News from 2023
San Antonio Human Smuggler Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A San Antonio man was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio today to 78 months in prison for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury or placing lives in jeopardy.
Omaha Man Sentenced for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Derrick Lloyd, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of fentanyl analogue. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lloyd to 84 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 4-year term of supervised release.
Felon Involved in Hartford Shootout Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES DUDLEY, also known as “Pooka," 36, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
Worcester Man Charged with Possessing a Machine Gun
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man has been charged with possessing a machine gun after allegedly being found in possession of several Glock switches.
District Man Sentenced for Killing Man Near Mount Vernon Square Metro Station
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Whitaker 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the slaying of a man in January 2020, near a Metro station in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Whitaker pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2022, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before the Honorable Milton C. Lee.
Dover Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Tyler Ward, 36, of Dover, has plead guilty in federal court to two counts of distributing fentanyl and one count of possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
KC Man Sentenced in Two Indictments for Illegal Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate indictments for illegally possessing firearms.
Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid in a Scheme Involving Personal Care Services
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joseph Tamjong, 51, of Lanham, Maryland, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for stealing more than $700,000 from the D.C. Medicaid program. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, of the Washington Field Office’s...
Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Second Meth Trafficking Indictment
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing more than five kilograms of methamphetamine that he received in the mail while he was on bond on an earlier federal indictment that also charged him with methamphetamine trafficking.
Honduran National Pleads Guilty and Sentenced to Time Served for Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - NORMAN GARCIA- GARCIA(“GARCIA-GARCIA"), age 24, was sentenced on March 7, 2023 for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
New York Man Indicted for Firearms and Narcotics Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was arrested yesterday in connection with allegedly trafficking drugs and firearms.
Huntington Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Federal Drug and Gun Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kilan Nicks, also known as “Low," 26, of Huntington, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Man Indicted for Meth, Fentanyl, Illegal Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after he was arrested in St. Joseph, Mo., with methamphetamine and a firearm, then again in Kansas City, Mo., with approximately 2,300 fentanyl pills.
New Jersey Man Arrested on Felony And Misdemeanor Charges For Actions On Lower West Terrace During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Jersey man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Houston Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic 13-Year-Old Female into The New Orleans Area to Perform Commercial Sex Acts
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHELSE GEE, age 19, from Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on March 15, 2023 before United States District Sarah S. Vance to a one-count bill of information charging her with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child under the age of 14, in...
Chicago Man Sentenced For Mail Fraud Scheme Involving Fraudulent Tax Returns To The IRS
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Elvin Marks to 41 months in federal prison for mail fraud and fraudulent claims to an agency of the United States government. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $606,309.35, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Marks had pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2022.
McKeesport Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Career Offender Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Selling Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Demetrius Haynes (37, Tampa) to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. Because of Haynes’s lengthy...
West Virginia Straw Purchaser Sentenced for Role in Beckley-to-Philadelphia Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Brandon Lawson, 33 of Oak Hill, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration, including nine months in prison and nine months on home detention with electronic monitoring, to be followed by three years of supervised release for transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident. Lawson admitted to a role in a conspiracy to traffic over 140 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia.
District Man Sentenced for Killing Man Near Mount Vernon Square Metro Station
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Whitaker 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the slaying of a man in January 2020, near a Metro station in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Whitaker pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2022, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before the Honorable Milton C. Lee.