Federal, State and Local Leaders and Experts Announce Results of Forest...
Today, federal, state, and local leaders joined with experts to announce the results of Operation Forest Watch, a coordinated effort to address the devastating damage done to our national forests by...
View Article“Fleshlight” Discovery leads to Spring Man’s Conviction on Three Child...
HOUSTON – A federal jury has convicted a 37-year-old Spring resident of distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less...
View ArticleIdentity thief sentenced for stealing money from victims’ bank accounts
ATLANTA - Justin Tony Walker has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for fraudulently accessing bank accounts and transferring more than...
View ArticlePittsburgh Woman Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in...
PITTSBURGH, PA – An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months on her conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute opiate painkillers, oxycodone and oxymorphone,...
View ArticleBuffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Gun Charges
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Erick Pizarro, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession of firearms in...
View ArticleSureno Gang Member Sentenced to 172 Months in Federal Prison for His...
Spokane– Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Angel Abel Campos, age 24, of Toppenish, Washington, a documented Sureno gang member, was...
View ArticleUnion County, New Jersey, Man Charged With Distribution Of Child Pornography
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested today and appeared in federal court on charges of distribution of images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito...
View ArticleBoulder Doctor Pleads Guilty To Bankruptcy Fraud
Defendant used shell companies to hide assets from Bankruptcy TrusteeDENVER – Cathleen Van Buskirk, age 55, from Erie, Colorado, a doctor and surgeon from Boulder, Colorado, pled guilty Friday before...
View ArticleFourth Individual Sentenced on Corruption Charge Arising From Opa Locka...
An individual who had a pending agreement to purchase a Miami-based licensed towing company (“the Towing Company”) was sentenced to prison after previously pleading to participating in a conspiracy to...
View ArticleMichigan Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Role in Painkiller...
PITTSBURGH, PA - A Michigan resident has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months of incarceration and four years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute...
View ArticleJustice Department Awards $18 Million to Address Sexual Violence on Campuses
The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced 57 grants totaling over $18 million to help campuses respond to the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating...
View ArticleActing Director Katharine Sullivan of the Justice Department’s Office on...
I am delighted to be here with you today at the National Sexual Assault Conference and join you as we partner in making bold moves to end sexual violence in one generation.I am known for bold moves –...
View ArticleFederal Inmate Pleads Guilty To Stalking
Ocala, Florida – Tommie Raymond Thomas (50, Sumter County, Florida) today pleaded guilty to one count of stalking. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has...
View ArticleDetroit man admits to oxycodone distribution
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Robert Brown, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to selling oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.Brown, also known as “Pooh,” age 24, pled guilty to one count of...
View ArticleJustice Department announces release of new fentanyl safety video for first...
WASHINGTON – The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance today released the Fentanyl Safety Recommendations for First Responders’ companion training video Fentanyl: The Real Deal. The...
View ArticleColumbus Felon Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison For Possession Of...
COLUMBUS: United States Attorney Charles E. Peeler announces that Watkins Brown, age 25, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 103 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted...
View ArticleKC Man Faces More Stalking Charges
Originally Indicted for Stalking, Illegal FirearmsKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Additional charges were filed today against a Kansas City, Mo., man for stalking two more victims.Robert J. Gross, 66, of Kansas...
View ArticleMulti-Agency Investigation Disrupts Heroin Trafficking Pipeline Between...
15 Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New MexicoALBUQUERQUE – Fourteen residents of Las Cruces, N.M., and a Mexican national...
View ArticleBrazilian Man Extradited From Switzerland For Defrauding Financial...
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of...
View ArticleSuboxone Clinic Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Controlled...
PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Sewickley, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health...
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