PENSACOLA MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Adrian Dion Pettaway Jr., 24, of Pensacola, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with distribution of a controlled substance. Source:…
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Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Sexual Abuse Material
John Paul Cunningham, 31, was sentenced by Senior District Judge Wilma A. Lewis for possession of child pornography. Judge Lewis sentenced Cunningham to 84…
Continue ReadingIllegal alien faces federal charges for selling fentanyl at a farmers market produce stand
Luis Sanchez-Acevedo, an illegal alien from Mexico, appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon on charges related to his alleged distribution of fentanyl from a…
Continue ReadingGuatemalan National Sentenced to Eight Months in Prison for Forcibly Assaulting Federal Officers During Immigration Arrest
BOSTON – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for assaulting multiple officers during an immigration arrest. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingSpringfield Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for fentanyl distribution and illegally possessing firearms. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingJury Convicts Honduran National of Aggravated Identity Theft and Associated Fraud Charges
Tampa, FL – A federal jury has found Nidia Roxana Maradiaga-Flores (28), an illegal alien from Honduras, guilty of aggravated identity theft, false representation of…
Continue ReadingEighth Member of the Brooklyn-Based Hyena Crips Gang Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Crimes, Including Murder
Richler Morette, also known as “Breezy,” a member of the Brooklyn-based Hyena Crips gang, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn to racketeering…
Continue ReadingNew York Man Sentenced to Prison for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft in Connection with Stolen $810,000 Tax Refund Check
BOSTON – A Yonkers, N.Y. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for a scheme to steal an $810,000 tax refund by…
Continue ReadingIllegal alien indicted for ramming immigration vehicle causing injury to federal agents in the Eastern District of Texas
indictment_0.pdf An illegal alien has been indicted and charged with injuring federal immigration agents in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay…
Continue ReadingChicago Businessman Sentenced for Role in Bank Fraud and Pandemic-Relief Fraud Schemes
An Illinois businessman was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in schemes to fraudulently…
Continue ReadingNew York Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Dominic Love Davis, 52, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today to failure to update his registration as a sex offender,…
Continue ReadingPRISON TIME FOR BANK BURGLARS INVOLVED IN MULTI-STATE ATM HEIST SCHEME
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Quinnaland Jerome Rhodes, 39, of Apalachicola, Florida, Imuel Wade Thompkins, 31, of Missouri City, Texas, and Derron Skinner, 34, of Houston, Texas,…
Continue ReadingTampa Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing More Than Half a Million Dollars in COVID Relief Funds
Tampa, Florida – Terrance Bradford (47, Tampa) was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington to 30 months in federal prison for…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearm
Dennis Duquette, 46, was found by law enforcement with a 9mm pistol in his hand Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney’s Office Filed 88 Border-Related Cases This Week
SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 88 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for…
Continue ReadingDefense Contractor President Sentenced to 48 Months in Bribery Scheme
SAN DIEGO – Philip Flores, the owner, president, and chief executive of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., a former defense contractor based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia,…
Continue ReadingMexican National Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm
A Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for felon in possession of a firearm after absconding…
Continue ReadingVirginia Beach man sentenced to 45 years in prison for auto loan scheme and identity theft
Dion Lamont Camp, 41, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for defrauding and exploiting numerous victims including romantic partners,…
Continue ReadingHigh-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited from Mexico to Atlanta to Face Cocaine Trafficking Charges
Following his extradition from Mexico to the United States, Roberto Najera Gutierrez, also known as “Kunfu Panda” and “La Gallina,” pleaded not guilty in…
Continue ReadingLeominster Man Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Funds, Bank Fraud and Money Laundering in Connection with Stolen $1,355,000 Tax Refund Check
BOSTON – A Leominster man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to a scheme to steal $1,355,863 by depositing a forged tax…
Continue ReadingSouth Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Wire Fraud Conspiracy that Defrauded Victim of Nearly $500,000
BOSTON – A South Boston man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield to participating in a scheme that defrauded a 75-year-old man from…
Continue ReadingJury Convicts Florida Fuel Supplier of 34 Felonies at Trial in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud U.S. Department of War and Other Federal Agencies
A federal jury in West Palm Beach found Jason Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, guilty of 34 felonies including wire fraud, money laundering, and…
Continue ReadingDelhi, India Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Illegally Export Aviation Components from Oregon to Russia
Yesterday, in Portland, Oregon, a man from Delhi, India was sentenced to federal prison for conspiring with others to export controlled aviation components and…
Continue ReadingNew York Man Charged With Robbery Spree That Targeted Six Manhattan Banks
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office…
Continue ReadingJAMAICAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION CRIMES
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Jevan Antonio Miller, 28, a Jamaican citizen residing in Thomasville, Georgia, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to…
Continue ReadingFormer IRS Employee Sentenced to 12 Months and a Day in Prison Following a More than $2M Financial Fraud Scheme
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Rodney Quinn Rupe, 47, of Syracuse, Utah, was sentenced to 12 months and a day imprisonment for wire fraud…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico Weekly Immigration and Border Crimes Report
Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico announced its immigration enforcement statistics for this week. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced To 50 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice 11-Year-Old Child To Engage In Sexual Activity
Jacksonville, Florida – Geoffrey Lee Dudding (40, Concord, NC) was sentenced by United States District Judge Wendy W. Berger to 50 years in federal…
Continue ReadingIdaho Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking
BOSTON – A Rigby, Idaho man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to cyberstalking a Massachusetts professor over the course of five…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien and Convicted Felon Charged with Firearms Offenses
NASHVILLE –Juan Alvarado-Garcia, 29, of Madison, Tennessee, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, and…
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