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CNMI Inmate Sentenced to 27 Months in Federal Prison for Assaulting Corrections Officer and Possessing Contraband
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: Saipan, MP - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Derik Jonathan Camacho Reyes, age 41, from Saipan, was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment by the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Reyes was convicted...
Fairhope Woman Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Embezzlement and Aggravated Identity Theft
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Fairhope woman was sentenced to 61 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with her embezzlement of more than $286,000 from a real estate business where she worked.
Omaha Man Sentenced to 102 Months in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jeremy M. Boyd, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receipt and distribution and of child pornography. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Boyd to imprisonment for 102 months.
Military impersonation scheme lands local man in prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 30-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a scheme to defraud victims through a variety of internet scams, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Armed Waterbury Drug Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on April 28, 2023, CORNELIUS CONEY, also known as “C Nizzy," 35, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Erskine Jones, 31 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
MONTGOMERY MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOLLOWING GUN AND DRUG CONVICTIONS
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On April 27, 2023, Patrick Maurio Bass, 43, from Montgomery, Alabama, received a sentence of 240 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal gun and drug charges, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. The federal judge also ordered that Bass serve four years of supervised release following his prison term. Federal inmates are not eligible for parole.
California-Based Company, Company President Sentenced in Scheme to Violate the Export Control Act
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Tao Jiang, the president and owner of Broad Tech System, Inc., a California-based electronics distribution company, and his company were both sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island for concealing information from the U.S. Department of Commerce and from U.S. Customs and Border...
Jackson Lobbyist Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud Investors
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jackson lobbyist Ted Brent Alexander pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to defraud investors in a timber deed investment scheme, announced United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Field Office.
Construction Company Owner and Former Residential Facility Employee Indicted for Rigging Bids for Public Contracts
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Jamie DePaepe, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General, and Andy Tsui, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation Denver Field Office, announced...
New Underwood Man Indicted for Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a New Underwood, South Dakota, man for Receipt of Child Pornography with a Prior Child Pornography Conviction and Possession of Child Pornography with a Prior Child Pornography Conviction.
Eight People Sentenced in Conspiracy to Distribute Crystal Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - The last of eight defendants involved in a crystal methamphetamine distribution ring has been sentenced.
East Peoria Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria, Illinois, man, George L. Guynn, 61, of the 800 block of Meadow Avenue, was sentenced on April 27, 2023, to 10 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute at least 5 grams of methamphetamine.
Former Chief of Staff to Mayor of Lawrence Indicted for Child Pornography Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - The former Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Lawrence, Mass., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for transporting and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Leader and others sent to federal prison for operating Houston stash house
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of five people, all illegally residing in Houston, have been sentenced in connection with the April 2021 discovery of nearly 100 undocumented aliens in a suburban Houston residence, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Trafficking and Straw Purchasing Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally traffic and straw purchase firearms.
Plymouth Man Arrested, Charged in Federal Complaint with Arson Following Fires at Two Minneapolis Mosques
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Jackie Rahm Little, aka Joel Arthur Tueting, has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with arson following fires at two Minneapolis mosques, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Man Sentenced for Stealing Over 712 Bitcoin Subject to Forfeiture
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: An Ohio man was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison for stealing over 712 bitcoin that were the proceeds of the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and subject to forfeiture in a then-pending criminal case.
Washington Family Pleads Guilty to Indian and Arts and Crafts Act Violations
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: JUNEAU - A Washington family has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Indian Arts and Crafts Act for crimes committed when they owned and operated several businesses in Ketchikan, Alaska, involving the sale of Philippine produced stone carvings and wood totem poles as authentic Alaska Native produced artwork.
South Dakota Woman Sentenced to Ten Years for Possession of Drugs and Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Kylah Whiting, 21, of Winner, South Dakota, was sentenced on April 28, 2023, by Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a total term of 10 years’ imprisonment following her conviction for possession of methamphetamine with the...