News from March 2023
Six Houston Gang Members Indicted for Using a Firearm in Racketeering Murder of Innocent Bystander
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced an indictment charging five men and a woman with aiding and abetting the use of a firearm to commit murder in aid of racketeering.
Former Bureau of Prisons Nurse Pleads Guilty to Contraband Smuggling and Bribery Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Miami-Dade resident Ruben Montanez-Mirabal, 33, has pled guilty in federal district court to conspiring to commit bribery, conspiring to provide contraband in a federal prison, and providing contraband in a federal prison.
Former L.A. Resident Arrested on Complaint Alleging Multimillion-Dollar Frauds Targeting Members of Orthodox Jewish Community
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community, by inducing them into investing millions of dollars in his security camera business and his purported real estate ventures in Israel, the Justice Department announced today.
Previously Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher has sentenced August Candeloro III, a/k/a “Nick," age 35, of Catonsville, Maryland, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for a federal charge of possession of child pornography.
Guatemalan Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Transporting Aliens
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Luis Guajaca, age 36, and a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty today to unlawfully transporting two Mexican citizens.
6 Charged with Drug Trafficking Operation, Shipping Meth from California to Chicago
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO - Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a federal grand jury has indicted five Chicago area residents and one California resident with a drug trafficking conspiracy for both shipping methamphetamine through the mail and distributing methamphetamine in and around Chicago.
ST. THOMAS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 87 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. THOMAS, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Yefri Martinez Herrera, 30, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to conspiracy to possess cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Martell Mitchum, 36, Chicago, Illinois was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5 years in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Mitchum pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 22, 2022.
Parkersburg Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Tytus Lamaar Shields, 34, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Convicted Felon Sentenced To More Than 17 Years For Robbery And Discharging A Firearm During A Violent Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Marques Howard (31, Tampa) to 17 years and 3 months in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit that robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. As a part of the sentence, Howard was also ordered to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offenses. Howard had pleaded guilty on December 5, 2022.
Kalamazoo Felon On Parole Sentenced To 70 Months In Federal Prison For Possessing A Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Teiun Tyree Walker, 22, of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Chief Judge...
Okmulgee Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Second Degree Murder
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A defendant who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man at a north Tulsa convenience store parking lot was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Florida Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Racially Motivated Attack Against Group of Black Men
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Gainesville, Florida, returned a six-count indictment charging David Emanuel, 61, with committing hate crimes for his racially motivated attack on a group of Black men who were surveying land along a public road in Cedar Key, Florida.
Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping and Carjacking in Alabama’s Wiregrass Region
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Iziquel Pasheng Vang, 23, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received a sentence of 30-years in prison for kidnapping and carjacking. The federal judge also ordered that Vang serve five years of supervised release following his prison term.
Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Over 900 Grams of Heroin and Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man who possessed over 900 grams of heroin and fentanyl and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase pled guilty in federal court on March 15, 2023.
Woman who Embezzled $2.2 Million from her Employer Admits to Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A Bixby woman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for committing bank fraud when she embezzled nearly $2.2 million from her employer over a period of nine years, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. She further admitted to failing to pay taxes on the embezzled “income" in 2020.
Colchester Man Admits Defrauding Technology Company
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MYRON WARE, 49, of Colchester, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to defrauding a computer technology company.
Three Women Indicted for Alleged Scheme that Used Prison Inmates’ Identities to Fraudulently Obtain Federal Student Loans
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three women were arrested this week on a federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a federal student aid fraud scheme that used the identities of California prison inmates and other victims to fraudulently enroll in an Orange County-based community college and obtain federal student loans totaling nearly $1 million, the Justice Department announced today.
Birmingham Attorney Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - A federal judge sentenced a Birmingham attorney today for possession of child pornography announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples.
Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Cocaine, Fentanyl into U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A U.S. citizen living in Mexico was sentenced Thursday to 51 months in prison for conspiracy to import a controlled substance.