News from 2023
Detroit Gang Member Sent to Prison for Two Murders as Part of Racketeering Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A former Detroit resident was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering a rival gang member and an innocent 13-year-old bystander as part of a racketeering conspiracy, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- March 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the March 2023 Federal Grand Jury A.
Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Which Resulted In Fatal Overdose
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ryan A. Bloom, 37, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
Spearfish Woman Indicted for Wire Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Spearfish, South Dakota, woman on seven counts of Wire Fraud.
Hartford Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Violent Robberies of AT&T Stores
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DESHAWN BAUGH, 20, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing violent robberies of AT&T stores in Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
St. Charles County Man Accused of Defrauding Vehicle Buyers
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Peters, Missouri has been indicted and accused of selling the same vehicle multiple times online and defrauding other vehicle owners in a scheme that allegedly cost victims at least $300,000.
Florida Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possession With Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DANTE BOWMAN, age 23, a resident of Florida, was sentenced today to 108 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment which charged him...
Philadelphia Man Sentenced For Cambridge Homicide
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Taylor Ruffin Herrington, 31, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 150 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to using a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime...
Lead Defendant in Scioto County Child Sex Trafficking Operation Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The lead of 11 defendants charged in a Scioto County child sex trafficking operation was sentenced in federal court here today to 480 months in prison.
Arizona Licensed Insurance Agent Charged with Scheme to Defraud Elderly Clients
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. -On March 2, 2023, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Victoria Totten, 71, of Green Valley, Arizona, for Mail Fraud.
Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Illegal Wildlife Trafficking, Fined $10,000
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for illegally transporting wild snowshoe hares from Maine to Massachusetts.
Informational: Federal Court arraignments
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Two Florida Residents Found Guilty of Felony Offenses During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two men were found guilty today of charges, including felonies, related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 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.
Las Vegas Resident Sentenced To Prison For COVID Relief Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 30 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Relief Loan (EIDL) loan applications seeking more than $1 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Former Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement on a Tax Return
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A former Laurel, Mississippi, tax return preparer pled guilty to knowingly making a false statement on an income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge James Dorsey of IRS Criminal Investigation, Atlanta Field Office.
Co-Conspirator of Tucson Amtrak Shooter Pleads Guilty
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Devonte Okeith Mathis, 24, of Mesquite, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Sentencing is scheduled for May 24, 2023, before United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez.
Staten Island Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Conspiracy To Commit Antisemitic Hate Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAADAH MASOUD was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to commit hate crimes in connection with MASOUD’s repeated physical attacks of Jewish victims in New York City between 2021 and 2022. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote.
Fresno Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Trayvon Smith, 32, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday to six years and three months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Manager of Transnational Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Kamal Zafar was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 41 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent scheme directed at thousands of individuals in the United States. As part of the sentence, Zafar was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3.2 million and forfeiture of $232,362. Zafar pleaded guilty to the charge in June 2022.
Two Individuals Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint for Violent Carjacking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Two individuals have been charged in a federal criminal complaint for carjacking involving a robbery and holding a victim at gunpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.