Federal Prisons News

A Pittsgrove Township man was sentenced Friday to 97 months in federal prison - more than eight years - for operating a $1.8 million investment fraud scheme involving approximately 14 victims, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

The Woonsocket couple was also ordered to pay nearly a half-million dollars in restitution.

Officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Defense and local representatives toured the Thomson facility for the majority of the day.

A New Jersey man who robbed 12 banks over a two-month period in 2008 will serve a lengthy term in federal prison.

The man accused of stalking and secretly filming ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews in her Marriott hotel room in Nashville last year is believed to have done the same while Andrews stayed in Columbus, Ohio, according to a Columbus Dispatch report that cites newly released federal court documents.

A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for attempting to have sex with underage prostitutes.

When federal officials descended on this small South Carolina town to investigate a kickback scheme that had caught up the mayor and another official, they stumbled across a web of corruption they believe is deeper and more widespread through the county.

A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer accused of spying for China suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, expert witnesses for the prosecution and the defense testified in federal court Thursday.

Jose Lopez, also known as David Cerpa, 40, of Ontario, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ortrie D. Smith this afternoon to 22 years and six months in federal prison without parole.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' Two Mexican nationals will spend the next few years in federal prison for their role in a cocaine distribution ring in Kansas City.' Felipe Garcia-Lopez and Humberto Saucedo-Lobatos were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

A third man has been sentenced in Miami to federal prison for his role in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices.

Required fields are marked with an asterisk The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications.

A Lake Ozark woman has been sentenced in federal court for a scheme to defraud her former employer of approximately $470,000, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Matt J. Whitworth.

The Associated Press 2 comments A New Jersey man will serve a 366-day federal prison term for conducting a cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites in January 2008.

Forty percent of New Yorkers believe the trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed makes an attack on the city more likely, according to a new poll, while security experts say it is already the top target in America.

A Miami man convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to six years in federal prison.

Federal officials are due to arrive in rural northwest Illinois to inspect a prison that could be bought by the federal government and used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Reporting from Denver - A woman who helped her husband keep kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart enslaved for nine months was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison after admitting her role in the abduction.

A former Pinal County Sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

A federal judge has sentenced a Boise man who pleaded guilty in August to viewing child pornography to serve more than five years in federal prison.