PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois man, Dione D. Alexander, 37, was sentenced on September 18, 2026, to 120 months’ imprisonment for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), to be followed by 5 years of supervised release.
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Greenbelt, Maryland – A former federal senior official, who pled guilty to theft charges, received a federal sentence, today, in connection with a timecard scheme. Chief Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan sentenced Evester Edd, 64, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to two years of supervised probation, including three months of home confinement on electronic monitoring, for theft of government property.
Gilberto Barron, 26, formerly of Delano and Las Vegas, was sentenced today to seven years and 10 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and aggravated identity theft relating to his participation in a $10 million real estate fraud scheme.
An Iowa attorney who made a false statement to Iowa Medicaid was sentenced on September 11, 2026, to six months in federal prison. Timothy Mark Anderson, age 67, from Garner, Iowa, received the prison term after an October 30, 2025, guilty plea to one count of false statement relating to a health care matter. Evidence at Anderson’s plea and sentencing hearings showed that Anderson is an attorney licensed to practice in Iowa. Anderson offers financial, tax, and estate planning services from his law office in Garner.…
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Jerod Timothy Vannatter, 43, of Barboursville, pleaded guilty today to money laundering. Vannatter admitted that he embezzled $624,599.86 from a nonprofit veterinary clinic he managed. According to court documents and statements made in court, Vannatter was the clinic’s manager from approximately February 2018 to approximately February 2025 and oversaw all administrative functions, including payroll and vendor payments. As part of his guilty plea, Vannatter admitted that he conducted his fraud…
Louis Geri, 42, of Vineland, New Jersey, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison in connection with threatening to detonate more than 100 homemade explosive devices on the steps of St. Matthew's Cathedral during the annual Red Mass attended by U.S. Supreme Court Justices and other senior government officials, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island announced today the appointment of two new Assistant U.S. Attorneys to the Criminal Division.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, XX of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), Drew McCall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), and Acting Inspector General Brian D. Harrison of the HUD Office of the Inspector General (“HUD OIG”), announced today that the district court has approved a settlement of a civil lawsuit filed by the United States against the ESTATE OF HARRY D. SILVERSTEIN (the “ESTATE” or the “Defendant”).
EL DORADO – A Warren, Arkansas man was sentenced on September 24, 2026, to 210 months in federal prison to be followed by 20 years of supervised release for administering two online groups for receipt and distribution of child pornography. The Honorable John Thomas Shepherd presided over the sentencing hearing, which was held in the U.S. District Court in El Dorado. According to court documents, Jerry Lee McGhan, age 31, uploaded images and videos depicting child pornography to an internet-based storage platform…
TULSA, Okla. – A Collinsville man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for coercing a preteen into sexually explicit acts, and the child’s mother received more than 17 years for knowingly failing to protect her children and allowing the abuser continued access to her home and family, announced U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Nassar.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Deandre Malik Horry, a/k/a “Sosa”, 29, of Mount Pleasant, has been convicted by a federal jury following a two-day trial. Horry was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and during and in relation to, a federal drug trafficking crime.
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A Glen Dale, West Virginia man has admitted to receiving hundreds of images and videos containing child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced today. Jason Matkovich, 39, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DARWIN NOE MENDOSA-CRUZ, age 29, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty on September 22, 2026, to reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. His sentencing is set before U.S. District Judge William J. Crain on December 15, 2026.
Ocala, Florida – Israel Reyes (27, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. He faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
RENO – A former U.S. Department of the Army employee and Sparks, Nevada, resident pleaded guilty today to using his Army credit card to make nearly $2,800 of purchases for his personal vehicle.
Tallahassee, Florida – John Frederick Black, 46, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to five counts of attempted transfer of obscene material to minors. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the guilty plea.
A North Dakota woman who seriously injured two people after she drove into their car while intoxicated was sentenced Friday to a year and three months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release.
A Michigan man who was trafficking methamphetamine in Billings was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Pensacola, Florida – Devon Mae Witryk, 28, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to felony child neglect occurring on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
A federal jury convicted Deonte Holden, 30, of Hyattsville, Maryland, and Clifford Flemming Smith Jr., 38, of Columbus, Ohio, for their roles in a $6M multi-state car theft ring.
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