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Guam Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 78 Months in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Vhavna Kumari Damai, age 29, from Dededo, Guam, was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment by the District Court of Guam. Damai was convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute...
Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 130 Months for Committing Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearm Crimes
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Michael Ginyard was sentenced to 130 months in prison for committing heroin and fentanyl trafficking and firearm crimes, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown and Staff Mourn the Passing of Senior U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. Juneau
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown and the staff of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana mourn the passing of Senior United States District Court Judge Michael J. Juneau and issue the following statement.
Detroit Street Gang Leader Sent to Prison for 25 Years for Murdering Two People as Part of a Racketeering Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A leader of a Detroit street gang was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for murdering two people, one of them an innocent 13-year-old bystander, as part of a racketeering conspiracy, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
Former Naugatuck Resident Charged with Offenses Stemming from Alleged Investment Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that RAFAEL MUZZI, 27, a citizen of Brazil formerly residing in Naugatuck, has been charged in a 14-count indictment with fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from an alleged investment fraud scheme.
Gary men Convicted of Drug Conspiracy and Murder
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HAMMOND- Late yesterday, Taquan Clarke, age 29, and Devontae Martin, age, 29, both of Gary, Indiana, were found guilty after a 6-day jury trial presided over by United States District Court Judge Philip P Simon, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Justice Department Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Property Manager and Owner of California Rental Property
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the property manager of an apartment building in Koreatown and the owner of the rental property alleging the sexual harassment of female residents in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
Muskogee County Resident Sentenced For Assault And Firearm Offenses In Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joseph Eugene Meyer, age 39, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 156 months in prison for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to Do Bodily Harm in Indian Country and Use, Carry, and Brandish of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
Pomona Man Found Guilty of Abusive Sexual Contact on Flight
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury today found a Pomona man guilty of a felony offense for intentionally touching the inner thigh of a sleeping woman seated next to him on a flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles in February 2020.
Colombia’s “Prince Of Semi-Submersibles” Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Federal Prison For Smuggling Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Oscar Adriano Quintero Rengifo, a/k/a “Guatala," (35, Colombia) to 20 years and 10 months in federal prison for smuggling cocaine into the United States of America. Referred to in the Colombian media as the “Prince of Semi-Submersibles,"...
Guatemalan Man Sentenced for Illegal Reentry
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan man residing in Framingham has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
Attempted "Straw" Firearm Purchaser Sentenced to One Year in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Taylor A. Kratochwill-Loomis, 22, DeForest, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one year and one day in prison for making false statements while attempting to purchase a firearm for a prohibited person. This is commonly known as a “straw purchase." Kratochwill-Loomis pled guilty to this offense on Jan. 18, 2023.
Wilmington Man Federally Indicted for Possessing Over a Kilogram of Cocaine
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Wilmington man with possession of over a kilogram of cocaine with intent to distribute it.
Guatemalan Man Sentenced to Probation for Illegally Using Social Security Number
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - FIDADELFO ANTONIO CAMEY-ESPANA, age 36, was sentenced on May 11, 2023 for illegally using a social security number to enroll in a safety class to qualify for employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Spokane Resident Sentenced to 6 Months for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Natasha Ann Opsal, 41, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. United States District Judge Thomas Rice announced the sentence, the most recent obtained by the COVID-19 Relief Fraud Strike Force.
Former Greenfield Township Sewer Authority Plant Operator Sentenced To Prison For Clean Water Act Violations
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Bruce Evans, Jr., age 41, of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania to one year and one day in prison for violating the Clean Water Act, and for submitting a false statement to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP). Evans, Jr. was convicted after trial in December of 2021.
Two Kentucky Men Charged With Scheming To Obtain Millions of Dollars From Victims in Illinois and Throughout the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal grand jury in Rockford has charged two Kentucky men with fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars from investors and customers throughout the United States, including a business in Boone County, Ill.
New Bedford Man Sentenced for Evading More Than $400,000 in Federal Income Taxes
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for evading more than $431,000 in federal income taxes over the course of seven years.
Construction Company Principal Sentenced To Three Months In Prison In Connection With Worker Death On Construction Site In Poughkeepsie
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ONEKEY, LLC, a New Jersey construction company, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $218,417 fine and its principal, FINBAR O’NEILL, was sentenced to three months in prison...
Mason City Man Returned to Federal Prison for Violating His Supervised Release
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A man who violated his supervised release by selling methamphetamine has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.