Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Wilkie Bill Burtrum with sexually abusing a child under 12 years old.

A federal judge found a Quapaw man guilty of sexually abusing a child under 12 years of age in Indian Country.

Wilkie Bill Burtrum, 60, was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under 12 in Indian Country and with abusive sexual contact with a child und... More...   $0 (03-20-2020 - OK)

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Juan Olaya with RICO Violations and violent crimes.

A federal jury in Detroit, Michigan, found a Colombian man guilty of all charges in a nine-count indictment charging him with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy and other violent crimes.

Juan Olaya, 39, of Buenaventura, Colombia, was a leader of... More...   $0 (03-10-2020 - MI)

Rapid City, SD - The United States of America charged Nicholas Otter Robe with third degree burglary.

Nicholas Otter Robe, age 20, was sentenced on to 5 years of probation, ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund, and $40,700 in restitution.

Otter Robe was indicted by a federal grand jury in August 2018. The charge related to Otter Robe causing... More...   $0 (03-08-2020 - )

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged James Lee Jones, Jr. with aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

James Lee Jones, Jr., of Tuba City, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to multiple life terms in prison. Jones previously was convicted by a jury of 4 counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and 5 counts of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child.
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Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Edward “Nick” Robinson with conspiring to embezzle union funds and tax evasion.

Edward “Nick” Robinson, the former President of the United Auto Workers Midwest CAP and the former Director of the UAW Labor and Employment Training Corporation, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle over $1 million of UAW due... More...   $0 (03-06-2020 - MI)

Coeur d'Alene, ID - The United States of America charged James Howard Gallaher with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of a stolen firearm.

James Howard Gallaher, 34, of Lewiston, Idaho, was sentenced to prison in two separate cases for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of a stolen firearm. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentence... More...   $0 (02-29-2020 - IN)

Seattle, WA - The United States of America charged Ryan Eric Fletcher and Linnette Torres with conspiracy to distribute heroin.

A couple who resided on the Upper Skagit Indian Reservation pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin. Both face up to twenty years in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik.

“The FBI and Upper Skagit Police Department wor... More...   $0 (02-29-2020 - WA)

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged Earl Edward Lara, ate 60, with:

Abusive sexual contact with a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1153 and 2244(a)(5).

Earl Edward Lara, 60, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced to 168 months in prison, to be followed by lifetime supervised release. He will also be required to regi... More...   $0 (02-09-2020 - AZ)

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Vance Pearson with conspiracy to commit embezzlment and racketeering.

Vance Pearson, the former Director of the United Auto Worker’s Region 5 and a former member of the UAW’s International Executive Board, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars of UAW dues money and to furt... More...   $0 (02-08-2020 - MI)

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Jeremy Keith Reece, ate 35, with second-degree murder in Indian Country.

A man charged with a 2015 murder occurring in Osage County pleaded guilty in federal court to murder in the second degree.

Jeremy Keith Reece, 35, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, admitted that he intentionally shot and killed the victim in Osage Natio... More...   $0 (02-07-2020 - OK)

Pierre, SD - The United States of America sued the South Dakota Department of Social Services on a civil rights violation theory.

The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the South Dakota Department of Social Services (Department of Social Services or DSS), a state agency that assists South Dakotans seeking public benefits, resolving allegations that DS... More...   $0 (01-30-2020 - SD)

Investors who purchased shares of exchange-traded funds sued the issuers of the
fund and associated entities for violations of disclosure requirements under the federal
Securities Act of 1933. The trial court entered judgment for respondents after finding
appellants lacked standing to pursue their claims. Appellants’ challenge to this ruling is
based on a provision of the Investmen... More...   $0 (01-24-2020 - CA)

Spokane, WA - The United States of America charged Louis Mark Clark with assault and batter in Indian country.

Louis Mark Clark, age 28, of Nespelem, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on September 30, 2019, to Crime on Indian Reservation - Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. United ... More...   $0 (01-20-2020 - WA)

Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Robert Lee Jourdain, Sr. with robbery.

ROBERT LEE JOURDAIN, SR., 26, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery. On December 19, 2019, JOURDAIN’s co-defendant COURTNEY JOHN BARRETT, JR., 30, also pleaded guilty to one count of robbery.

According to the defendants’ guilty pleas and documents filed in court, on May 1, 2019, at ap... More...   $0 (01-18-2020 - MN)

Buffalo, NY - The United States of America sued Christopher Casacci with trafficking in African wild cats.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Casacci, 38, of Amherst, New York, with violating the Lacey Act and the U.S. Animal Welfare Act based on his trafficking of African wild cats in interstate commerce.

The indictment charges that Casacci, doing b... More...   $0 (01-10-2020 - NY)

Houston, TX - The United States of America charged Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, a/k/a Hitesh Hinglaj with wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.

An Indian national pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers whose callers, and U.S.-based conspirators, defrauded U.S. victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 a... More...   $0 (01-10-2020 - TX)