Two Sentenced for Roles in International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
RICHMOND, Va. – A Charlotte woman was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for her role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy. Tammie D. Diggs, 48, pleaded guilty on January 13. According to...
View ArticleFairfax Man Sentenced to Prison for Child Pornography
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Roger Wheaton Webb, 53, of Fairfax, was sentenced today to five years in prison for receipt of child pornography.Webb pleaded guilty on January 18. According to court documents,...
View ArticleBrazilian National Arrested for Possessing Firearms
BOSTON – A Brazilian national, who entered the United States illegally in 2002, will appear in federal court today for possessing firearms and ammunition. Acemar Damaceno, 37, who was residing in...
View ArticleHope Initiative Partners, City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County and HAC...
ALBUQUERQUE– The U.S. Attorney’s Office and UNM’s Health and Sciences Center are encouraging the public to participate in DEA’s 13th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 29, 2017...
View ArticleThree Men Charged With Alien Smuggling
HOUSTON – Federal charges have been filed against three Mexican nationals who were allegedly holding five illegal aliens at a residence in Splendora, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A...
View ArticleWorcester Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tobacco Tax Fraud
BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a scheme to defraud the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of tobacco excise taxes and submitting false tax returns. Mohamed Afeez, 32,...
View ArticleFormer Defense Contractor Sentenced for Mail Fraud, Making False Claims While...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Stephan D. Boggs, 64, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $280,000 in restitution for supplying non-conforming...
View ArticleSanta Fe Felon Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Firearm
ALBUQUERQUE – Joaquin Archuleta, 41, of Santa Fe, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. The...
View ArticleMan Who Falsely Claimed to Receive the Purple Heart Award to Receive...
DALLAS — A 35-year-old man, Brandon Ryan Blackstone, who admitted fraudulently representing the receipt of a military decoration for financial gain, has been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleSan Antonio Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Possession and...
In San Antonio this morning, 33-year-old Michael Daniel Lee Kiper was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for possession and transmission of child...
View ArticleThree Arrested and Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scheme
In Del Rio, three men face federal charges for their alleged roles in an advanced fee investment scheme through which they obtained in excess of $5 million from their victims announced United States...
View ArticleStarr County, Texas Man Sentenced for East Texas Drug Trafficking
BEAUMONT, Texas – A 45-year-old Roma, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston...
View ArticleMontegut Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography
Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TYLER DAVIS, age 22, of Montegut, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. According to court...
View ArticleColumbus Man Charged with Assaulting Federal Officers
ALBUQUERQUE – This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Larry Todd Hoffmeister, 51, of Columbus, N.M., with...
View ArticleChildcare Worker Sentenced to 6+ Years in Prison for Possession of Images of...
A childcare worker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 78 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleGovernment Contractors Indicted in $11 Million Veteran Set-Aside Fraud Scheme
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebecca S. Kanter (619-546-7304) and Aaron P. Arnzen (619-546-8384) NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY– April 21, 2017SAN DIEGO, CA – Owners of local construction and telecommunications...
View ArticleWashington State Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Prohibited Ivory Products
A resident of Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to violating the Lacey Act by trafficking in sperm whale ivory, announced U.S....
View ArticleMontville Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin to Overdose Victim
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES BUTLER, 24, of Montville, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal...
View ArticleFederal Grand Jury Indicts Irving Woman on Wire Fraud Charges Stemming From...
DALLAS—Nemelee Liwanag Jiao, 47, of Irving, Texas, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas, on two counts of wire fraud for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that cost at least 35...
View ArticlePasquotank County Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 25 Years
RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced DAVON KELLY...
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