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USAO - Ohio, Northern News Update

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07/15/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Ralph L. Millender, 47, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko after Millender pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
07/13/2022 08:00 AM EDT

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Ronald Smith, 39, of Akron, was charged in a 22-count indictment with dog fighting, drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm.
07/12/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Reuben Rankin, 36, of Cleveland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker to 40 years in federal prison and ordered to pay special assessments of $5,500 following his convictions at trial of sex trafficking of a minor, production of child pornography, assaulting a federal agent with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and felon in possession of a firearm.
07/12/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A Cleveland man and member of the "8Ave" street gang known to operate in the city of Cleveland's 5th District was convicted by a federal jury on Monday, July 11, 2022, of participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, crack cocaine and illegal possession of a firearm.
07/12/2022 08:00 AM EDT

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that four Canadian men were charged for their roles in an alleged conspiracy that persuaded investors in the United States and Canada to invest in diamonds and other jewelry through false and misleading information.
07/07/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Hasan Howard, 23, of Cleveland, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi to more than six years in prison and ordered to pay $261,319.28 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to leading a conspiracy that bought stolen credit and debit card information from the dark web and used it to purchase expensive watches, chains, jewelry and services at retail locations around Northeast Ohio.
07/07/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Aaron J. Gaines, 39, of Akron, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge James S. Gwin.
07/01/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A Nigerian national made his initial appearance in a federal court in Cleveland today following his extradition from Ghana to the Northern District of Ohio to face charges for his alleged role in a conspiracy that obtained stolen financial information, made fraudulent and unauthorized purchases of retail goods and gift cards and stole funds from victim bank accounts in Northern Ohio and elsewhere.
07/01/2022 08:00 AM EDT

CLEVELAND – Devonte L. Fellows, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, June 30, 2022, to more than 27 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after his conviction at trial of distributing fentanyl that led to the death of a Cuyahoga Falls individual.
06/30/2022 08:00 AM EDT

11 individuals in the Northeast Ohio area were charged today in a five-count indictment for participating in a conspiracy that stole mail from the United States Postal Service (USPS), obtained checks within that stolen mail, and altered, forged and duplicated those checks for financial gain.
06/30/2022 08:00 AM EDT

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a Toledo woman was charged in a two-count indictment for purchasing a firearm for a convicted felon.
06/30/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A Toledo man was charged in a three-count indictment for threatening to harm and kill members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement officials.
06/24/2022 08:00 AM EDT

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment charging Jaylen Harris, 19, of Beachwood, Ohio, Lavelle Jones, 18, of Warrenville Heights, Ohio, Devin Rice, 20, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Hakim Benjamin, 20, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with organizing and engaging in a conspiracy to steal and sell high-end vehicles, rob Postal Service carriers and steal from the U.S. mail.
06/23/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A Bay Village man pleaded guilty today to an Information charging him with filing a false income tax return.
06/22/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Brandon J. Sharp, 34, of Lorain, Ohio, was sentenced to more than 14 and a half years in prison on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after he was convicted at trial of four counts of possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances.
06/22/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A Uniontown man pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, to attempting to coordinate a murder-for-hire plot.
06/21/2022 08:00 AM EDT

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that David B. Huff, 79, of Dover, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to an Information charging him with violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
06/16/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Charles Allen Nakoff Jr., 34, of Lorain, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, June 16, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster to 30 years in prison, a life term of supervised release and ordered to pay $127,500 in restitution after Nakoff pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, transportation of child pornography, possession of child pornography and receipt and distribution of visual depictions of real minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
06/15/2022 08:00 AM EDT

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging four men with trafficking fentanyl pills from the Southwestern United States to be distributed in Cleveland.
06/15/2022 08:00 AM EDT

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio joins with the Department of Justice and other U.S. Attorney's Offices across the country in recognizing June 15 as Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).
06/15/2022 08:00 AM EDT

The former Vice President of Discovery Tours Inc., a business located in Mayfield Village, Ohio, that offered educational trips for grade school and high school students, pleaded guilty in federal court today to devising a scheme to take payments for trips and then using the funds for personal expenses.
06/10/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A Youngstown man was sentenced to 18 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson after he pleaded guilty to selling over 100 firearms without a license.
06/10/2022 08:00 AM EDT

A South Euclid man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Thursday, June 9, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after he previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
06/09/2022 08:00 AM EDT

Wydell S. Dixon, 29, of Cleveland, Ohio, was convicted by a federal jury on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, of being a felon in possession of a firearm during an arrest on July 22, 2020, on Fullerton Avenue in Cleveland.
06/09/2022 08:00 AM EDT

An Elyria man was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson in Youngstown on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, after he previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
 

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