News from 2023
Fentanyl distributors sentenced to federal prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Geno Demons, Jr., and Raymond Dexter Hicks, have been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against 10 Additional Defendants in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota today announced federal criminal charges against 10 additional defendants for their alleged roles in the fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heavily Armed, Repeat Drug Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth while on Community Corrections
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Dreshaun Carter, 26, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Providence Man Sentenced for Fraud, Theft of Government Funds, and Identity Theft Committed While on Federal Supervised Release for Sex Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Mackenzy Scott, 26, began filing fraudulent applications for pandemic-related benefits on March 28, 2020, one day after the CARES Act, passed by Congress to provide economic assistance programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, became law. Scott’s fraudulent activity was discovered in February 2021...
Greenfield Felon Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison After Breaking into a Hancock County Home, Stealing 25 Firearms, and Selling Them
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- William Campbell, 32, of Greenfield, Indiana, has been sentenced to 8 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins to Convene a Justice Department Delegation in Selma to Commemorate "Bloody Sunday" and the Passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins has announced that a Justice Department delegation of more than 30 U.S. Attorneys from across the country will travel to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, in commemoration of the 58th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday" and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $304,903 From Labor Union
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Denise E. Kovacs (60, Clermont) has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Kovacs faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. Her sentencing is scheduled for June 21, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger.
Fugitive Wanted by U.S. Marshals in Youngstown
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Youngstown, OH - The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Kevin Peeples.
Dennis Duffy Sentenced to Prison for Pandemic Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The District of Vermont announced that Dennis Duffy II, 40, of South Burlington, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 12 months and one day of imprisonment following his guilty plea to loan fraud and money laundering. U.S. District Judge William K.
East St. Louis Man Accused of Selling Machine Guns, Fentanyl in St. Louis
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from East St. Louis, Illinois was arrested Tuesday after having been indicted on machine gun and drug charges.
L.A. Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Prison for $5.5 Million COVID Jobless Benefits Scam, Tax Fraud and Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A downtown Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 292 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits by using the identities of California state prison inmates and other third parties, trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, and seeking to fraudulently obtain more than $356,400 in tax refunds.
Recidivist Defendant Sentenced for Possessing Child Pornography While on Federal Supervised Release for Previous Child Pornography Offense
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - An Auburn man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for a child pornography charge.
Former New York City Police Officer Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges, Including Impeding Law Enforcement Officers During Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Became Known for Carrying Tamborine During Breach.
Two Louisville Men Sentenced to 32 Years and 11 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution, Drug Conspiracy, and Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Louisville, KY - Two local men, Khalid A. Raheem, II, age 26, and Frank Trammell, Jr., age 30, were sentenced this week on drug and firearms charges following a seven-day jury trial in October 2022.
Orlando Man Sentenced To More Than 9 Years In Prison For Fraud Schemes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Keith Ingersoll (46, Orlando) to nine years and one month in federal prison for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The court also ordered Ingersoll to forfeit $9,814,993.36 in proceeds traceable to the offense and ordered him to pay $12.748 million in restitution to the victims. Ingersoll had pleaded guilty on Oct. 18, 2022.
Ashburn Woman Convicted of $2.5 Million Pandemic Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted an Ashburn woman today on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, and money laundering.
Bowling Green Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Bowling Green, KY - A Bowling Green man was sentenced this week to 70 months in prison for trafficking in fentanyl.
Clearwater Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than 3 Years In Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Terrel Lewis (26, Largo) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Lewis had pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2022.
Ecuadorian National Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - An Ecuadorian national was sentenced in federal court in Del Rio Wednesday to 84 months in prison and five years of supervised release for possession of child sexual abuse material.
Former Schenectady-Area Teacher Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting a Minor
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kristin Blair Hiltunen, age 37, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 228 months in prison for sexually exploiting a minor. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.