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Individuals Spoofing Law Enforcement Phone Numbers to Scam Victims
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA, GA-FBI Atlanta is warning the public about a phone scam where individuals are posing as university or college law enforcement officials by calling potential victims regarding outstanding warrants or fines against their children and asking them for payment. The scammers are using spoofed law enforcement phone numbers, along with the names, positions, and addresses of officers. The scam is largely targeting parents or guardians of students at Georgia universities.
Ohio Man Charged for Attempting to Burn Down a Church That Planned to Host Drag Show Events
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: A federal indictment was returned charging an Ohio man with a violation of the Church Arson Prevention Act for using Molotov cocktails against the Community Church of Chesterland, in Chesterland, Ohio, in an attempt to burn the church to the ground. He was also indicted on one count of using fire to commit a federal felony, one count of malicious use of explosive materials and one count of possessing a destructive device.
California Man Pleads Guilty to Bringing Over 65,000 Fentanyl Pills to Syracuse for Distribution
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jose Orozco Acosta, 22, of Bakersfield, California, pled guilty today to possessing over 65,000 fentanyl pills with the intent to distribute them.
Human Trafficking Task Force Leader to Receive FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Human Trafficking Task Force Leader to Receive FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award.
Five Individuals Charged in $2 Million Virtual Asset and Securities Manipulation Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in Miami charging two U.S. citizens and a South African national with conspiring to manipulate the market for HYDRO, a virtual asset created by the Hydrogen Technology Corporation. Two other individuals were also charged in separate charging documents for their roles in the scheme filed in the Southern District of Florida.
Cecil County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Related to His Repeated Sexual Abuse of a Child From the Age of Approximately 4 Months to 2 Years Old
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Lawrence Aquilla Colby, IV, a/k/a “Buddy," age 34, of Elkton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges related to his participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child, from the age of approximately four months to two years old, to producing and receiving images documenting the sexual abuse of the child, and to possession of child pornography.
Monica Tucker, Founder of the Black Roundtable and Black El Paso Voice Named Recipient of the FBI’s Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX-Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey R. Downey announced Monica Tucker, founder of the Black Roundtable and Black El Paso Voice has been selected for the 2022 Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA) for the FBI El Paso Field Office. Mrs. Tucker was chosen based on her development of multiple...
Keene Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill a Member of Congress
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - A federal grand jury has indicted Allan Poller, 23, for calling the office of a member of the United States House of Representatives and threatening to kill the Congressman, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
DEA Investigation Leads to 12 Years in Prison for Meth Dealer
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that Darwin L. Craig, age 34, of Charleston, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 12 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine.
Indictment Charges Postal Employee with Cocaine Distribution, Mail Theft
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging SHAWN R. FULLER, 36, of Hamden, with cocaine distribution and mail theft offenses.
Providence Man Sentenced for Bank Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A citizen of Liberia residing in Providence who participated in a fraud scheme to create and deposit fraudulent checks and then quickly withdraw the funds from banks before the fraud was discovered was sentenced today to forty-one months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Austin Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin man was sentenced in a federal court in Austin Tuesday to five years in prison for possession of child pornography.
Fentanyl Supplier Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man who acted as a supplier of fentanyl to a mid-level drug trafficker was sentenced today to nearly six-and-a-half years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
Washington Man Charged with Three Counts of Assault on Flight to Anchorage, Alaska
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment today charging a Washington man with three counts of assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
FBI-Chicago Announces Recipient of Director’s Community Leadership Award
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: FBI-Chicago Announces Recipient of Director’s Community Leadership Award.
Baltimore Man Convicted After a Four-Day Trial for Three Robberies Committed at Gunpoint
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Keith Poynter, Jr., age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday on federal charges related to a series of armed commercial robberies, all committed in one day, and for discharging his weapon during one of the robberies.
Wanted by the FBI: High School Students for the 2023 FBI Summer Teen Academy
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX-The FBI El Paso Field Office invites all interested 10th-12th grade students enrolled in accredited high schools (public, private, or homeschool) in El Paso to apply to attend the FBI El Paso Teen Academy, which will be held at 660 S. Mesa Hills, June 12-16, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day.
Former Arkansas State Senator Sentenced for Role in Bribery Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: A former Arkansas state senator was sentenced yesterday to four years and two months in prison in the Western District of Missouri for accepting multiple bribes in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
Man Convicted of 2006 Murder of Kelly Diaz
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWIN CORTORREAL, a/k/a “Crazy Ed," was found guilty of all three counts at trial, including conspiracy to commit racketeering and two counts for robbing and murdering Kelly Diaz in 2006 in Washington Heights. The verdict followed a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni.
Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 137 Months for Meth Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Milwaukee, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ryan P. Murray, 45, Weston, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 137 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.