News from 2023
Convicted Felon Sent to Prison for Terrorizing Women with a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - In a U.S. District courtroom on Tuesday, a Belleville man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for a gun charge stemming from a 2021 incident in East St. Louis.
Honduran National Sentenced to Time Served for Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - MARIO RENE REYES-CARDONA, age 52, was sentenced on March 2, 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.
Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced To 45 Years In Prison For Attempting To Murder Fellow Service Members In Deadly Ambush
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ETHAN PHELAN MELZER, a/k/a “Etil Reggad," was sentenced to 45 years in prison for attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and...
Resident Doctor Arrested for Possessing Images and Videos of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A resident doctor in Western Massachusetts was arrested this morning for allegedly possessing child pornography.
Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer that Processed Over $3 Billion of Unlawful Transactions
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Philadelphia - The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international takedown of ChipMixer, a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing" service responsible for laundering more than $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency, between 2017 and the present, in furtherance of among other activities, ransomware...
Bronx Daycare Provider Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child and Production, Receipt, and Distribution of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Patrick J. Freaney, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS"), Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau...
Two Arrested For Trying To Send Over 90 Firearms To Drug Cartel Members In Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrests of Yuendry Rodriguez Hilario (28, Cleveland, OH) and Saleh Yusuf Saleh (24, Cleveland, OH) on a criminal complaint charging conspiracy to transfer firearms to commit a felony and/or drug trafficking crime; possession of firearms...
Two Previously Deported Men Charged With Illegal Reentry
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two previously deported men were indicted separately by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States.
Federal Jury Finds Louisville Woman Guilty of Mailing Threatening Communications to Neighbors Because of Their Race
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Louisville, KY - Today a federal jury convicted a local woman of mailing communications containing threats to injure others in November and December of 2020.
Federal jury convicts Heron man of kidnapping son, fleeing to Costa Rica
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MISSOULA - A federal jury today convicted a Heron man of kidnapping his son in violation of a parenting plan and taking him to Costa Rica, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Local banker sent to prison for money laundering conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A former Wells Fargo branch manager has been ordered to federal prison for helping a drug trafficking ring launder their money through his bank, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Pawn Shop Operator Pleads Guilty to $3 Million Scheme to Sell Over 100,000 Stolen Items Online
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The former operator of a Kansas City, Mo., pawn shop pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in a $3 million scheme to fence more than 100,000 stolen items and sell them on eBay.
Laurence Doud, Former CEO Of Pharmaceutical Distributor, Sentenced To 27 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Unlawfully Distribute Controlled Substances And Defrauding The DEA
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAURENCE F. DOUD III, the former Chief Executive Officer of Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. (“RDC"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 27 months in prison for conspiring to unlawfully distribute...
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New York man pleaded guilty today to felony 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 2020 presidential election.
West Virginia Man Sentenced on Felony Charge for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A West Virginia mam was sentenced today on a felony charge 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 2020 presidential election.
Leader of Multi-Kilo Meth Distribution Ring Pleads Guilty, 16 Co-Defendants Admit Guilt Resulting from OCDETF Investigation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Multiple defendants connected to a methamphetamine trafficking ring centered in Milledgeville, Georgia, that was responsible for distributing a total of five kilograms of methamphetamine pleaded guilty to their crimes recently resulting from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation.
Florida Man Sentenced on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Florida man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia on felony and misdemeanor offenses for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. 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.
Comptroller of a Non-Profit Corporation in Aguada, PR Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Margarita Botti-Nieves was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Francisco A. Besosa to serve 24 months in prison followed by a supervised release term of three years, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On Oct. 11, 2022, Botti-Nieves was indicted and pleaded guilty to misappropriation of funds, tax evasion, and obstruction of a tax investigation.
Orlando Man Sentenced For Burglarizing ATM Machine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Carlos Tawan Reed, Jr. (23, Orlando) to four years and three months in federal prison for bank burglary and bank theft in connection with the destruction of an ATM machine. Reed had pleaded guilty on Nov. 28, 2022.
Colorado Man Charged with Sports Cards Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A complaint was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mayo Gilbert McNeil with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme involving counterfeit sports trading cards. McNeil was arrested this morning in Denver and is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. McNeil will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York at a later date.