Couple in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 97 Months’ Imprisonment
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Mekfira Hussein and Abduljabar Hussein have been sentenced to a total of 97…
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Former Quincy City Manager Found Guilty of Firearm Possession as Convicted Felon
Tallahassee, Florida – Robert Edward Nixon, 61, Qunicy, Florida, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Tallahassee following a two-day jury trial for…
Continue ReadingBatesville Woman Sentenced for Possessing Homemade Bombs, including One Found on Her Ex's Vehicle
Christina Willis was sentenced to more than six years for possessing homemade bombs. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingCalifornia Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $46 Million In Public Benefits and Laundering Proceeds to China
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Carlos A. Grijalva, age 60, of Simi Valley, California,…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis Felon Admits Being Caught in Stolen Car with Two Shotguns
Maurice Brown Jr. was driving a recently stolen Audi A4 and had two shotguns in the car. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingFormer Postal Employee Sentenced For Obstruction of U.S. Mail
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – LACRESHA VINING (“VINING”), age 27, of Independence, Louisiana, was sentenced to a one year of probation by U.S. District Judge Nannette…
Continue ReadingHSTF Investigation Leads to Rio Rico Man Being Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies
TUCSON, Ariz. – Hugo Jesus Munoz, 34, of Rio Rico, Arizona, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 60…
Continue ReadingRepeat sex offender from Licking County sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for new child pornography crimes
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A repeat sex offender was sentenced in federal court here today to 235 months in prison for receiving and possessing child…
Continue ReadingUkrainian National Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy in Connection with Conti Ransomware
Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a…
Continue ReadingFormer NFL Player Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Operating Large-Scale Dog Fighting and Trafficking Venture in Oklahoma
Former NFL player LeShon Johnson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a…
Continue ReadingJury Finds D.C. Man Guilty of 2024 Stabbing Death
David Key, 39, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty today in D.C. Superior Court, on charges stemming from the death of 33-year-old Devon Greenfield…
Continue ReadingColombian National Indicted in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation into $135M Money Laundering Conspiracy
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Greenville returned a single-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging William Andres Holguin Mendez, 40, of…
Continue ReadingLeader of the Manchester N.H. Chapter of Trinitarios Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
BOSTON – A member of the Manchester Chapter of the Trinitarios has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for racketeering charges, including his…
Continue ReadingSt. Charles, Missouri Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
Joshua J. Klenke admitted uploading child sexual abuse material to Snapchat and kissing a 4-year-old. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingDistrict Man Sentenced for Possession of Firearm After Ditching Cocaine Trafficking Evidence in a Trash Can
Tavon Valentine Lee, 29, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison in connection with…
Continue ReadingFormer Treasurer for Orange County High School Football Booster Club Arrested for Allegedly Siphoning Over $400K to Pay Her Delinquent Mortgage
An Orange County woman was arrested today on a federal indictment charging her with defrauding a nonprofit created to financially support a high school…
Continue ReadingPeruvian national indicted for illegally voting
A federal grand jury in Wichita has returned an indictment charging a Peruvian national with multiple criminal offenses arising from allegedly voting in a…
Continue ReadingHartford Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison
JOSE BARET, 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley to 84 months of imprisonment and four years of…
Continue ReadingFormer Bethalto Attorney Accused of Stealing Over $400,000 From Minor Clients
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Yesterday, an attorney who practiced in Bethalto appeared in federal court to face 15 federal charges for bank and…
Continue ReadingFelon Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Possessing Multiple Firearms and Violating Supervised Release Terms for Prior Federal Drug Conviction
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An armed felon was sentenced to prison yesterday for possessing multiple firearms and for violating the terms of his supervised release…
Continue ReadingAtoka Resident Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Firearm
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Vet Sentrel Colbert, age 44, of Atoka, Oklahoma,…
Continue ReadingCleveland Man Sentenced to Six Months in USDA Fraud Scheme That Netted $400,000 for Himself and His Uncle
Jamarea Grant, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison in connection with a kickback scheme in which he and…
Continue ReadingGuatemalan National Sentenced for Unlawful Reentry
BOSTON – A Guatemalan national who was unlawfully residing in Hudson, Mass. was sentenced in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United…
Continue ReadingFederal Firearms Offenses Weekly Roundup
LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada, working with our partners in federal, state, and local law enforcement, are combining…
Continue ReadingHonolulu Man Involved in Trans-Pacific Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Kennard Hinano Boyd Kekona, 58, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts Man Sentenced to Nearly Six Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine
CONCORD – Matthew Schnell, 45, of Bellingham, Massachusetts was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe to 71 months…
Continue ReadingJury Finds District Man Guilty of 2022 Armed Carjacking
Andrew Patrick, 38, of Washington, D.C., was convicted by a Superior Court jury yesterday of armed carjacking and possession of a firearm during a…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Key Role in Large-Scale Cargo Thefts
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Haneef Palmer, aka “Lew,” 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 121 months in prison,…
Continue ReadingRAD Diversified REIT Co-Founders Indicted for Stealing Funds from Their Employees’ Benefit Plans
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Brandon “Dutch” Mendenhall (47, Brandon, Florida) and Amy Marie Smith…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for child exploitation
Sean Michael Hunt, 51, of San Francisco, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material.…
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