News from 2023
Fort Wayne Woman Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Lakeshia Dominguez, age 45, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
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.
Man Charged with Bank Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - CLEMENT LEACH, age 52, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted on one count of Bank Robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Miami Man Charged for Running Fraudulent Cryptocurrency and Stock Investment Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted Ryan James Crawford, a/k/a “Brody," 30, with eight counts of wire fraud for running a fraudulent cryptocurrency and stock investment scheme.
Nebraska Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of Firearm in Iowa
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a firearm pled guilty March 16, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City.
Organizer of Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy Sent to Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 20-year-old Pharr resident has been ordered to federal prison for organizing several individuals and having them purchase several firearms which were bound for Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
San Jose Resident Faces Charge Of Distributing Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: OAKLAND - Ian Edward Parrish appeared today in United States District Court to face a federal charge that he distributed fentanyl in the form of counterfeit “M30" pills, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. Parrish made his initial appearance today in United States District Court in Oakland before United States Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore.
Career Offender Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Kansas, Oklahoma man was sentenced today to 168 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
St. Louis County Tax Preparer Indicted, Accused of Falsifying Tax Returns
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A tax preparer from St. Louis County has been indicted by a federal grand jury and accused of falsifying 11 tax returns from 2018 to 2021 by adding a total of $252,577 in fraudulent deductions.
Thibodaux Man Pleads Guilty to Failing to Account for and Pay Taxes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CORNEL MARTIN, SR. (“MARTIN"), age 63, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pled guilty today to failing to account for and pay over federal income taxes and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA") taxes, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7202.
President of Oklahoma Steel Pole Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty, on Friday, March 10, to evading over $1 million in income taxes.
Mescalero man charged with assault in Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Danny Deron Morgan made an initial appearance in federal court on March 14 on a criminal complaint charging him with assault of an intimate partner by strangling in Indian Country. Morgan, 50, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Crime Against Federal Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Norman Leon Geipe II, 39, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for resisting a federal officer causing bodily injury.
City Felon Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Possessing Stolen Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release on charges of violating federal firearms laws, and a consecutive 1 year of imprisonment for committing the offense while on federal pretrial release, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Airon L. Mitchell, age 24, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Winooski Resident Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Julie Overfield, 63, of Winooski, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 40 months in prison after Overfield was convicted for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine.
Top Lieutenant and Head of Security for Rafael Caro Quintero Extradited from Mexico to Face Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Ismael Quintero Arellanes, also known as “Fierro," was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with participating in a large-scale narcotics distribution conspiracy and using one or more firearms in connection...
Federal Authorities Seize Internet Domain Selling Malware Used to Illegally Control and Steal Data from Victims’ Computers
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of an international law enforcement effort, federal authorities in Los Angeles this week seized an internet domain that was used to sell computer malware used by cybercriminals to take control of infected computers and steal a wide array of information.
Financial Manager Sentenced to 21 Months Imprisonment for Embezzling Over $200,000 From Employer
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - KATIE LAROCHE, age 54, a resident of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced on March 15, 2023 to 21 months in prison for wire fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
McMinnville Man Faces Federal Charges After Selling Fentanyl that Caused Seven to Overdose, One Fatally
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A McMinnville, Oregon man is facing federal charges after selling fentanyl he claimed was cocaine that caused seven people to overdose, one fatally.