News from 2023
West Georgia Man, Under Investigation for Allegations of Drugging Women, Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing 26 Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - A Talbot County, Georgia, resident who was under investigation for allegedly drugging women admitted to illegally possessing numerous firearms in federal court today.
Wisconsin Man Charged with Firebombing Building
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: A Wisconsin man was arrested today on a charge related to the May 2022 firebombing of a Madison office building.
Foreign National Sentenced for Victimizing U.S. Persons Through Cyber-Enabled Fraud Schemes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: A Nigerian national was sentenced today to four years and one month in prison for his role in a cybercriminal group operating out of Nigeria and Malaysia, among other places, that executed complex financial fraud scams using the internet.
Clarion County Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Lucinda, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
USDOJ-BOP-NIC offers new grant application process starting March 29
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
Responding to Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress in Prisons and Jail Settings grant opened on March 29.
Justice Department Recovers More Than $53 Million in Profits Obtained From Corruption in the Nigerian Oil Industry
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the final resolution of two civil cases seeking the forfeiture of various luxury assets that were the proceeds of foreign corruption offenses and were laundered in and through the United States.
Man Sentenced to 10 Years After Being Caught with Fentanyl, Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a man caught with methamphetamine and fentanyl to 10 years in prison.
Former Oklahoma Jail Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A former detention officer with the McClain County Jail in Purcell, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to being deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of serious harm to a pretrial detainee’s physical safety, thereby violating the pretrial detainee’s constitutional civil rights.
Carrabelle Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Federal Prison for Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Franklin Jefferson Mathes, Jr., 59, of Carrabelle, Florida, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for receiving material constituting child pornography. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Teacher accused of child pornography offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 29-year-old College Station resident has been arrested for distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Grand Jury Indicts Three Local Men for Fentanyl, Firearms Crimes Within 1,000 Feet of Public Elementary Schools
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged area men in two separate cases involving drugs sold near elementary schools in Springfield and Vandalia.
North Providence Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A North Providence man who previously admitted to a federal judge that he coerced and sexually assaulted two minor females, assaults that he recorded and retained on his cell phone, was sentenced today to thirty years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
U.S. Marshals, FBI Offer up to $20K in Rewards for Information Leading to Arrest of Former MD Governor Top Aide Charged with Fraud, Theft
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, MD - U.S. Marshals and the FBI are offering a combined reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of the Maryland governor’s former chief of staff charged with failure to appear, fraud, theft of funds and falsifying records.
Upper Marlboro Fraudster Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Federal Prison for His Role in a $28 Million Ponzi Scheme Involving '1st Million Dollars'
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced John Erasmus Frimpong, age 42, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to 114 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and securities...
Justice Department Announces Significant Milestone in Policing Reform Efforts for the City Of Seattle and Seattle Police Department
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has jointly filed a proposed agreement with the City of Seattle that recognizes the city’s consistent compliance with the core requirements of a 2012 consent decree regarding the Seattle Police Department (SPD). The agreement includes important obligations that the city must take to continue the reform process.
Former CFO of Russian Natural Gas Company Convicted of Making False Statements to the IRS, Failing to Disclose Offshore Accounts and Failing to File Tax Returns
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: A federal jury found a Florida man guilty of failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), making a false statement to the IRS, and willfully failing to file tax returns.
Denver Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Weapons Violation
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Dedric Mayfield, age 46, of Denver, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
White Hall Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Distribution of Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A White Hall, Illinois, man, Adam Dahl, 37, of the 300 block of Higbee Street, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release, for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Orion Township Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Distributing Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - An Orion Township man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing images of child pornography over the internet for the purpose of trading such images with other child predators, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
The FBI Is Offering a $10,000 Reward for Information Leading to the Arrest of Fugitive Roy C. McGrath
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
News Release: The FBI Is Offering a $10,000 Reward for Information Leading to the Arrest of Fugitive Roy C. McGrath.