News from March 2023
Uniontown Man Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison and Lifetime Supervision for Making Live Videos of Himself Molesting a Child
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 210 months’ imprisonment and lifetime supervised release on his conviction of production of visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Oklahoma City Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested in Nebraska and Texas
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DAVID JOHN-MATTHEW DAVIS, 38, PARIS KATHRYN MACE, 29, both of Omaha, Nebraska, and CHRISTIAN DELEON LANE, 36, of Dallas, Texas, have been arrested and charged with armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, and aiding and abetting the robbery of a MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
Former Executive Director Of Ardmore Charitable Foundation Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Roslyn Melodie Haile, age 64, of Ardmore, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to an Information charging her with one count of Bank Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344(2)...
British Nationals Sentenced for Interference with Flight Crew, Assault during Flight Diverted to BIA
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: Two men from Manchester, England were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to interference with a flight crew and assault. The charges stem from an incident on a Jan. 2, 2023 TUI Airways flight that diverted to Bangor International Airport (BIA).
Honduran National Who Had Been Previously Deported Four Times Sentenced to Time Served For Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - SANTOS RAMOS-CASTILLO, a/k/a “Santos Ramos-Espinoza", age 36, was sentenced on March 8, 2023 for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) on March 8, 2023, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Lenox Man Arrested for Child Exploitation Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Lenox man has been arrested and charged in connection with attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.
Providence Resident Sentenced For Pandemic-Related Benefits Fraud and Aggravated ID Theft
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who, with others, fraudulently applied for over $90,000 in pandemic-relief unemployment benefits, and who actually received over $30,000 of those benefits, some of which he boasted that he used to purchase firearms, an iPhone and marijuana, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.
West Plains Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed 360 kilograms of methamphetamine in southern Missouri over a three-year period.
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.
Columbia Man Sentenced to a Total of 10 Years in Federal Prison on Firearm and Drug Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Dakota F. Brown, 36, of Columbia, was sentenced to a total of 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and fentanyl, a quantity of methamphetamine, and a quantity of amphetamine while on federal supervision.
Kansas Man Sentenced on Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Joined in Pushing Against Officers In Confrontations Inside Capitol Building.
California Man Indicted for Meth Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Compton, California, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after law enforcement officers found more than 18 kilograms of methamphetamine in a suitcase he was smuggling through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus bound for Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S. Coast Guard officer convicted of operating illegal firearms business
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A chief petty officer has been convicted of running a firearms sales business without a license, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Michigan City Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Cory Thomas, 49 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
“Logistics coordinator” convicted of drug trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 33-year-old Houston woman has been found guilty of two counts of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Cedar Rapids Man Involved in Shooting at Dairy Queen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Methamphetamine He Intended to Distribute
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man who possessed methamphetamine he intended to distribute was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison.
North Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Letters
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - David Backus, age 40, of North Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to six counts of mailing threatening communications. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) made the announcement.
Former New Yorker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Defrauding Purchasers Of Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich," was sentenced today to three years in prison. STOJANOVICH was sentenced for defrauding more than a dozen victims of more than $2 million through fraudulent...
Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years for Conspiracy to Import Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Miguel Ángel Agosto-Pacheco, a.k.a. “Chino," was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa to 14 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow. Agosto-Pacheco pleaded guilty on December 6, 2022.