Three-Month Campaign To Reduce Violent Crime Results in Seizure of 165 Firearms and 29 Prosecutions for Gun, Drug and Violent Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Law enforcement officials today announced that a three-month campaign to reduce violent crime in San Diego County has resulted in the seizure of 165 firearms - including 82 privately-made weapons known as “ghost guns" - and the prosecution of 29 people.
Utah Woman Sentenced to 12 Months Imprisonment for Wire Fraud and Ordered To Pay Over $88,000 in Restitution
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah - A Utah woman was sentenced today to one year imprisonment for devising a scheme to defraud Kemper Personal Insurance, for personal payment following a massive house fire in 2021.
Holly, Michigan Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison After Threatening Bar Patrons With an AR-15-Style Rifle
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Holly, Michigan man was sentenced to 5 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a weapon after he pointed an AR-15-style rifle at patrons inside the Holly Inn Bar in March 2022, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
Twenty Charged in Federal and State Court for Drug Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Devon Reed of New Castle, DE, Dawann Reed of Clayton, DE, Gregory Carter of Wilmington, DE, Jaywann Saunders of New Castle, DE, Quincy Clark of New Castle, DE, Eduardo Felix of San Diego, CA, Monyae Fields-Brown ...
Rowlett Man Who Stalked, Murdered Ex-Girlfriend Sentenced to 43 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: A Rowlett man who cyberstalked his ex-girlfriend and shot and stabbed her to death in the midst of a bitter custody dispute was sentenced today to 43 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Schenectady Felon Sentenced for Firearms Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Larry Peterkin, age 46, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), made the announcement.
New Orleans Man Sentenced for Federal Carjacking and Firearm Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MARIO COUSAN, age 25, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on May 18, 2023, to 147 months imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, after pleading guilty to carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Leader of Houston-Based DTO Pleads Guilty to Leading Large-Scale Meth Distribution and Importation Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: New York - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Francisco Javier Mecina Barrera, a/k/a “Angel," pled guilty today to conspiring to import and distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and to using, carrying, and possessing a firearm which...
Violent Felon Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison After Being Found Armed With a Machinegun and Unconscious in a Running Vehicle on I-465
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Michael Parham, 31, of Indianapolis, Indiana has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
USDOJ-OJP-BJS grant application closes on June 23
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2023
FY 2023 National Inmate Survey (NIS-4) Jails grant opened on June 6.