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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing with Intent to Distribute More Than 8 Pounds of Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - TJ Jazz Cremeans, 21, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee.
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Louisville Men for Possession of Firearms as Convicted Felons
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville returned a two-count indictment on May 2, 2023, charging two local men with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Minor
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: A Mexican national, who legally resided in Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Texas today to sex trafficking a minor.
Recidivist Defendant Pleads Guilty In Connection With Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme Targeting Senior Executives Of Investment Firms
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JONATHAN GHERTLER pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in connection with his scheme to impersonate senior leaders of two Manhattan-based investment firms, resulting in over $1 million...
Pecos Gun Thieves Sentenced for Selling Stolen Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: ALPINE, Texas - Two Pecos men were sentenced in a federal court in Pecos Tuesday for crimes related to the theft and subsequent selling of firearms.
Tonawanda Man Going To Prison On Child Pornography Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that David Rubel, 41, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
Leader Of Southwest Florida Drug Ring Sentenced To More Than 11 Years Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Genaro Deleon, III (45, Lehigh Acres) to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He is scheduled to be sentenced in January 2023. Earlier, co-defendants Michael Lee Faz (44, Labelle)...
Pennsylvania Man Indicted for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Pennsylvania man who was stopped on Interstate 44 with 80 pounds of methamphetamine in his vehicle was indicted by a federal grand jury today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm.
Colorado Man Sentenced to More than Thirteen Years for Drug and Gun Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven A. Russell announced that Daniel M. Gutirez, 43, of Del Norte, Colorado, was sentenced on June 26, 2023, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Possession of a Firearm in Connection...
Victorville Woman Sentenced to 2½ Years in Federal Prison for Using Inmates’ Info to Illegally Obtain Over $500,000 in COVID Jobless Aid
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Bernardino County woman was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $500,000 in pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by using the names of inmates locked up the California state prison system.
Two Charged in Conspiracy to Access Protected Computer Network of Non-Profit Mental Health Treatment Provider
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - Two men have been charged in Worcester for allegedly conspiring to access a protected computer of their former employer, a non-profit substance use and mental health treatment provider that operates recovery centers throughout Massachusetts.
Tampa Woman Sentenced To Prison For Distribution Of Heroin And Fentanyl Resulting In Death
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Jackylin Bonifacio (38, Tampa) to four years and nine months in federal prison for distribution of heroin and fentanyl resulting in death. Bonifacio had pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2021. The court previously sentenced her codefendant, Leslie Pagan, to 20 years in prison for her role in the offense.
Mescalero Man Pleads Guilty to Assault on Federal Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Jeremy Daniel Dennis pled guilty to assault on a federal officer in Indian Country. Dennis, 43, of Mescalero, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
Six Wolf Point residents sentenced to prison for roles in kidnapping, assault of girl on Fort Peck Indian Reservation
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Six Wolf Point residents convicted in the kidnapping and assault of a girl on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021 were sentenced this month to prison terms for their roles in the attack, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi Launches United Against Hate Program
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi launched United Against Hate, an outreach program focusing on preventing, identifying, and reporting hate crimes and incidents, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca.
Rapid City Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography. The sentencing took place on June 26, 2023.
Brentwood Couple Sentenced For Conspiracy To Produce And Production Of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: OAKLAND - Matthew Lee Pelton and Heather Electa Halwig Gharibian were sentenced to 360 and 264 months in prison, respectively, for producing and conspiring to produce child pornography, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King. The sentences were handed down by the Hon. Jefferey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Nurse Sentenced for Contraband Smuggling and Bribery Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Ruben Montanez-Mirabal, 33, who worked as a registered nurse for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP") at the Federal Detention Center - Miami (“FDC-Miami") has been sentenced to 72 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to receive bribes and introduce prohibited objects, including...
Six Indicted for Drug Trafficking in San Joaquin County and Elsewhere
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2023
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment Thursday against Jorge Omar Arredondo Garcia, 44, of Lodi; Gregorio Ontiveros Verdugo, 39, of Morada; Jose Manuel Ontiveros Verdugo, 37, of Stockton; Alberto Navarro Zapata, 36, of Stockton; and Wilfredo Reyes, 48, of Manteca; charging...