News from 2023
Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Martell Mitchum, 36, Chicago, Illinois was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5 years in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release. Mitchum pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 22, 2022.
Parkersburg Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Tytus Lamaar Shields, 34, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Convicted Felon Sentenced To More Than 17 Years For Robbery And Discharging A Firearm During A Violent Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle has sentenced Marques Howard (31, Tampa) to 17 years and 3 months in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit that robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. As a part of the sentence, Howard was also ordered to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offenses. Howard had pleaded guilty on December 5, 2022.
Kalamazoo Felon On Parole Sentenced To 70 Months In Federal Prison For Possessing A Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Teiun Tyree Walker, 22, of Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Chief Judge...
Okmulgee Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Second Degree Murder
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A defendant who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man at a north Tulsa convenience store parking lot was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
Florida Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Racially Motivated Attack Against Group of Black Men
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Gainesville, Florida, returned a six-count indictment charging David Emanuel, 61, with committing hate crimes for his racially motivated attack on a group of Black men who were surveying land along a public road in Cedar Key, Florida.
Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping and Carjacking in Alabama’s Wiregrass Region
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Iziquel Pasheng Vang, 23, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received a sentence of 30-years in prison for kidnapping and carjacking. The federal judge also ordered that Vang serve five years of supervised release following his prison term.
Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Over 900 Grams of Heroin and Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A man who possessed over 900 grams of heroin and fentanyl and led law enforcement on a high-speed chase pled guilty in federal court on March 15, 2023.
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.
Colchester Man Admits Defrauding Technology Company
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MYRON WARE, 49, of Colchester, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to defrauding a computer technology company.
Three Women Indicted for Alleged Scheme that Used Prison Inmates’ Identities to Fraudulently Obtain Federal Student Loans
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three women were arrested this week on a federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a federal student aid fraud scheme that used the identities of California prison inmates and other victims to fraudulently enroll in an Orange County-based community college and obtain federal student loans totaling nearly $1 million, the Justice Department announced today.
Birmingham Attorney Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Birmingham, Ala. - A federal judge sentenced a Birmingham attorney today for possession of child pornography announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples.
Man Sentenced in El Paso for Trafficking Cocaine, Fentanyl into U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A U.S. citizen living in Mexico was sentenced Thursday to 51 months in prison for conspiracy to import a controlled substance.
Michigan Resident Uses Twitter to Threaten to Kill Jewish Government Officials
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Tipton, Michigan resident was charged in a criminal complaint with using Twitter to threaten to kill Jewish government officials in Michigan, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Child Pornography Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2023, to 108 months in prison for receipt of child pornography.
Parkersburg Woman Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Mary Elizabeth Curran, 37, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl.
Tampa Felon Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing A Loaded Firearm Months After Release From Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Dallas Robinson, Jr. (22, Tampa) to six years and six months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Robinson had pleaded guilty on Dec. 14, 2022.
Last Two Defendants Sentenced To Prison For Large Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The last two of seven defendants charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy have been sentenced for their roles in distributing large quantities of methamphetamine from California and Mexico to Nevada.
St. Louis Park Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A St. Louis Park man has pleaded guilty to two counts of cyberstalking involving two victims, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Lexington Man Sentenced to 151 Months for Fentanyl Trafficking and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- A Lexington, Ky., man, Isaiah Wimberly, 30, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.