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South Carolina Man Arrested on Felony Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A South Carolina man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 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 presidential election.
Palm Beach Gardens Attorney Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - A 53-year-old West Palm Beach licensed attorney has been arrested with possession of child pornography. Michael T. Dolce will appear in a West Palm Beach federal court tomorrow for his initial appearance.
Leader Of $8 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme Sentenced To 95 Months In Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JULIO ALVARADO was sentenced to 95 months in prison for leading a sprawling scheme to defraud Medicaid of millions of dollars through the billing of fraudulent transportation claims. ALVARADO previously pled guilty to one count of healthcare fraud. U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood imposed today’s sentence.
Sioux Falls Man Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
New Haven Man Who Committed 5 Gunpoint Robberies of the Same New Haven Store Pleads Guilty
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERMAINE CANNON, 19, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to robbery and firearm offenses related to his commission of five gunpoint robberies of the same New Haven business during a six-week period in 2021.
Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: A Honduran woman was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for a large-scale conspiracy to traffic cocaine for importation into the United States.
Hazelwood Man Admits Series of Schemes Seeking $404,000
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from Hazelwood, Missouri on Tuesday admitted involvement in a series of schemes that cost or intended to cost victims a total of $404,415.
Marine Corps Lance Corporal Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Entice A 13-Year-Old Over The Internet
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that David Wayne Hogle, Jr. (29, Cherry Point, North Carolina) has pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a 13-year-old child to produce sexually explicit photos of herself and send them to him over the internet. Hogle faces a...
U.S. Department of Justice Announces Nearly $300 Million in Federal Grants to Support Local Law Enforcement
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has announced the release of approximately $300 million in grant solicitations for programs that advance community policing, keep students safe, and add law enforcement officers to our nation’s streets.
Haverhill Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl and to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine.
Jefferson County Felon Sentenced to Over 24 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Multiple Firearms Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss - A Jefferson County felon was sentenced to 295 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Muskogee Resident Sentenced To Life For Sexually Abusing Child In Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joseph Stanley Harjo, age 40, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to life in federal prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country. Harjo was found guilty of the offense by a federal jury in November 2021.
Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Arma Victor Strong, III, 33, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana.
Kauai Woman Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Schemes and Aggravated Identity Theft
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: HONOLULU -Leihinahina Sullivan, 51, of Lihue, Kauai, was sentenced today before United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 17 years in prison and three years of supervised release for three counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft related to multiple long-running fraudulent...
Raleigh Man Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Identity Theft from Elderly and Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Raleigh man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud, ten counts of wire fraud and ten counts of aggravated identity theft. On Oct. 19, 2022, Furman Alexander Ford, 53, was convicted by jury trial of all of the charges.
Felon who Fired Rounds in Residential Neighborhood Sentenced to over Nine Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: A man who fired a.40 caliber semiautomatic handgun in a residential neighborhood in the middle of the day was sentenced today to more than 9 years in federal prison.
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Steal Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - William Mejia, 19, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to steal firearms from federal firearms licensees, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
West Columbia Gang Member Pleads to Federal Drug Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Darius Antonio Pugh, 36, of West Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, a quantity of cocaine base (commonly known as crack cocaine), and a quantity of cocaine.
Lebanese National Sentenced for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - KAMAL AL JAWHARI, age 28, a native of Lebanon, was sentenced for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section. 922 (g)(5)(A) announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Morristown Man Faces Federal Drug Charge for Violation of the Controlled Substances Act
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on March 23, 2023, Michael Ulrich, 32, of Morristown, Vermont, was charged in an indictment with knowingly allowing his residence to be a drug-involved premises at which controlled substances were stored...