Telly Hankton and Three Gang Associates Receive Life Sentences
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today the sentencing of Telly Hankton and three members of the Hankton Organization. According to the court documents, members of this organization and their...
View ArticleMexican National Sentenced for Illegally Reentry
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAVIER DE JESUS PEREZ-JIMENEZ age 30, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for...
View ArticleJury Convicts Man Of Coercion And Enticement Of A Minor
LAS VEGAS, Nev. –A Henderson, Nev., man was convicted Tuesday of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of...
View ArticleFederal Racketeering Indictment Targets Wilmington Street Gang
LOS ANGELES– Authorities have arrested 17 members and associates of the Wilmas street gang who are named in a federal racketeering indictment that alleges acts of murder, attempted murder,...
View ArticleFormer Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sentenced to...
LOS ANGELES– A former immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who had the power to approve applications for citizenship has been sentenced to 33...
View ArticleSaratoga Man Convicted Of Wire Fraud And Making Misstatements To A Bank After...
SAN JOSE— A federal jury convicted Sanjiv Kakkar of wire fraud and making misstatements to a bank announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)...
View ArticleSt. Albans woman pleads guilty to conspiracy to obtain pain pills by fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A St. Albans woman pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Luci Jane McCormick, 39, entered her guilty plea to conspiracy to...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney’s Office recognizes Western District of Louisiana veterans
SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley would like to honor the men and women of the Western District of Louisiana and their family members...
View ArticleWheeling Island man pleads guilty to crack cocaine distribution
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Clarence William Bertram, 24, of Wheeling, West Virginia, pled guilty to crack cocaine distribution in federal court today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II,...
View ArticleBillings Businessman and Construction Company Convicted of Pay to Play Scheme...
GREAT FALLS – Following a four-day trial, a federal jury today convicted Kevin McGovern and CMG Construction of Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, and Bribery, arising out of a pay-to-play scheme on the Rocky...
View ArticleNew Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Use of an Interstate Facility to Promote...
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAVID MICHAEL WHITE, JR., a/k/a “Prince Loyalty,” age 33, of New Orleans pled guilty today to two counts of use of an interstate facility to promote...
View ArticleSlidell Man Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of Children
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRIAN GRACO, age 36, of Slidell, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to receiving images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of...
View ArticleMan who Oversaw Drug Trafficking Operations of Crips Street Gang Sentenced to...
LOS ANGELES– A leading figure in the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC) street gang has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to racketeering and drug...
View ArticleHouma Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Houma Man Pleads Guilty to...
U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., announced that on Tuesday, EBONIE SMITH, age 37, of Houma, pled guilty to one counts of bribery of a public official, and DARNOLD DEVILLE, age 50, of Houma,...
View ArticleNurse Who Operated Spa in Laguna Niguel Agrees to Plead Guilty to Illegally...
SANTA ANA, California– A registered nurse who owned and operated a day spa in Laguna Niguel has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge related to the illegal distribution of Botox that...
View ArticleTax Defier And Member Of Freedom Law School Sentenced To Thirty-Three Months’...
Oakland – A resident of Point Richmond, Calif. was sentenced late yesterday to serve 33 months in prison for tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...
View ArticleInland Empire Brothers Plead Guilty to Federal Charges Related to Cache of...
LOS ANGELES, California– Two brothers from San Jacinto have pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges related to nearly three dozen machineguns, as well as short-barrel shotguns and...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney speaks at two Lafayette ceremonies honoring military on...
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley was guest speaker at two Veterans Day events dedicated to those who serve our nation’s military.The U.S. Attorney was keynote speaker at the...
View ArticleHuntington heroin dealer sentenced to over seven years in federal prison for...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man was sentenced today to seven and a half years in federal prison for a heroin crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lamont Walter Haywood, 38,...
View ArticleGary, Indiana Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Robbing Bank in Carrizo...
In Del Rio this morning, 44-year-old Luis Gonzalez of Gary, IN, was sentenced to four years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for the robbery of Capital Bank of Texas in...
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