News from 2023
Northampton County Man Sentenced To 151 Months In Prison For Cyberstalking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 23, 2023, Anthony Elonis, age 39, formerly of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 151 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Edward G. Smith, in Easton, Pennsylvania, for cyberstalking.
Mayor of Wildwood Admits Assisting in Preparation of Fraudulent Tax Returns
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey, today admitted that he aided and assisted in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- March 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the March 2023 Federal Grand Jury B.
Madison Man Charged with Firebombing Building
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Madison, Wisconsin man was arrested today on a charge related to the May 2022 firebombing of a Madison office building.
Timber Thief Sentenced in Connection with Large-Scale Theft from Government Land
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: ROANOKE, Va.- One of three men accused of violating the Lacey Act and conspiring with others to illegally remove walnut trees from federally protected land, was sentenced recently in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
St. Petersburg Woman Sentenced To 15 Years For Producing Child Sexual Abuse Video
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven today sentenced Emrah Kuc (27, St. Petersburg) to 15 years in federal prison for production, distribution, receipt, and possession of child sexual abuse material, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, and a requirement to register as a sex...
Fugitive Captured in Alabama, Wanted for the Murder of a Man in Morovis, Puerto Rico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: San Juan, PR - A man charged with the murder of another man in Puerto Rico was apprehended early today in Phenix City, Alabama, by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Task Force working a collateral lead from the U.S. Marshals in Puerto Rico and the Bayamón Special Detention Unit.
Law Enforcement Partners Host Second Annual Nebraska Drug Forum
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: KEARNEY, Neb. - As drug trends change and overdose incidents increase across the country, law enforcement partners continue working to counter the threat to Nebraska communities through enforcement and education. That ongoing partnership was on display for law enforcement agencies and county attorneys during this week’s second annual Nebraska Drug Forum, held in Kearney.
Boston Man Charged with Armed Robbery of Postal Worker
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man has been charged with the Jan. 4, 2023 armed robbery of a United States Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier in Massachusetts.
Couple Sentenced for Failure to Pay Withheld Payroll Taxes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that William H. White, 55, and Sarah A. White, 40, husband and wife, formerly of Roca, Nebraska, were sentenced on March 21, 2023, by the Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for Failure to Pay Over Employment Tax that had been withheld from...
Pryor man admits domestic assault
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: BILLINGS - A Pryor man accused of beating a woman on the Crow Indian Reservation admitted to a domestic assault crime today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
U.S. Marshals Recover Missing Juvenile in Portland, Maine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service, Maine Violent Offender Task Force, announces the recovery of a West Virginia juvenile in Portland Maine. The juvenile was reported as a runaway from a foster care home in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in September of 2022.
Former Law Firm Partner Arrested for Bankruptcy Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging JOHN ROESSER, a former attorney...
Peoria Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Drugs, Weapons Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, Harold U. McGhee, 48, formerly of the 700 block of East LaSalle Street, was sentenced on March 21, 2023, to a total sentence of 35 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for the following offenses.
Postal Worker Charged with Embezzling Thousands in U.S. Postal Service Funds
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been charged in federal court in Boston with allegedly stealing thousands of dollars in government funds through a false travel reimbursement scheme.
South Carolina Man Arrested on Felony Charges for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officers With Chemical Irritant.
Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Theft From Morgantown Company
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A businessman from Pennsylvania was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for stealing $3.5 million from a Morgantown construction company.
South Bend Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Xavier Zebulon Marzette, 39 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after being found guilty during a 2-day jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
New Orleans Man’s Failure to Pay Employment Taxes Results in Federal Conviction and Sentence
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JOEY J. STEVENSON, age 41, from New Orleans, was sentenced to 5 years probation for failing to pay employment taxes for his business, Community Care Solutions, Inc to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Nine Charged Following Investigation into Manufacturing and Interstate Trafficking of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
News Release: Following a long-term wiretap investigation into the manufacturing and interstate trafficking of counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, nine individuals were indicted on charges filed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP) in Manhattan Supreme Court. The charges stem from narcotics-related...