Mexican National Indicted for Illegal Re-Entry
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that FAUSTINO JUAREZ-CASTILLO, age 31, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United...
View ArticleNew Orleans Business Owner Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Role in $3.3...
WASHINGTON – The owner of a New Orleans company that defrauded Medicare of more than $3.3 million was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for directing the scheme.Assistant Attorney General Leslie...
View ArticleNew Orleans Man Pleads Guilty in Interstate Heroin Case
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LEJEUNE HARRIS, age 43, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, one count of possession...
View ArticleRed Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting a Police Officer
United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger yesterday announced the guilty plea of NODIN MAKWA, 21, for charging at a police officer with his car after a high-speed chase. On January 5, 2016, MAKWA was...
View ArticleFormer Mountlake Terrace, Washington Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for...
A 51-year-old Mountlake Terrace, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison for production and possession of child pornography, announced U.S....
View ArticleTwo Michigan Residents Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of Minors
In Austin today, 30-year-old Deqwon Saquod Lewis and 24-year old Starisha Shontel Moore, both of Flint, Michigan, were sentenced to 300 months and 235 months in federal prison, respectively, for sex...
View ArticleFive Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with a Fraudulent...
In Austin today, five individuals, including three sisters, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme that involved over 3,200 fraudulent income tax returns that claimed refunds...
View ArticleParkersburg man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to possessing over 600 images of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. John Leslie Hess, 64, entered his guilty...
View ArticleAlleged UPMC Hack Co-conspirator Extradited to U.S.
PITTSBURGH – United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today the extradition of a Cuban national arrested in Venezuela for his alleged role in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)...
View Article"Well Dressed Man" Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — David James Lira, 39, of Roseville, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to three years in prison for robbing five banks in Northern...
View ArticleDubai Man Pleads Guilty to Bribery of Public Official
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ahmed Pervez Aarianpur, 36, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pleaded guilty today to bribing a public official of the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert...
View ArticleGeorgia Man Sentenced to over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking...
LOS ANGELES – A man who trafficked a 17-year-old girl from Nevada to Southern California and forced her to work as a prostitute has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison....
View ArticleStockton Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Fraud, Identity Theft, and Firearms Offenses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dennis Joseph Machado, 44, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to numerous federal felony offenses arising out of illicit conduct in Sutter, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Counties,...
View ArticleUnited States Announces Superfund Settlement To Protect Vital Drinking Water...
Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Judith A. Enck, Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, today announced...
View ArticleJeffrey E. Thompson Sentenced for Conspiring to Violate District of Columbia...
WASHINGTON - Jeffrey E. Thompson was sentenced today to three months of incarceration, to be followed by 90 days of home confinement, for his involvement in a scheme in which he and his...
View ArticleRegistered Sex Offender Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of a Teen
BOSTON – A registered sex offender was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with persuading a 16-year-old boy to travel to New York to engage in sexual activity.Ronald S....
View ArticleOak Brook Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison in Connection with Kickback...
CHICAGO — A federal judge sentenced an Oak Brook doctor to two years in prison for illegally receiving benefits in exchange for referring elderly patients to Sacred Heart Hospital on Chicago’s West...
View ArticleGeorgia man sentenced to Federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Georgia man who was caught with methamphetamine and a stolen pistol in a Summersville hotel was sentenced today to two years and eight months in federal prison, announced United...
View ArticleNitro meth dealer pleads guilty to Federal drug crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Nitro man pleaded guilty today to a federal methamphetamine charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Shawn Keathley, 26, entered his guilty plea to distribution of...
View ArticleChicago Man Sentenced to Eleven Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Six...
CHICAGO — A federal judge sentenced a Chicago man to eleven years in prison for robbing six stores and two banks on the city’s North Side.BLAKE FISHER-BRUNER, 32, robbed the same bank twice, bringing...
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