News from May 2023
St. Petersburg Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Dry Cleaner Armed Robbery And Murder Relating To Exotic Nightclub Drug Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Corey Small (44, St. Petersburg) to 25 years in federal prison for to interfering with commerce by robbery, using and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possessing...
A Mexican Citizen Previously Convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct Arrested for Being in the United States Unlawfully
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A citizen of Mexico, who had been convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct and was previously removed from the United States, was recently arrested on a criminal complaint by U.S. Border Patrol Agents for unlawfully being in the United States, announced United State Attorney Dawn N. Ison. This...
Man Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun in Rockford
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal judge has sentenced a man to nearly five years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded firearm in Rockford.
Lawton Woman and Former Army Training Manager at Fort Sill Indicted on Public Corruption Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging CANDY HANZA, 50, of Lawton, and ALFRED PALMA, 64, of Duncan, with bribery, announced Robert J. Troester, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Hanza is also charged with wire fraud and money laundering.
Two admit to burglarizing British Consul General’s residence
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man and woman have pleaded guilty to damaging property occupied by a foreign government, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Methuen Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Steal Firearms from New Hampshire Gun Stores
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - A Methuen man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to steal firearms from three different New Hampshire gun stores, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Former West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office Employee Charged with Theft of Over $150,000 in Official Funds
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr., announced that a Bill of Information was filed charging Mandy Nicole Miller, age 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with Federal Program Theft.
Mason City Man Returned to Federal Prison for Violating His Supervised Release
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A man who violated his supervised release by selling methamphetamine has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
Construction Company Principal Sentenced To Three Months In Prison In Connection With Worker Death On Construction Site In Poughkeepsie
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ONEKEY, LLC, a New Jersey construction company, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $218,417 fine and its principal, FINBAR O’NEILL, was sentenced to three months in prison...
New Bedford Man Sentenced for Evading More Than $400,000 in Federal Income Taxes
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for evading more than $431,000 in federal income taxes over the course of seven years.
Two Kentucky Men Charged With Scheming To Obtain Millions of Dollars From Victims in Illinois and Throughout the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal grand jury in Rockford has charged two Kentucky men with fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars from investors and customers throughout the United States, including a business in Boone County, Ill.
South Bend Man Convicted of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Late yesterday, Leontis Cornelius, 43 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was found guilty after a 2-day jury trial presided over by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Former Greenfield Township Sewer Authority Plant Operator Sentenced To Prison For Clean Water Act Violations
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Bruce Evans, Jr., age 41, of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania to one year and one day in prison for violating the Clean Water Act, and for submitting a false statement to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). Evans, Jr. was convicted after trial in December of 2021.
Spokane Resident Sentenced to 6 Months for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Natasha Ann Opsal, 41, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. United States District Judge Thomas Rice announced the sentence, the most recent obtained by the COVID-19 Relief Fraud Strike Force.
Attempted “Straw” Firearm Purchaser Sentenced to One Year in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Taylor A. Kratochwill-Loomis, 22, DeForest, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one year and one day in prison for making false statements while attempting to purchase a firearm for a prohibited person. This is commonly known as a “straw purchase." Kratochwill-Loomis pled guilty to this offense on Jan. 18, 2023.
Guatemalan Man Sentenced to Probation for Illegally Using Social Security Number
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - FIDADELFO ANTONIO CAMEY-ESPANA, age 36, was sentenced on May 11, 2023 for illegally using a social security number to enroll in a safety class to qualify for employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Repeat Armed Robber Found Guilty of Illegally Possessing Stolen Handgun
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- A federal jury has found Kyree Bryce Harris, 25, of Indianapolis, Indiana, guilty of illegally possessing a firearm.
Wilmington Man Federally Indicted for Possessing Over a Kilogram of Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Wilmington man with possession of over a kilogram of cocaine with intent to distribute it.
New Orleans Man Indicted for Federal Gun and Drug Offenses
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on May 12, 2023 in a three-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control and Federal Controlled Substances Acts, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
New Orleans Man Indicted for Federal Gun and Drug Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on May 12, 2023 in a three-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control and Federal Controlled Substances Acts, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.