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08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Levelle Joseph Harris (38, Kissimmee) has pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud. Harris faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count. Harris is also facing a forfeiture order of $640,911.85, which represents the total proceeds he obtained through his fraudulent conduct. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Kevin Eugene Leeks, Jr. (34, Leesburg) has been arrested on an indictment charging him with one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. If convicted, Leeks faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. 
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Orlando, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Christopher Fitzgerald Spivey, Jr. (41, Melbourne) to 20 years in federal prison for distributing controlled substances. The court also ordered Spivey to forfeit $10,500, the proceeds of his drug distribution. Spivey pleaded guilty on March 6, 2025.
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Ocala, Florida – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Jose Santos Pardo (25, Homestead) to 14 months in federal prison for possession of contraband by a federal inmate. Santos Pardo pleaded guilty on March 25, 2025.
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

ROANOKE, Va. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia will join their law enforcement partners, neighbors, and communities in National Night Out events in nearly a dozen communities across the district next Tuesday, August 5, 2025."The Western District of Virginia is one of the most geographically diverse districts in the country, spanning from the Northern Shenandoah Valley all the way down to the North Carolina border and we will have AUSAs and staff at events throughout the entire region," United States Attorney C. Todd Gilbert said today. "National Night Out is an opportunity for folks in our community who might not know what the U.S. Attorney's Office is, what we do, or the services we provide to meet us one-on-one. It's a wonderful night where communities come together and reminds us, we have much more in common than we think."
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A Coleman, Texas man was sentenced to 720 months in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material.
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Jericho Rayne Skipper, 30, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and ten years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography.
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

ROANOKE, Va. – A Moneta, Virginia man, who was part of an online group that engaged in cyber stalking and extortion, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for stalking and possessing child pornography.Evan Strauss, 26, a.k.a. "Reaper" and "Kobe Deonsons," pled guilty in November 2024 to one count of stalking and one count of possession of child pornography.
08/01/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Sean Franklin Mills, Jr., 21, of Capital Heights, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking and use, carrying, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. According to the guilty plea, from November 27, 2022, thru December 19, 2022, Mills and a co-conspirator carjacked six victims at gunpoint in Prince George's County, Maryland. 
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Two suspected drug traffickers face federal charges after they were caught transporting approximately 120 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine on Interstate 5 in Linn County, Oregon.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A San Fernando Valley man was found guilty by a jury today of embezzling approximately $2.2 million from an estate left to an elderly victim by the victim's late brother.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Shaminderjit Singh Sandhu, 51, of Tracy, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jashanpreet Singh, 26, of Lodi, charging him with unlawful dealing of firearms; unlawful possession of a machine gun; and possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle, Acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez announced.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A 37-year-old San Antonio resident has been ordered to federal prison for transporting 10 illegal aliens
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO – Carlos Adolfo Haeckermann Cardenas pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to orchestrating in a scheme to submit dozens of false and fraudulent asylum applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A Moundsville, West Virginia man was convicted today by a federal jury of methamphetamine trafficking and a firearms violation. Joseph William Alfred, also known as "Chris," age 50, was found guilty of distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine, attempted possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a firearm, and failure to appear.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

A Wainwright man was arrested by the FBI yesterday at his residence on criminal charges related to his alleged attempted enticement of minors in his community to meet for sexual contact. He also allegedly received and possessed child pornography and attempted to entice minors to produce child pornography.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Holly Berenguer, 43, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to time serve and four years' supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. 
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty today to sexually exploiting three minor females.
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Marina Tusca Brooks Stewart (62, Groveland) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud related to COVID relief. Stewart faces up to 20 years in federal prison. She is also facing a forfeiture order of $10,000, which represents the proceeds she obtained through this offense. 
07/31/2025 08:00 AM EDT

BOSTON – A Worcester psychiatrist was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally prescribing controlled substances.
 

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