Bakersfield Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Hate Crime
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced a Bakersfield man to 15 years in prison today for federal hate crimes for firing a shotgun while yelling racist slurs at a Latino man,...
View ArticleGarden Grove Man Who Traveled to Canada to Have Sex with Girl He Met Online...
SANTA ANA, California– A Garden Grove man who convinced a 13-year-old girl he met online to send him explicit videos – and then traveled to Canada to have sex with the victim – was ordered...
View ArticleInvestigations by IRS Lead to Cases Against Tax Return Preparers
LOS ANGELES–The United States Attorney’s Office and IRS Criminal Investigation today announced a 10-year prison sentence against one defendant and the filing of three criminal cases against...
View ArticleLast of 22 Defendants Sentenced In Federal and State Operation Targeting...
CORRECTION: In our original press release, the sentences listed for Defendants Grant and Benton were in error. As noted below, Defendant Benton pled guilty to drug conspiracy and was sentenced to 5...
View ArticleRochester Man Pleads Guilty To Armed Cocaine Trafficking
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX: (716) 551-3051ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Oliver, 26, of...
View ArticleClearwater Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge
Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Travis Lemart Hayes (21, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. He...
View ArticleGeorgetown, Indiana man sentenced for bank robbery
Sentenced for his role in two Posey County Community State Bank incidents.PRESS RELEASEEvansville – United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the sentencing of a Georgetown, Indiana, man...
View ArticleJury Convicts Linn County Woman of Welfare Fraud
PORTLAND, Ore. – On Thursday, April 6, 2017, a federal jury found a Lebanon, Ore. woman guilty of wire fraud and theft. Jamie Faye Cobat, 52, was convicted of stealing approximately $29,000 in welfare...
View ArticlePocahontas County man guilty of illegal possession of a firearm
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Archie Ray Arbogast, of Dunmore, West Virginia, was convicted for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.Arbogast,...
View ArticleThree indicted for illegal reentry into the United States
Three people were indicted this week for illegally re-entering the United States, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja. Mexican citizen Francisco Raul Yanez-Botello, 42, was last deported on...
View ArticleCleveland women indicted for fraudulently claiming $313,000 in tax refunds
Two Cleveland women were indicted on charges of conspiracy to make false claims for fraudulently claiming false tax refunds for more than $300,000, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the...
View ArticleAustintown man indicted for two bank robberies
Jarrett N. Dragic, 22, of Austintown, was indicted on two counts of bank robbery, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, FBI Special...
View ArticleMassillon man indicted for importing fentanyl from China
A Massillon man was indicted for illegally importing fentanyl from China, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja. Daniel Stolte, 29, was indicted on one count of possession with the intent to...
View ArticleBristol, Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud
Abingdon, VIRGINIA – A Bristol man, who along with his wife and another woman, was accused of healthcare fraud charges, has pled guilty to related federal charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A....
View ArticleGreensboro Man Sentenced on Mortgage Fraud
Contact Person: John C. Potterfield (803) 929-3000Florence, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Michael Lane Prevette, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced to 42...
View ArticleMount Pleasant Speech Pathologist Charged in Health Fraud Scheme
Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake today announced that a Charleston Grand Jury has returned a six-count indictment charging Gena...
View ArticleFranklin County Woman Charged With Embezzlement From Pennsylvania State...
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Colleen A. McQueeney, age 56, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, was charged on April 11, 2017,...
View ArticleUtica Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearm as a Convicted Felon
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Norman Hamlin, 47, of Utica, New York, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in...
View ArticleLackawanna Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Crack Cocaine Near A Housing Project
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX: (716) 551-3051BUFFALO, N.Y. – Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Waldemar Pabon, 29, of...
View ArticleConvicted Felon Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison For Violating Federal Drug...
BOWLING GREEN, KY – A Warren County, Kentucky, convicted felon was sentenced in United States District Court by District Judge Greg N. Stivers to 17 years in prison followed by a ten year period of...
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