Woonsocket Barber Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine
PROVIDENCE – A Woonsocket barber who admitted to preparing and selling crack cocaine in and around his barbershop, among other places, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.In March 2019,...
View ArticleSerial Bank Robber Pleads Guilty to Federal Bank Robbery Charge
Baltimore, Maryland – Victor Fossett, age 55, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty on June 11, 2020, to bank robbery and to violating the conditions of his federal supervised release, in connection...
View ArticleConvicted Felon Indicted for Firearms Business without a License, Possession...
MEMPHIS, TN – On June 9, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Bruce Matthews, 27, on several charges, including engaging in a firearms business without a license. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleSpringfield Man Charged with Child Pornography Offenses
BOSTON – A Springfield man was charged yesterday in federal court in Springfield with child pornography offenses.Ross Lopata, 32, was charged in a criminal complaint with receipt and possession of...
View ArticleSecond Arrest Made for the Arson of Fayetteville’s Historic Market House
RALEIGH, N.C. – A second suspect was arrested for taking part in the arson of Fayetteville’s Market House after an otherwise peaceful demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis,...
View ArticleToledo man indicted for using a firearm in a crime of violence
Justin. E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Juarvez Whitfield Neeley, 22, of Toledo with...
View ArticleWorcester Man Charged with Being a Felon in Possession
BOSTON – A Worcester man was charged today with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Steven Dillon, 36, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of being a felon in...
View ArticlePalm Bay Residents Sentenced To Federal Prison For Credit Card Fraud
Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced three individuals for possessing device-making equipment used to manufacture counterfeit credit cards. Cassandra S. Ulysse (28,...
View ArticleTwo Pennsylvania men indicted on rioting and firearms charges
Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Brandon Michael Althof Long, age 23, and...
View ArticleDefendants Sentenced And Ordered To Pay $993,644.46 In Restitution
HAMMOND- Jacqueline Jay Podell, 46, and Michael Wilson, 53, both of Winamac, Indiana were sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.On December 13, 2019,...
View ArticlePerry Man Sentenced For Armed Drug Trafficking
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Justin Michael Williams, 34, of Perry, Florida, has been sentenced to serve 13½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple offenses related to armed drug...
View ArticleAlcoa Woman Sentenced For Fraud Charges
KNOXVILLE, Tenn – On June 10, 2020, Marilyn Yvette Cook (also known as Marilyn Yvette Powell), 57, of Alcoa, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Eastern...
View ArticleGuilty Pleas In A Multitude Of Meth, Heroin, And Illegal Gun Cases In Athens
ATHENS, Ga.– Seven defendants charged in various illegal firearm and high-volume drug cases admitted their guilt during change of plea hearings this week in Athens federal court.The following...
View ArticleHattiesburg Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Under Project EJECT for...
Gulfport, Miss – Paul Leon Heathcoe, 53, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a sawed-off shotgun, announced S. Attorney...
View ArticleInformational: Federal Court arraignments
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...
View ArticleHartford Man Admits Distributing PCP
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JORGE OQUENDO, also known as “G,” 35, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Woman Caught on Turnpike with 80,000 Stamp Bags of Heroin
PITTSBURGH, PA –A Philadelphia woman has been charged federally with possession with intent to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott Brady announced today.Fiordaliza Rodriguez Reyes, 52, of...
View ArticleConvicted Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 17 Months In Federal Prison For...
Ocala, Florida – Senior United States Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Jose Manuel DeJesus-Mujica (41, Ocala) to 17 months in federal prison for illegal re-entry into the United States....
View ArticleTexas Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Houston man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute up to 15 kilograms of cocaine and conspiring to commit money laundering.According to court...
View ArticleMan from Las Cruces, New Mexico sentenced to 8 months in prison for...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Aaron Tyler Stroud, 39, of Las Cruces, New Mexico was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces on June 10 to eight months and 12 days in prison for false personation of...
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