The COPS Office Announces 2017 L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award Winners
The Newport News Police Department, Newport News Sheriff’s Office, and An Achievable Dream, Inc. win national award for innovative collaborationNEWPORT NEWS, VA – The Department of Justice, Office of...
View ArticleSanta Barbara County Man Sentenced to More than Twenty Years in Federal...
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Santa Barbara County man to 246 months’ incarceration for distribution of child pornography. Christopher Robin Coates, 43, of...
View ArticleHuntsville Man Indicted for February Robbery of Woodforest Bank
BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted a north Alabama man for a February bank robbery in Huntsville, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.A...
View ArticleFormer Fugitive Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for...
An Avenues gang member who was captured last year after more than a decade on the run was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on federal hate crime and firearms charges that were filed against him...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Navy Sailor Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud and Identity Theft
FRESNO, Calif. — Jarrod M. Langford, 26, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity...
View ArticlePennsylvania Business Owner Gets Five Years In Prison For Defrauding...
NEWARK, N.J. – A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $24 million from the Post 9/11 GI Bill, a federal...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Announces New DEA Division Office in Omaha
The Drug Enforcement Administration will establish the Omaha Field Division – its 23rd division office in the United States – on July 8, 2018. The division will include Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North...
View ArticleNIJ Announces Enhancements to NamUs
Using feedback from stakeholders across the nation, the National Institute of Justice and the University of North Texas Health Science Center have provided several major updates to NamUs, the national...
View ArticleFormer head of Sandusky business charged with defrauding investors out of $10...
The leader of an international binary options scheme was arrested and a 19-count federal indictment unsealed, charging him with defrauding investors out of at least $10 million.Jared J. Davis...
View ArticleVALOR Releases Spotlight on Road Safety
The BJA VALOR Program introduces the latest Spotlight on Safety, "Roadmap to Vehicle Safety." It provides information to help law enforcement personnel stay safe while operating their vehicles....
View ArticleFormer Branch Manager Embezzled Funds from Beaver Falls Bank
PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of embezzlement by a bank employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.Robin...
View ArticleJoint Federal State and Local Operation Across Puget Sound Targets Violent...
More than 35 Arrested on Indictments and Criminal Complaints Charging Gun and Drug Crimes In the fourth major drug trafficking ring takedown in as many months, federal, state and local law...
View ArticleColumbus Man Sentenced for Cyberstalking Local Law Enforcement Officer
COLUMBUS, Ohio – William E. Young, 54, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 55 months in prison for cyberstalking.Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern...
View ArticleFormer Defense Intelligence Officer, Resident Of Utah Arrested For Attempted...
SALT LAKE CITY – Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, was arrested Saturday afternoon on federal charges including the...
View ArticleMichigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Conviction
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Michigan man who was caught with drugs in Huntington in 2017 was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. William Henry...
View ArticleJury Convicts Another Sacramento Man of Fraud in Connection with Arson Fraud...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, after a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Saber A. Shehadeh, 75, of Sacramento, guilty of three counts of mail fraud related to an arson fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleKeshena Men Indicted for Firearm Offenses on Menominee Indian Reservation
United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on May 15, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against two men allegedly involved in firearms offenses on the Menominee...
View ArticleMartin Man Sentenced for Accessory After the Fact and Conspiracy to...
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Accessory After the Fact (Murder) and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on May...
View ArticleTulsa Couple Indicted on Child Sex Trafficking Charges
Prosecution is part of enhanced Project Safe Childhood initiative within the U.S. Attorney's OfficePITTSBURGH - Two residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in...
View ArticleCalifornia Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Traveling to Thailand and...
A Los Angeles resident was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for two child exploitation offenses, including engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and traveling in foreign commerce...
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