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Boston Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Transporting Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally transporting firearms from Alabama into Massachusetts.
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms Offense
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On July 6, 2023, TERRANCE RICHARDS, age 38, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to possessing ammunition while being a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
U.S. Marshals Arrest Washington State Murder Suspect in Toledo
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Toledo, OH - The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) and the Toledo Police Department (TPD) arrested Shawntea Grimes Hamilton (29) after she was charged with the murder of Christopher Wilson in Everett, Washington back in June of this year. Hamilton was arrested in the 5500 block of Cresthaven Lane in Toledo, OH.
U.S. Marshals Increase Reward up to $10,000 for Information Leading to Arrest of Warren County Escapee
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Pittsburgh, PA - The U.S. Marshals Service is increasing its reward to up to $10,000 for information leading to the capture of the man who escaped the Warren County jail July 6, bringing the total reward available to $22,000. Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is also offering $10,000, and Warren County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000.
U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force Arrests Shooter of 5-Year-Old Girl
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: New York - On July 12, Deputies and Task Force Officers from the U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF) apprehended the suspect wanted for shooting and seriously wounding a 5-year-old girl who was shot in the back while in the back seat of a vehicle in the Bronx on June 30 leading into the Fourth of July weekend.
20 press releases published in April by U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
There were 20 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service in April.
Minneapolis Felon Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to Eight Years for Narcotics and Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Johnny Deangelo White (46, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. He had pleaded guilty in March 2023.
D.C. Man Is Fifth Defendant To Admit Role in Conspiracy That Sold Drugs Near a School
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -The fifth of five defendants engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy entered a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
La Cañada Flintridge Man Found Guilty of Murder-for-Hire Plots Against His Former Lawyer and a Litigant Who Defeated Him in Court
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A San Gabriel Valley man was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges, including conspiring with his employee to hire a hitman to kill two men - one who opposed him in litigation and the other who represented one of his companies in bankruptcy.
Bogue Chitto Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting at a Law Enforcement Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Bogue Chittto man pled guilty to shooting at a law enforcement officer, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Two Las Cruces Men Sentenced for Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Jeffrey C. Boshek II, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced today that Ruben Martha, 42, of Las Cruces, and ...
24% Fewer Persons Were in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses in 2018 Than in 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON ― The number of people held in Federal Bureau of Prisons’ facilities on a drug offense fell 24% from fiscal yearend 2013 (94,613) to fiscal yearend 2018 (71,555), according to Sentencing Decisions for Persons in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses, 2013-2018, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. These persons accounted for 51% of the federal prison population in 2013 and 47% in 2018.
Informational: Federal Court Arraignments
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
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Watertown Man Sentenced to 14 Months for Unlawfully Possessing Sawed-Off Shotgun
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rafael Rondon, age 25, of Watertown, New York, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun.
Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Pleads Guilty
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: JAUWAN EDWARDS, also known as “Yaya," 25, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang.
Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Brendan Iber, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced today that Gabriel Villasenor was sentenced to a term of 115 months in prison. Villasenor, 29, pled guilty on Sept. 2, 2022, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Father and Son Indicted in Miami for Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances and Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Ahmed Subni Wadi (Ahmed Wadi), 49, and his son Ramzi Ahmed Wadi (Ramzi Wadi), 21, both from Miami, Florida, have been indicted in federal court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and dealing firearms without a license.
Willoughby Hills Couple Indicted for Insurance-Fraud Arson
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: CLEVELAND - Rebecca C. Lutzko, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a three-count indictment charging a Willoughby Hills couple with conspiring to set fire to rental properties in order to collect insurance money.
Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to Eight Years for Narcotics and Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Johnny Deangelo White (46, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. He had pleaded guilty in March 2023.