MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cesar Ordonez Gonzalez, 32, a citizen of Mexico found in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 3 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Ordonez Gonzalez pleaded guilty to this charge on June 3, 2026. On December 27, 2025, Ordonez Gonzalez approached a parked vehicle and displayed a firearm from his pocket to the driver and…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Yesterday, the U.S. Marshals Service Southern District of Illinois Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (USMS-GLTF) located and apprehended a wanted fugitive residing in Belleville. Eric Wayne Hubert, 23, had active felony arrest warrants in Dallas County, Texas for two separate murders. His charges stem from two shooting incidents. In September 2024, Hubert was charged in Dallas County, Texas for the murder of an individual who died following a firearm shooting. Hubert was then released on…
Jorge Pinon Armendariz was sentenced to four months in prison followed by two years of federal supervision for aiming a laser pointer at a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter and striking the cockpit over a dozen times.
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Tallahassee, Florida – Edward G. Winn, 47, an inmate at Okaloosa Correctional Institution who is formerly of Sarasota, Florida, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distribution and receipt of child pornography.
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MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Danielle Mittermeyer, 47, Conrath, Wisconsin, has been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to two years in federal prison for embezzling money from a federally funded organization. The prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release. As part of her sentence, Mittermeyer was ordered to pay $261,690 in restitution. Mittermeyer pleaded guilty to the charge on May 7…
Todd Burkhalter, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia-based financial advisory group Drive Planning LLC (“Drive Planning”), was sentenced today to serve 20 years in federal prison, the maximum allowed by law, for orchestrating a years-long Ponzi scheme that resulted in thousands of investors losing nearly $400 million. Two other top executives of Drive Planning, David Bradford and Julie Edwards, were sentenced to federal prison earlier this week for their roles in the scheme.
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Greenbelt, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office jointly announced, today, that multiple individuals face federal and state indictments in connection with a multi-state organized retail-theft ring that impacted Prince George’s County and other areas in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
Pedro Guadarrama Loza, a convicted felon and previously deported illegal alien from Mexico, faces federal drug trafficking and immigration charges after the seizure of more than 275 pounds of methamphetamine shipped from Mexico.
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Aug. 8 through Aug. 14, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 268 individuals.
An Ohio man pleaded guilty yesterday to laundering approximately $3.4 million in illicit health care fraud proceeds through multiple regional banks on behalf of a transnational criminal organization (Organization).
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A Casper woman will serve more than 12 years in federal prison for her role as a distributor in a multi-county drug trafficking ring, federal officials said.
Three local men have pleaded guilty to federal firearm charges following a September 2025 shooting investigation near Young Park and Hermosa Heights Elementary School.
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Terrance C. Cole, announced today the unsealing of a Complaint and Indictment charging Gilbert Bell Fernandez, a/k/a “Macho Coca,” with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. BELL FERNANDEZ was extradited from Costa Rica to the United States on the charges contained in the Indictment on August 13, 2026.
Jacksonville, Florida – Candia V. Williams, a/k/a “Wisdom Shield El,” has been charged by indictment with one count of conspiring to submit false claims and three counts of submitting false claims to the United States government. If convicted on all counts, Williams faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Fort Myers, Florida – Frederick Kutchinsky (54, North Fort Myers) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle C. Dudek to five years and three months in federal prison possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Kutchinsky pleaded guilty on February 25, 2026. The court also ordered Kutchinsky to forfeit the firearms and ammunition possessed during the offense. U. S Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A Brooklyn, New York man has been sentenced for his role in a debit card scheme that resulted in more than $214,000 in losses. On August 12, 2026, 34-year-old Eric Kendrie Shuler, was sentenced 87 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas Govan for the Middle District of Alabama. Following his prison term, Shuler will be subject to three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.…
A federal judge accepted the guilty plea of a Texas man who secretly recorded two minor children with hidden cameras installed in the bedroom and bathroom of his Florida condominium.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced that KENNETH THOM, a/k/a “K$,” a/k/a “K Money,” was sentenced Tuesday, August 11, by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to two years in prison for investment adviser fraud.
Multiple defendants illegally inside the United States were sentenced in federal court and transferred to immigration authorities for immediate deportation.
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, was sentenced this week to 78 months’ incarceration, three years of supervised release, restitution of $10,841,731.83, and forfeiture of $162,144.50 by United States District Judge Joshua D. Wolson for conspiring with three others to steal and sell thousands of U.S. Treasury checks. The defendant was charged by superseding indictment in May 2025, along with co-defendants Saahir Irby, 28, and…
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced that on Aug. 12, a federal grand jury indicted James Michael Decker, the elected Mayor of Stamford, Texas, on five counts of wire fraud for diverting more than $300,000 from multiple community, estate, trust, and livestock association accounts.
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After a nine-day trial, a federal jury convicted former State Representative Sheryl Williams Stapleton and her friend Joseph Johnson on all counts with which they were charged stemming from a yearslong scheme in which Stapleton used her position at Albuquerque Public Schools and in the legislature to steer millions of dollars in funding to Johnson’s company and secretly received approximately $1.15 million from the company.
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