News from March 2023
Jenks Man Pleads Guilty After Groping a Girl in a Store and Later Following Another Girl and Burglarizing her Home
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man who restrained and groped a girl at a Dollar General store where he worked and who followed another girl home from a school bus stop then burglarized her family’s home pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Essex County Corrections Officer and Girlfriend Arrested for Conspiring to Smuggle Contraband into Essex County Correctional Facility
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County corrections officer and his girlfriend were arrested today for conspiring to smuggle contraband into the prison facility at which he was employed to be resold to prisoners, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.
New York City Man Indicted for Drug and Gun Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rasheed Mingues, 43, a resident of New York City staying in the Utica, NY area, was indicted today for possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them, possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes, and possession of a firearm as a convicted...
Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Ice Meth Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Keyshawn Q. Banks, 24, of Peoria, was sentenced on March 9, 2023, to 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (“Ice").
Rockland County Jail Inmates Charged with Production of Child Pornography While Awaiting Trial on Murder and Other Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Louis Falco III, the Rockland County Sheriff, announced that DARIN PETERSON and ANTHONY...
Wilmer Man Sentenced to Ten Years Imprisonment for Possessing Firearms as a Previously Convicted Felon
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MOBILE, AL - Reginald McGhee, of Wilmer, was sentenced on March 3, 2023 to ten years imprisonment for being a felon in possession of firearms. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose. McGhee previously had pled guilty to the charge.
Emsworth Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Attempted Enticement of a Minor for Sex
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Emsworth, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervision on his conviction of Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 45 Months Imprisonment for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Carlos Ozuna, 51, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for a drug-distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
Middle School Students Take Field Trip to U.S. Attorney’s Office to Learn Importance of Choosing Wisely
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Students from BridgePrep Academy of North Miami Beach took a field trip to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida to learn how to make better choices and participate in a courtroom mock trial.
Local leader of violent drug trafficking ring sentenced to 12+ years in prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Seattle - One of the leaders of a violent international drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 148 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Jose Elias Barbosa...
Two North Carolina Men Charged With Obstructing An Official Proceeding During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two North Carolina men have been charged with obstructing the Electoral College vote count for the 2020 presidential election and other crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
United States Settles With United Alloys And Steel Corporation For The Release Of Mercury In The Village Of Rye Brook
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Lisa F. Garcia, the Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA"), Region 2, announced today that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against UNITED ALLOYS AND STEEL CORPORATION...
Hudson County Man Admits Producing Images of Child Sexual Abuse
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey man, admitted producing images of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Former Raleigh Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges, Barred from Law Enforcement Certification
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Keven Rodriguez, a former Raleigh Police Department officer, pled guilty today to three drug trafficking and firearms charges for distributing cocaine while working on duty in his position as a Field Operations Division Officer. He also pled guilty to possession of contraband while...
New Hope Man Sentenced for His Role in Multi-Million-Dollar Kickback and Health Care Fraud Cases
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A federal judge has sentenced another individual charged in a series of related cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles.
Wayne County Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Online Enticement Of A Minor
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Michael Jacob Walczyk, age 43, of Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, to 360 months in prison for enticement of a minor.
Robbinsdale Felon Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Robbinsdale man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm, to be served consecutively to a prior sentence of 70 months for illegal possession of a firearm, followed by three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
South Sioux City, Nebraska Man Convicted of Two Kidnappings
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man who committed two kidnappings, 13 months apart, was convicted by a jury on March 3, 2023, after a five-day trial in federal court in Sioux City.
Federal Arrest of Two Undocumented Non-Citizens for an Assault of a Federal Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX-On March 13, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested two Venezuelan nationals, 26-year-old Gregory Morillo-Quinto and 20-year-old Luiscar Godoy-Hernandez for assaulting a federal officer in El Paso, Texas.
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.