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Brazilian National Pleads Guilty To Attempted Sex Trafficking Of A Child
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Mateus Fernandes Evangelista Da Silva (23, Brazil) has pleaded guilty to attempted sex trafficking of a child. Evangelista Da Silva faces a minimum mandatory term of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has...
Springfield, Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Zahir Allah, 42, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced today to serve 34 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, specifically cocaine...
Hulbert Resident Sentenced For Federal Firearm Offense
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeramey Dill, age 34, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for one count of Use, Carry, and Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
Columbus Man Convicted of Mail Fraud and Making False Statements
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jerald Schreiber, 66, of Columbus, Nebraska, was found guilty today following a four-day jury trial in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for mail fraud and two counts of making false statements to a government entity. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. scheduled Schreiber’s sentencing for August 4, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.
Essex County Man Charged in Scheme to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $4 Million from Government Programs
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning for his involvement in a scheme that obtained more than $4 million in government funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
United States Attorney Statement on Death of St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - “My entire office and I join with all Wisconsinites in expressing our deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and law enforcement colleagues of St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising," said Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. “Deputy Leising gave her life to protect and serve the people of St. Croix County. Her sacrifice will not be forgotten.".
Convicted Fayetteville Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Jarrell Raeshon Bordeaux was sentenced to 248 months in prison for 13 drug trafficking and firearm charges. Bordeaux was convicted by a federal jury in January of this year. According to court records and evidence presented in court, Bordeaux sold ounces of fentanyl and heroin to a confidential informant 10 times. During the drug deals, he bragged about how successful he was at selling drugs and the steps he took to keep from being caught.
Two guilty in prison contraband bribery scheme
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A local man has admitted he paid a prison guard to smuggle contraband into the La Villa Detention Center (LVDC), announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Houston area man sent to prison for smuggling 20 in locked Fedex trailer
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old Humble man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of smuggling 20 non-U.S. citizens, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Violent Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Robbery
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who attempted to rob a marijuana dealer and later shot at least twenty‑four times at an apartment building was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 15 years in federal prison.
Inland Empire Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Sensitive Software from His U.S. Employers to Build a Competing Business in China
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire man has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging he stole sensitive technologies from his Southern California-based employers and used them to market his own competing company to businesses in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Wellesley Man Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Fentanyl, Heroin and Cocaine Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Wellesley man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
Leader Of Newburgh Street Gang Admits To 2016 Murder
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ARDAE HINES, a/k/a “Young Money," a/k/a “YM," pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and distribution of narcotics in connection with his involvement in the Aug. 1, 2016...
Congressman George Santos Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds, and False Statements
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos," a United States Congressman representing the Third District of New York, with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
Tampa Man Convicted In A Conspiracy To Distribute Nearly Four Kilograms Of Methamphetamine And Over 8,000 Pressed Fentanyl Pills
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Victor Yoel Perez Cremades (52, Tampa) guilty of one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine...
Adair County Resident Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Sexual Abuse 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 Bryan Udale Jones, 63, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country, which is punishable by not less than thirty years imprisonment.
Okmulgee County Resident Sentenced For Brutal Murder
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Neil Shai Cameron Lewis, age 28, of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 223 months in prison for Murder in Indian Country-Second Degree.
Cape Girardeau Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Possessing Machine Gun
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday sentenced a man from Cape Girardeau, Missouri who was caught with a fully automatic Glock pistol to 51 months in prison.
Indianapolis Man Sentenced to Twelve years in Federal Prison After Trafficking Methamphetamine and Fleeing Police
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Jackie Dale Smith, 47, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
Two Pharmacy Owners Charged with $29M Health Care Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in Brooklyn charging two New York men for their alleged participation in a scheme to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary prescriptions and over-the-counter products that were not actually dispensed, to pay illegal kickbacks and bribes, and to launder the proceeds of their scheme.