
Chicopee Man, Steven Brown Sentenced for Selling Heroin
A Chicopee man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for distributing heroin. Steven Brown, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to time served (three months) in prison More...

South Florida Securities Lawyer Sentenced to 7 Years for Securities Fraud Scheme
A Boca Raton attorney was sentenced today to 84 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution of $19.7 million to 2,156 investors, after previously being convicted by a federal jury of 33 counts of conspiracy, More...

St Joseph Man, William Bell Indicted on Child Pornography Charges
An initial trial date in March has been scheduled for a St. Joseph, Ill., man, William M. Bell, 39, who has been arrested and indicted on federal child pornography charges. Bell, a former information technology More...

Judge Sentences Businessman, Reynaldo Peralez for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
In San Antonio this morning, 53-year-old Reynaldo “Sonny” Jesus Peralez, owner and operator of Bohannon Oil Services, L.L.C., was sentenced for scheming to defraud investors of over $3.5 million dollars by routing More...

Washington Man, Douglas Smyser Faces Federal Charge for Disturbance on Flight
The FBI charged Douglas B. Smyser, age 21, with interfering with a flight crew for alleged disturbing behavior aboard Compass Air flight 6054 on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Smyser, a Bonney Lake, Washington man, More...

New Orleans Man, Roland Bourgeois Sentenced for Shooting 3 African American Men
Roland J. Bourgeois Jr., 55, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release on charges that, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he shot at three young More...

Michigan: James Yun charged in human trafficking case
Madison Heights police announced Friday that James Yun has been charged in a human trafficking case, prostituting a Chinese citizen. James Yun Yun, 36, was arrested by the department’s Special Investigations More...

Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime, Threatening Shooting at Eugene Church
Benjamin Jaramillo Hernandez, 69, of Eugene, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and illegal possession of ammunition charge arising from a series of progressively more threatening and violent actions targeting More...

Atlanta real estate attorney, Nathan Hardwick Recieves 15 years for defrauding his law firm
Nathan E. Hardwick IV has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud his law firm out of millions of dollars. On October 12, 2018, following a four-week trial, a federal jury More...

Las Vegas Man, Fredy Hernandez-Gomez Charged for Receiving Sexually Explicit Photos From Autistic Minor Victim
A Las Vegas man who repeatedly played the game of “truth or dare” with an autistic girl to entice her to send him sexually explicit photos was sentenced to eight years in federal prison to be followed by lifetime More...

Three Individuals Sentenced to Prison for Roles in VA Program Bribery Schemes
Two owners and an employee of for-profit, non-accredited schools were sentenced during the last two days for bribing a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in exchange for the public official’s More...

Round Rock Man, Terry Allen Miles Charged for Kidnapping 2 Sisters in December 2017
In Austin today, a federal jury convicted 45-year-old Terry Allen Miles for kidnapping two minors and taking them to Colorado, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, and Federal Bureau of Investigation More...

Canada man, Daniel Wnek sentenced to 11 years for coercing an 11 year old from Ohio
A Canadian man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for sending scores of messages over social media attempting to coerce an 11-year-old from Ohio to engage in sexual activity. Daniel Jason Wnek, 28, of Toronto, More...

Bakersfield Man, Earl John Velasquez Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking Florida Woman
Earl John Velasquez, 23, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to stalking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to the plea agreement, between January and June 2018, Velasquez used various cellphones More...

Pennsylvania Man, Matthew Gallo Sentenced to 3 Years for Robbing Mt Washington Bank
A resident of Plum Township, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of three years and four months, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction on More...

Robert Arnold Koester Charged with Sexual Assault Counts in Oregon and California
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Yamhill County (Oregon) Sheriff’s Office, and the Carlsbad (California) Police Department are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying potential victims of More...

School Police Officer, Ronnier Williams Sentenced for Filing a False Income Tax Return
On February 6, 2019, a former Palm Beach County School Police Officer was sentenced federally for filing a false income tax return. Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George More...

Jamaican National, Keniel Thomas Sentenced to 71 Months for Lottery Fraud
Keniel Thomas, 29, a Jamaican national, was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for trying to extort money from a couple in Washington D.C., who he tried to trick into believing they won the Mega Millions lottery, More...

Green Bay Man, Michael Propst Indicted for Threatening Telephone Calls to Daycare Centers
United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 5, 2019, a federal grand jury issued an indictment against Michael J. Propst (age: 46) of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Photo/Tero The More...

Chesapeake Sheriff’s Deputy, Jenis Plummer Arrested for Smuggling Heroin into Jail
A Chesapeake Sheriff’s Deputy was arrested this morning on charges related to his role in smuggling heroin into the Chesapeake City Jail. According to allegations in the indictment, from July 2017 through January More...