Memphis, TN – Kokou Sanoumegah, 29, of Memphis, has pled guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and illegal possession of a machinegun. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today. On April 16, 2025, a private fugitive recovery unit located Sanoumegah, a fugitive with active arrest warrants, in Memphis, Tennessee. According to the evidence, while taking him into custody, they discovered a Glock 17 9mm pistol in Sanoumegah’s waistband…
Gainesville, Florida – Quardarell Henry Robinson, 38, of Gainesville, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the plea.
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TUCSON, Ariz. – David Kapone Williams, 36, of Tucson, was sentenced on Sep. 16, by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 335 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Williams previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Participate in a Pattern of Racketeering Activity.
“Today marks the next major phase in our pursuit of accountability for the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. “Our work did not end with the men who planned and carried out this assassination. We will follow the evidence wherever it leads, to those who financed it, facilitated it, supported it, or committed crimes to make it possible. Five years later, we are still bringing defendants before American courts, and we are not…
BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Shameik Camara, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been charged by criminal complaint with knowingly and intentionally distributing cocaine base, a Schedule II controlled substance. On September 17, 2026, Camara appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle, who ordered that Camara be detained during the pendency of this matter. According to court records, Camara’s charge resulted from a controlled purchase in which…
A Georgia man made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge after a federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging him with crossing state lines to allegedly have sex with a minor.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Sha Bahadur Ghaley, 42, a naturalized citizen from Bhutan, with naturalization fraud, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. “It is a proud day for most people when they become a naturalized citizen of this great country,” said U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson. “Those who commit fraud to cheat their way into American citizenship take that opportunity from someone else. That is a…
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – An Ohio man will spend the next 10 years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine in Wetzel County, announced United States Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Tyree D’Sean Jefferys, 34, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to 120 months in prison. Jefferys, also known as “Ty,” sold more than a half a pound of methamphetamine to confidential informants in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Jefferys has prior burglary and firearms convictions. Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid prosecuted the case on…
Monica Ivette Carzoli Carillo, a non-U.S. citizen from Mexico with a Legal Permanent Resident card, was arrested in Del Rio on criminal charges related to her alleged illegal voting
Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, charging Michael Brown, also known as “Mack Bills,” with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion; interstate prostitution; and promotion of prostitution. The charges relate to Brown’s trafficking of women to work as prostitutes in New York, including along an open‑air sex trafficking market on a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn known as the “Penn Track,” and his transportation of women from New York to at least one other state…
Ocala, Florida – Gerquon Lavares Thomas (32, Wildwood), a/k/a “Q-Baby,” has been charged by indictment with three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. If convicted, Thomas faces an enhanced minimum penalty of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison on each count due to having a prior qualifying conviction for a serious felony drug offense. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a 13-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging four individuals in a wire fraud conspiracy involving counterfeit currency.
Ocala, Florida – Paul Richardson (56, Leesburg) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to three years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
A federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging JUAVEEL WRIGHT, 34, of Shelton, with five counts of theft of government property related to the depositing of altered federal tax refund checks with a combined value of more than $520,000.
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MACON, Ga. – Federal, state, and local law enforcement will join members of the faith-based community in Macon for a “Protecting Houses of Worship” safety training along with information on related grants on Oct. 8, 2026.
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MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Julieta Engelstad, 53, a citizen of Colombia living in Hudson, Wisconsin, is charged with falsely claiming to be a US citizen when registering to vote and unlawful voting by an alien. The indictment alleges that on July 2, 2022, Engelstad falsely claimed to be a US citizen when registering to vote and that she unlawfully voted in the November 2022 federal election. A two-count indictment returned on…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The United States has secured more than $1.3 million in civil damages and penalties following a judgment in a False Claims Act case involving a bribery scheme that targeted U.S. Department of War construction contracts at Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). According to court documents, Brian Lowell Nash II, a former Air Force Contracting Officer, agreed to accept more than $400,000 in bribe payments in 2019 from a government contractor, Ryan Dalbec, who, along…
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Big Springs, Texas, man, Mark Coulter, 35, was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct. In January 2025, Coulter "friended" a minor victim on Facebook and began an online “relationship,” consisting of communicating via online messaging platforms, such as Snapchat and Facebook. During the course of the conversations, Coulter admitted to knowingly enticing the minor victim to engage in sexual acts…
Ocala, Florida – Chan Dara Mean (42, Belleview) has been charged by indictment with possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). If convicted, Mean faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Tallahassee, Florida – Marcello Hinojosa, 53, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been indicted in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking offense. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the charges.
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