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British Nationals Sentenced for Interference with Flight Crew, Assault during Flight Diverted to BIA
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: Two men from Manchester, England were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to interference with a flight crew and assault. The charges stem from an incident on a Jan. 2, 2023 TUI Airways flight that diverted to Bangor International Airport (BIA).
Former Executive Director Of Ardmore Charitable Foundation Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Roslyn Melodie Haile, age 64, of Ardmore, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to an Information charging her with one count of Bank Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344(2)...
Uniontown Man Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison and Lifetime Supervision for Making Live Videos of Himself Molesting a Child
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 210 months’ imprisonment and lifetime supervised release on his conviction of production of visual depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Oklahoma City Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested in Nebraska and Texas
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DAVID JOHN-MATTHEW DAVIS, 38, PARIS KATHRYN MACE, 29, both of Omaha, Nebraska, and CHRISTIAN DELEON LANE, 36, of Dallas, Texas, have been arrested and charged with armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, and aiding and abetting the robbery of a MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
Narcotrafficker Pleads Guilty to International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
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Fort Wayne Man Sentenced To 90 Months In Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Airon L. Mitchell, age 24, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Kissimmee Felon Given Maximum Sentence For Stockpiling Firearms And Ammunition In His Residence
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Daniel Stephen King (28, Kissimmee) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered King to forfeit nine firearms and multiple rounds of ammunition. A federal jury had found King guilty on Nov. 14, 2022.
Former Benton County Coach and Youth Pastor Sentenced to 45 Years for Exploiting Children
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Memphis, TN - Joshua Henley, 34, formerly of Benton County, has been sentenced to 45 years in.
Evansville Felon Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine, Illegally Possessing Multiple Guns and Body Armor
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: EVANSVILLE- Deariel Simmons, 29, of Evansville, Indiana was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm.
Former police chief convicted of sexually abusing young children
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tacoma - A 69-year-old member of the Lower Elwha S’Klallam Tribe was convicted today of nine federal crimes related to the sexual abuse of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joseph Anthony Turrey, of Port Angeles, Washington, was convicted following a seven-day jury trial. The jury deliberated...
Columbia County man sentenced to federal prison for production of child pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Columbia County man has been sentenced to federal prison for creating and possessing images depicting the sexual exploitation of a child.
Saratoga Springs Woman Pleads Guilty to Misappropriating Funds as the Fiduciary to a Veteran
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - JoAnne Natalie, age 64, of Saratoga Springs, New York, pled guilty today to misappropriating the funds of a veteran as his appointed fiduciary, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Christopher F. Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General.
Houma Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, the Federal Gun Control Act, and Assaulting a Federal Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JOSHUA BOGEN, age 31, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty on March 1, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), brandishing...
President of Beaver Falls Mineral Processing Company Pleads Guilty to Filing False Income Tax Return
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - The president of a Pittsburgh-area mineral company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of filing a false income tax return, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Two Former Directors of Boston Nonprofit Indicted on Additional Fraud Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - The former founder and chief executive of the local nonprofit Violence in Boston (VIB) and her husband, also a former founding director of the organization, have been charged in a superseding indictment today charging additional schemes to defraud the City of Boston out of COVID-19 relief funds and rental assistance money.
Peoria Man Sentenced to Almost 22 years in Prison for Armed Bank Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dante Latice Williams, 51, formerly of the 700 block of NE Madison Street, has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Williams’ girlfriend and accomplice, Irene Belton, pled guilty in January 2022 and was sentenced to 43 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
Owners of Freight Forwarding Company Plead Guilty to Exporting Stolen Outboard Engines to Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Two Miami residents, Carlos Orlando Ledesma, 57, and Nadia Esperanza Ledesma, 46, have pled guilty to conspiring to export nearly 600 stolen outboard engines to Mexico through a Miami-based freight forwarding company.
Colorado Man Charged with Sports Cards Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A complaint was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mayo Gilbert McNeil with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme involving counterfeit sports trading cards. McNeil was arrested this morning in Denver and is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. McNeil will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York at a later date.
Comptroller of a Non-Profit Corporation in Aguada, PR Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Margarita Botti-Nieves was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Francisco A. Besosa to serve 24 months in prison followed by a supervised release term of three years, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On Oct. 11, 2022, Botti-Nieves was indicted and pleaded guilty to misappropriation of funds, tax evasion, and obstruction of a tax investigation.
Orlando Man Sentenced For Burglarizing ATM Machine
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Carlos Tawan Reed, Jr. (23, Orlando) to four years and three months in federal prison for bank burglary and bank theft in connection with the destruction of an ATM machine. Reed had pleaded guilty on Nov. 28, 2022.