Can I Run My Business While In Federal Prison?
Federal Prison Preparation for Business Owners For most sentenced federal prisoners, the answer is no: you generally cannot direct, operate, manage, or secretly control…
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Bureau of Prisons Inmate Tablets: What Families, Lawyers, and Federal Prisoners Need to Know
BOP Technology Update The Bureau of Prisons is moving toward secure inmate tablets across federal prisons. That could improve communication, education, reentry, and access…
Continue ReadingWest Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Gun Possession Offenses
MATTHEW CRUZ, 36, of West Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in…
Continue ReadingMexican National Sentenced for Felony Reentry of Removed Alien For Immigration Offense
HAMMOND – Miguel Rodriguez-Ezquivel, 39 years old, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to…
Continue ReadingDallas drug dealer sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas in connection with a 2022 overdose death
A Dallas drug dealer has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas in connection with an overdose…
Continue ReadingInterim Jackson County Executive Philip LeVota Indicted for Bribery
Philip LeVota, 61, the Interim Jackson County Executive has been indicted by a federal grand jury for engaging in a bribery scheme related to…
Continue ReadingAjo Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Sexual Contact with a Minor
TUCSON, Ariz. – Eric Garcia, 31, of Tucson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 19 years in prison, followed by a…
Continue ReadingThree O.C. Gang Members Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Murdering a Gangster Who’d Fallen Afoul of Mexican Mafia
Three Orange County street gang members were each sentenced today to life in federal prison for murdering a gangster in August 2017 who had…
Continue ReadingFour Managers and Supervisors of Franklin County Mine Indicted for Failing to Evacuate Miners During Underground Fire, Conspiracy to Obstruct Investigators, and Falsifying Records
BENTON, Ill. – Ronald Dale Koontz, 69, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, Demitrios George Macropoulos, 38, of Buckeye, Arizona, Randy L. Nowland, 67, of Waltonville, Illinois,…
Continue Reading73-Year-Old Cape Coral Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threatening to Kill ICE Officers
Fort Myers, Florida – Joseph Rocco Giancola (73, Cape Coral) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek to six months in federal prison, followed by…
Continue ReadingMexican National Deported Multiple Times Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Reentering U.S.
JULIO CESAR FERNANDEZ-SALAZAR, 45, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of…
Continue ReadingSyracuse Man Sentenced to 75 Months for Gun and Drug Trafficking Offenses
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Lomere Holliman, 23, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced July 8th 2026, to 75 months in prison for possessing and…
Continue ReadingVentura County Tax Preparer Sentenced to More Than 2 Years in Federal Prison for Filing More Than 1,700 False Returns
A Thousand Oaks tax preparer was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for filing more than 1,700 false tax returns for her…
Continue ReadingRepeat Felon Sentenced After Ghost Gun, Drugs Recovered at Southeast D.C. Apartment Complex
Anthony Thomas, 31, a previously convicted felon of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 42 months in prison in connection with his unlawful possession…
Continue ReadingCalabasas Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison for Running ‘DoorDash for Drugs’ Service that Led to Two Fatal Fentanyl OD’s
A Calabasas man was sentenced today to 324 months in federal prison for running what prosecutors called a “DoorDash for drugs” service that delivered…
Continue ReadingNorthwest Arkansas Man Sentenced to 15 years for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identify Theft
FAYETTEVILLE – An Arkansas man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in prison for attempting to sell real estate he did not own and…
Continue ReadingMexican National Indicted On Charges of Illegal Reentry, False Claim of United States Citizenship, After Assuming Identity Of Deceased Child
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Alejandro Rascon-Perez, 54, of Mexico, was indicted on one count…
Continue ReadingSyracuse Felon Sentenced to 77 Months for Possessing a Firearm
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – John Burgos, 30, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced July 9th, 2026, to serve 77 months in prison following his…
Continue ReadingConcord Man Sentenced To Eighteen Years Of Imprisonment For Violent Extortion Scheme And Shooting At Federal Officers
OAKLAND – Joel Dowen was sentenced today to eighteen years in federal prison, for engaging in a violent extortion scheme, shooting at a federal…
Continue ReadingFelon Charged for Unlawful Possession of “Ghost Guns” and Ammunition
LAS VEGAS – A felon has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he unlawfully possessed ammunition and privately manufactured firearms. A privately manufactured firearm…
Continue ReadingBixby Man Convicted by Federal Jury for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
A federal jury convicted a Bixby man of possessing more than 220 images of child sexual abuse material, including an AI-generated and morphed video…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien from Ecuador Caught with Hidden App Containing Child Pornography, Will Spend 10 Years in Federal Prison
Jefferson Chancay-Sanchez, an illegal alien from Ecuador, was sentenced in Del Rio to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material…
Continue ReadingIllegal alien breaks law, plays the victim, is found guilty, and sent to federal prison
A 37-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced for illegally reentering the country without authorization. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingFelon on supervised release pleads guilty to possessing machinegun device, drugs while causing high-speed chase
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A previously convicted felon currently on federal supervised release pleaded guilty in federal court here today to new gun and drug…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien With Sexual Assault Conviction Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawfully Re-Entering United States After Deportation
The defendant was unlawfully present in the U.S. after previously being deported. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingLaurel man pleads guilty to gun charges after shooting himself in the leg
A Laurel man who was found with an illicit firearm while under felony indictment admitted to charges today. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingCanadian Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for Falsely Posing as a Commercial Airline Pilot
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Dallas Pokornik, 34, of Toronto, Canada, pled guilty yesterday in federal court to wire fraud. …
Continue ReadingConvicted Felon Sentenced for Illegal Gun Possession
Michael Ralph Collins, 33, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 71 months in prison in connection with his unlawful…
Continue ReadingMexican National Pleads Guilty to Laundering More than $1.9 Million in Drug Proceeds
A Mexican national pleaded guilty today for his role in the collection of more than $1.9 million in drug proceeds in the United States…
Continue ReadingFour Arizona Residents Charged with Anabolic Steroid-Trafficking Conspiracy in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
MOBILE, AL – A federal grand jury in Mobile returned an indictment charging four Arizona residents with a yearslong anabolic steroids-trafficking conspiracy. Source: U.S.…
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