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District Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Gun-Related Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Threatened Victim With a Gun at a Metro Station.
Florida Man Sentenced in Gas Station Skimming Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a scheme to steal thousands of customers’ debit and credit card account numbers and other personally identifying information via a network of electronic equipment clandestinely installed at gas stations across New England.
Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gary F. Fridley II, 41, of Cross Lanes, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement of labor union assets.
Two Men, Including Buffalo Police Detective, Charged For Purchases Made On Illicit Online Marketplace
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Terrance Michael Ciszek a/k/a DrMonster, 33, and Corey Robert Dodge a/k/a Cakesbaylor, 41, both of Buffalo, NY, were charged in separate complaints with possessing 15 or more unauthorized access devices. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Chicago Doctor and His Wife Held Liable by Jury for Taking Kickbacks and Causing False Medicare Claims; Ordered To Pay Civil Judgment of More Than $3 Million
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge has ordered a Chicago doctor and his wife to pay more than $3 million in civil damages and penalties for unlawfully seeking and receiving kickbacks from a home health agency as payment for the doctor’s referrals of Medicare patients. A federal jury in Chicago held them liable earlier this month.
South Georgia Resident Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Bainbridge, Georgia, resident with a criminal history pleaded guilty to illegally possessing multiple firearms after he was arrested on gun charges during an on-going death investigation.
Former President of Massachusetts State Police Union and Former Lobbyist Sentenced to Prison for RICO, Fraud, Obstruction and Tax Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - The former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts (SPAM) and the union’s former Massachusetts lobbyist were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering, fraud, obstruction of justice and tax crimes.
Fort Myers Felon Convicted For Unlawfully Possessing Loaded Rifle
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Javonte Keyon Whitfield (25, Fort Myers) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a previously convicted felon. Whitfield faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. Whitfield had been indicted on February 9, 2022.
Ardmore Residents Sentenced For Use And Carry Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Crime Of Violence
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announces that Shawn Braiden Hickman, age 19, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Christopher Hunter Skolarski, age 20, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, have been sentenced to 60 months in prison for Use and Carry of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.
Statement From U.S. Attorney Jason M. Frierson
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada today issued the following statement from United States Attorney Jason M. Frierson.
Woman admits to smuggling minors
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 22-year-old resident of Toledo, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to transporting an undocumented alien, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Additional Tangipahoa Parish Residents Sentenced in Jungle Life Mafia Street Gang Prosecution
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JERALD ALEXANDER, age 38, a Tangipahoa Parish resident, was sentenced on May 4, 2023, to 87 months imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and a $400 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. ALEXANDER...
Kanawha County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Charles Ryan Tucker, 45, of Mammoth, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Massachusetts Man Indicted for Acting as an Illegal Agent of the People’s Republic of China
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A Massachusetts man was arrested on May 9 for allegedly acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) without providing notification to the U.S. Attorney General.
Fort Myers Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Jeffrey Brown (35, Fort Myers) to seven and six months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Brown had pleaded guilty on Feb. 15, 2023.
Repeat Offender Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Receipt And Possession of Large Child Sexual Abuse Material Collection
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas resident was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 16 years in prison followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for receipt and possession of more than 118,000 images of child sexual abuse material.
Seven persons arraigned on charges in meth trafficking investigation on Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations, three counties
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BILLINGS - Seven persons accused in a large methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations and in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Rosebud counties appeared for arraignment this week on various charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
Straw Purchaser Sentenced to 42 months for Lying to Buy Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke man, who made an illegal straw purchase of a firearm for a convicted felon, was sentenced this week to 42 months in federal prison.
Defendant on Ten Most Wanted List Extradited from Canada to the United States to Face Drug Trafficking Charges
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A dual citizen of Laos and Canada on Homeland Security Investigation’s (HSI) Ten Most Wanted list was extradited this week by the government of Canada to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in Detroit, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids Results in Record Arrests and Seizures
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice, and its Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and international partners, announced the results of Operation SpecTor, which included 288 arrests - the most ever for any JCODE operation and nearly double that of the prior operation. Law enforcement...