News from March 2023
New Jersey Man Arrested on Felony And Misdemeanor Charges For Actions On Lower West Terrace During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Jersey man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Houston Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic 13-Year-Old Female into The New Orleans Area to Perform Commercial Sex Acts
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHELSE GEE, age 19, from Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on March 15, 2023 before United States District Sarah S. Vance to a one-count bill of information charging her with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child under the age of 14, in...
Chicago Man Sentenced For Mail Fraud Scheme Involving Fraudulent Tax Returns To The IRS
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Elvin Marks to 41 months in federal prison for mail fraud and fraudulent claims to an agency of the United States government. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $606,309.35, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Marks had pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2022.
McKeesport Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Career Offender Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Selling Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Demetrius Haynes (37, Tampa) to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. Because of Haynes’s lengthy...
West Virginia Straw Purchaser Sentenced for Role in Beckley-to-Philadelphia Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Brandon Lawson, 33 of Oak Hill, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration, including nine months in prison and nine months on home detention with electronic monitoring, to be followed by three years of supervised release for transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident. Lawson admitted to a role in a conspiracy to traffic over 140 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia.
District Man Sentenced for Killing Man Near Mount Vernon Square Metro Station
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Whitaker 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the slaying of a man in January 2020, near a Metro station in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Whitaker pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2022, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before the Honorable Milton C. Lee.
Former President Of International Aircraft Parts Distributor Sentenced To 84 Months In Prison For Role In Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEFAN GILLIER, a/k/a “Stephan Gillier," a/k/a “Stefan R.R. Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Van Gorp," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge Paul...
Two Men Plead Guilty in Wide-Ranging Drug Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - Two men pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to their roles in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
United States Attorney Young Announces Implementation of New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Policy Sets National U.S. Attorney Office Standard for Circumstances Under Which Companies May Receive Credit for Voluntarily Self-Disclosing Criminal Conduct, and Benefits of Self-Disclosure.
Springfield Sex Offender Sentenced to 20 Years for Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
FBI Media Alert: Man Flees in White Truck After Robbing Albuquerque Bank
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Flees in White Truck After Robbing Albuquerque Bank.
Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 63 months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years’ supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Cherokee, Iowa Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Dustin Coates, 36, from Cherokee, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced on March 7, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City. Coates was previously convicted of distribution of a controlled substance in the United States District Court for South Dakota in 2013.
Former DOJ Paralegal Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Witness Retaliation and Obstruction of Justice-Related Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Tawanna Hilliard was sentenced by United State District Judge Pamela Chen to 33 months in prison. The defendant was previously convicted, following a one-week trial, of witness retaliation, conspiracy to commit witness retaliation, obstruction of justice and...
Florida Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Using a Minor to Produce Sexually Explicit Material
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A New Smyrna Beach, Florida man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison today for video recording himself sexually abusing a child he met on social media and sharing the abuse video with others online.
Former Detroit Police Officer Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Taking Bribes Connected to Towing
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT- A former Detroit police officer was sentenced to 27 months in prison for accepting bribes in a conspiracy with a Detroit police lieutenant in connection with corruption in the towing industry in Detroit, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
Ferguson Man Caught with Gun After Police Chase Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A felon from Ferguson, Missouri who was caught with a gun after fleeing from police in St. Louis was sentenced to 19 years in prison.
St. Louis County Man Gets 8+ Years on Child Pornography Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County, Missouri who served as an administrator in an online meeting room where child sex abuse material was traded was sentenced Thursday to eight years and one month in prison.
KC Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Machine Gun Used in Fatal Shooting of KC Fireman
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing the firearm used in the fatal shooting of an Independence, Mo., firefighter during an altercation in a liquor store parking lot.