9 Defendants Charged in Chicago in International Investigation Targeting...
CHICAGO — Seven Chicago-area residents are among nine individuals arrested in the United States and Nigeria as part of an international investigation into online “romance scams” and “mystery shopper”...
View ArticleNine Alleged MS-13 Members Charged Federally for Their Participation in a...
New Federal Charges Against Alleged MS-13 Members Add Two Defendants and Four MurdersGreenbelt, Maryland –A federal grand jury returned a seventh superseding indictment on December 17, 2018, charging...
View ArticleCity of Fort Lauderdale Department of Parks and Recreation Employee Pleads...
Two individuals, including a City of Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Department employee, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami.Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleFormer Mcconnellsburg High School Basketball Coach Sentenced To Over Seven...
HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the Former McConnellsburg High School Basketball Coach, Dane Robert Pollock, age 35, of...
View ArticleLexington Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Trafficking in Fentanyl
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Byron White, 38, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in federal prison, by Chief United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for conspiracy to distribute...
View ArticleFormer Starkey President Sentenced In Massive Fraud Scheme Perpetrated...
Jerome Ruzicka, 62, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Minneapolis by Chief Judge John R. Tunheim to 84 months of federal prison. Ruzicka and co-defendant W. Jeffery Taylor, 57,...
View ArticleSacramento Real Estate Broker Indicted for International Money Laundering...
Three Others Charged with International Money Laundering and Marijuana ManufacturingSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A nine-count indictment was unsealed today after the arrests of Heidi Phong, 36, of Elk Grove,...
View ArticleDraft NIJ Firearms Standards Available for Public Comment
NIJ has made two draft standards, NIJ Standard 0112.03 (Revision A), Autoloading Pistols for Police Officers and Patrol Rifles for Police Officers, available for public comment. You can find more...
View ArticleNIJ-funded Research: Risk Factors in Adolescence May Help Predict Dating...
A recent NIJ-funded study found that young adults with a history of maltreatment and foster care placement are at significant risk for dating violence perpetration and victimization. Researchers...
View ArticleInformation Available on New Restraints Testing Program
NIJ has published a Federal Register Notice on a new private-sector restraints testing program. NIJ has transitioned certification of criminal justice restraints from an NIJ program to private sector...
View ArticleATF, Firearms Industry Offer Reward in Indianapolis Gun Store Burglary
INDIANAPOLIS — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – are announcing a...
View ArticleGuilty Verdict for Two Men Linked to Santa Fe Springs Street Gang
Convicted of Federal Racketeering, Firearms & Drug ChargesLOS ANGELES – Two members of the Canta Ranas Organization, a Santa Fe Springs-based criminal enterprise linked to the Mexican Mafia, have...
View ArticleATF Offers Reward in Gun Store Burglary
ATF, Red Bank PD and the Firearms Industry Seek Public's Help in Firearms Theft from Dave's Shooting SupplyRED BANK, Tenn. — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in conjunction...
View ArticleConnecticut Man Sentenced to 60 Months Imprisonment for Conspiracy to...
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Anthony Mickens (a.k.a. “K”), 26, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months imprisonment by United...
View ArticleFormer Office Manager Sentenced to 60-Months in Prison for His Role in...
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Dec. 18, 2018, Seth Nichols was sentenced by United States District Judge Cindy Jorgensen to 60 months in prison. Nichols had previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud....
View ArticleMorris County, New Jersey, Man Sentenced To One Year In Prison For Conspiring...
NEWARK, N.J. – A Kenvil, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for conspiring with a former Middlesex Borough fire inspector to use threats of violence to extort cash...
View ArticlePaterson Police Officer Charged With Conspiring To Violate Civil Rights
NEWARK, N.J. – A City of Paterson, New Jersey, police officer was arrested today and charged with violating the civil rights of a driver and passenger during a motor vehicle stop, U.S. Attorney Craig...
View ArticleFormer CFO at Long Island Mortgage Lender Sentenced to 18 Months’...
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Edward Sypher, Jr., formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Long Island mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC (Vanguard), was sentenced by...
View ArticleFormer Investment Bank Employee Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading Scheme
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WOOJAE JUNG, a/k/a “Steve Jung,” pled guilty today to one of count of securities fraud relating to...
View ArticleArnold Man Sentenced to 120 Years for Child Pornography
St. Louis - Dennis M. Suellentrop, Jr., 38, Arnold, MO, was sentenced today to 120 years in prison for production and possession of child pornography. He appeared today in federal court before U.S....
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