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Former West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office Employee Charged with Theft of Over $150,000 in Official Funds
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr., announced that a Bill of Information was filed charging Mandy Nicole Miller, age 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with Federal Program Theft.
Methuen Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Steal Firearms from New Hampshire Gun Stores
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - A Methuen man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to steal firearms from three different New Hampshire gun stores, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Two admit to burglarizing British Consul General’s residence
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man and woman have pleaded guilty to damaging property occupied by a foreign government, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Lawton Woman and Former Army Training Manager at Fort Sill Indicted on Public Corruption Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging CANDY HANZA, 50, of Lawton, and ALFRED PALMA, 64, of Duncan, with bribery, announced Robert J. Troester, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Hanza is also charged with wire fraud and money laundering.
Man Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun in Rockford
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal judge has sentenced a man to nearly five years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded firearm in Rockford.
A Mexican Citizen Previously Convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct Arrested for Being in the United States Unlawfully
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A citizen of Mexico, who had been convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct and was previously removed from the United States, was recently arrested on a criminal complaint by U.S. Border Patrol Agents for unlawfully being in the United States, announced United State Attorney Dawn N. Ison. This...
St. Petersburg Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison For Dry Cleaner Armed Robbery And Murder Relating To Exotic Nightclub Drug Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Corey Small (44, St. Petersburg) to 25 years in federal prison for to interfering with commerce by robbery, using and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possessing...
Valdosta Resident Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MACON, Ga. - A Valdosta, Georgia, resident was sentenced to federal prison this week for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of extremely young minors after an initial investigation into the defendant taking suspicious photos of a young woman at her workplace.
St. Louis County Felon Indicted for Store Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS - A convicted felon from St. Louis County, Missouri was indicted by a federal grand jury here Wednesday and accused of robbing a convenience store at gunpoint.
Informational: Federal Court arraignments
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
U.S. Attorney's Office Commemorates Missing Or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office joined the Department of Justice, partners across the.
Newark, New Jersey Man Imprisoned for Possessing Firearm as a Convicted Felon
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Christian Torruellas, 30, of Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 41 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge that he possessed a firearm as a convicted felon.
Connecticut Psychologist Pays $658K to Settle Allegations She Received Payments from Medicare and Medicaid for Services Not Provided
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William Tong, Connecticut Attorney General, today announced that Dr. EVELYN LLEWELLYN has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which she will pay $658,294 to settle allegations that she received payments from the Medicare and Medicaid programs for psychology services that were not provided.
Palm Beach County Man Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For COVID Relief Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Al Clint LaRoche (43, Palm Beach County) to two years in federal prison for bank fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $1,078,652.50, which were the proceeds of the bank fraud. LaRoche had pleaded guilty on Jan. 30, 2023.
United States Attorney Announces 26 Charged in Series of Federal Indictments
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Adair F. Boroughs announced today that 26 individuals, many of them associates of a significant narcotics trafficking organization, have been indicted on a wide variety of charges-including conspiracy, drug trafficking, illegal use and possession of firearms, wire fraud, and money laundering-after a series of investigations in South Carolina.
Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty in $7 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A Dallas woman pleaded guilty today to scamming insurers out of more than $7 million for COVID-19 testing that was never actually performed, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
Laguna Man Charged with Second Degree Murder
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Cody Allen Charlie was charged with three counts of murder in the second degree. Charlie, 36, of Laguna, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma, appeared in federal court today for a detention hearing and will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
U.S. Attorney's Office Joins in Recognizing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, May 5, 2023
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5, 2023, as National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. Responding...
High-Ranking Member of G-Shine Bloods Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
Virginia Man Sentenced on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. 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.