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Mattawamkeag Man Sentenced to 4+ Years for Role Methamphetamine Trafficking, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Mattawamkeag man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
Atlanta drug trafficking organization has been successfully dismantled
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - Esteban Niere has been sentenced for conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Niere was a member of a drug trafficking organization operating in southwest Atlanta that was successfully disrupted following a federal, state, and local law enforcement investigation.
Keshena Man Indicted for Aggravated Assault on Menominee Indian Reservation
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that a on May 9, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Edmund Broeffle (age 29), a Keshena resident and enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(6) and 1153(a).
Arizona Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Transporting Victim for Prostitution
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
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Roommates Of Three-Time Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To Prison On Child Exploitation Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody has sentenced Donald Ray Shadowens (30, Clearwater) to 6 years in federal prison for receiving child sex abuse material. On April 19, 2023, Judge Moody sentenced related defendant Craigan Joyner (20, Clearwater) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison...
Leader of Queens-Based "Wood City" Gang Convicted of Revenge Killing Over Stolen Necklace
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict late yesterday afternoon against Christopher Acevedo, the leader of “Wood City," a violent criminal enterprise which also used the names “Yellow Tape Boyz" and “YTB," of murder in-aid-of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm in...
Providence Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl across Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Cartel member imprisoned for drug trafficking in local neighborhood
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 32-year-old Mexican citizen who illegally resided in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute meth during a transaction that occurred in a Houston residential neighborhood, announced US Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Ada Resident Sentenced For Bank Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Matthew Thomas Pettigrew, age 42, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 46 months for Bank Robbery on April 6, 2023.
New Orleans Man Indicted for Federal Gun and Drug Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on May 12, 2023 in a three-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control and Federal Controlled Substances Acts, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
University Professor Indicted for Trafficking Images of Child Sex Abuse
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Rodger Githens, 45, of West Sacramento, charging him with receipt and distribution of images of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Kanawha County Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Crime
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Kathy Darlene Strickmaker, 63, of Dry Branch, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud.
Putnam County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - George Daren Hall, also known as “Pops," 47, of Nitro, was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
Hartford Man Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Gun Possession Offense, Violating Supervised Release
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH STEELE, 36, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 50 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
Browning woman admits sexual abuse of minor boy
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning woman today admitted to sexually abusing a boy on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
South Texan admits to receiving child porn via messaging app
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 20-year-old resident of Edinburg has pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography depicting prepubescent minors, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Gang Leader Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Possessing Firearms And Ammunition
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Micheal Hankerson (31, Poinciana) to six years in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Hankerson to forfeit firearms and ammunition. Hankerson had been found guilty on Dec. 3, 2022.
Great Falls woman charged with defrauding two businesses of more than $200,000
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Great Falls woman accused of embezzling more than $200,000 from two businesses while working as a bookkeeper appeared for arraignment on May 9 on fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
Fort Myers Man Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Federal Prison For Firearms And Narcotics Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Doumy Joseph (27, Fort Myers) to six years and nine months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. The court also ordered Joseph to forfeit the firearms and ammunition he illegally possessed. Joseph had pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2022.
Multiple Men Indicted in Utah for Firearm Offenses, Including Allegedly Attempting to Smuggle 34 Guns into Mexico
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah - A federal grand jury in Utah returned an indictment charging five Salt Lake County residents, including two foreign nationals, with firearm offenses after speaker boxes full of guns were confiscated at the Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.