News and Press Releases
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June 2013
May 2013
May 24, 2013
Canton man with murder conviction faces federal charges for having six firearms.
May 24, 2013
Child pornography charges filed against Perrysburg man.
May 23, 2013
Guilty pleas in Rocky River fish-kill case; restitution will be used to restock the river with steelhead trout.
May 23, 2013
Detroit man charged with use of counterfeit debit cards.
May 23, 2013
Cleveland man charged with bank robbery.
May 23, 2013
Youngstown man charged with threatening the President and First Lady.
May 22, 2013
Canton man sentenced to more than six years in prison for filing false tax returns from prison.
May 22, 2013
Director of Cleveland non-profit charged with 10 tax violations.
May 21, 2013
Akron man sentenced to more than three years in prison, ordered to pay $15 million for mortgage frauds.
May 21, 2013
Former postal employee sentenced.
May 17, 2013
Willowick woman accused of claiming $5.2 million in false refunds.
May 13, 2013
Dennison man sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for child pornography crimes.
May 10, 2013
Medina chiropractor sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud.
May 10, 2013
Lorain County pair charged with human trafficking offenses.
May 8, 2013
Cleveland man charged with armed bank robbery, using a firearm during a felony.
May 8, 2013
New York man charged with trafficking in counterfeit items.
May 2, 2013
Toledo orthodontist charged with failing to pay $187,000 in taxes.
May 2, 2013
Two Toledo men charged with violating the Clean Air Act.
April 2013
April 30, 2013
Pair sentenced for taking copper from radio towers.
April 30, 2013
Two Canton men charged with participating in burglary ring.
April 26, 2013
Cleveland woman charged with theft and Social Security fraud.
April 26, 2013
Fraud and theft charges filed against Canton woman accused of illegally getting Social Security.
April 26, 2013
Former Cleveland resident charged with illegal reentry of the United States.
April 26, 2013
Child pornography charges filed against Cuyahoga Falls man.
April 26, 2013
Mansfield man indicted for embezzlement of $1 million.
April 23, 2013
Vermilion man charged with five counts for financial schemes that resulted in nearly 100 clients losing $4.4 million.
April 22, 2013
Former Kirtland man sentenced to prison for tax violations.
April 18, 2013
Florida man pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving Iraqi currency.
April 18, 2013
Nurse pleaded guilty in murder-for-hire plot.
April 18, 2013
Marion man charged with evading nearly $900,000 in taxes.
April 17, 2013
Dozens indicted on firearms and/or narcotics charges in Warren; 155 firearms seized.
April 17, 2013
Cuyahoga Falls man sentenced to three years in prison for possession of pipe bombs, other offenses.
April 16, 2013
Indiana man sentenced to 20 years in prison for religiously motivated attack on Toledo-area mosque.
April 15, 2013
Orange, Ohio, man pleaded guilty to overbilling Medicare and Medicaid by $2.5 million.
April 15, 2013
Cuyahoga Falls man sentenced to 18 months in prison for trafficking in counterfeit purses.
April 12, 2013
People reminded of stiff penalties for violating tax laws as filing deadline approaches.
April 11, 2013
Lorain man indicted following seizure of 40 firearms.
April 11, 2013
Child-pornography charges filed against Dennison man.
April 11, 2013
Two more indicted for conspiracy related to $3.4 million Cuyahoga Heights School District fraud.
April 11, 2013
Mansfield man sentenced to more than four years in prison for making bomb threats to courthouses.
April 11, 2013
Galion man sentenced to more than a decade in prison for child pornography.
April 9, 2013
Youngstown woman sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for theft from health-benefit program.
April 8, 2013
Five members of Sandusky family indicted.
April 4, 2013
Bowling Green man charged with illegally taking $14,000 in VA funds.
April 4, 2013
Cleveland man convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition related to dog shooting in park.
April 3, 2013
Aurora man accused of diverting at least $225,000 from construction contracts for personal use, including restoration of a Corvette.
April 3, 2013
Four Akron residents indicted for conspiracy involving fake G.E.D. certificates and more than $104,000 in financial aid.
April 3, 2013
Walbridge man charged with falsely labeling ivory shipment.
April 3, 2013
Cleveland woman accused of stealing prescription pad from area hospital to obtain Oxycodone.
April 1, 2013
Businessman Michael Forlani sentenced to eight years in prison for racketeering, other crimes.
April 1, 2013
Northwood man sentenced to prison for violating copyright laws.
March 2013
March 27, 2013
Justice Department settles sex-discrimination suit against Summit County.
March 27, 2013
Former IT manager at Cuyahoga Heights School District charged with crimes related to the theft of $3.4 million.
March 27, 2013
Akron woman charged with tax violations.
March 27, 2013
Hubbard man faces heroin charges.
March 27, 2013
Firearms and explosives charges files against Rootstown man.
March 27, 2013
Mansfield man charged with making bomb threats.
March 27, 2013
Men and company charged in scheme to steal from Social Security.
March 27, 2013
Three indicted related to misuse of visa permits.
March 27, 2013
Woman charged with theft of government property.
March 26, 2013
Former Mansfield bank manager sentenced to more than four years in prison, ordered to pay $2 million.
March 26, 2013
Former Toledo doctor sentenced to five years in prison for illegally dispensing Oxycodone.
March 26, 2013
Bolivar woman accused of bank fraud.
March 20, 2013
Toledo man charged with wire fraud and identity theft.
March 18, 2013
Eastlake man sentenced to 27 months in prison, ordered to pay $1 million.
March 15, 2013
Bay Village man charged with mail fraud and tax evasion for $505,000 scheme.
March 15, 2013
Willoughby Hills woman charged with embezzling more than $650,000.
March 14, 2013
Justice Department announces investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police.
March 13, 2013
Justice Department settles with Ohio hospital over HIV discrimination.
March 12, 2013
Delaware man charged with passing and possessing counterfeit currency.
March 12, 2013
Lima man charged with child pornography crimes.
March 8, 2013
Tax preparer indicted.
March 8, 2013
Six men from northwest Ohio indicted for their roles in an interstate conspiracy involving stolen vehicles.
March 7, 2013
Avon Lake man charged with making a false statement to the FBI.
March 7, 2013
Cleveland man charged with engaging in illicit sexual conduct with children while abroad.
March 6, 2013
Indictment unsealed charging 28 people with skimming $1.7 million from trucking companies.
March 5, 2013
Former Lakeland student indicted on fraud charges.
March 5, 2013
Youngstown man charged with drug and firearms violations.
March 5, 2013
Bosnian woman charged with naturlization fraud.
March 5, 2013
Three people indicted on cocaine charges.
March 5, 2013
Former City of Cleveland employee indicted for extortion.
March 4, 2013
Canton man sentenced to 14 years in prison for eight bank robberies.
March 4, 2013
Kent man charged with drug crimes.
February 2013
Feb. 28, 2013
Three Cleveland residents accused of defrauding Giant Eagle out of $80,000.
Feb. 28, 2013
Woman accused of stealing more than $40,000 in government benefits.
Feb. 28, 2013
Pennsylvania man charged with passing counterfeit currency.
Feb. 28, 2013
Heroin charges filed on Detroit man.
Feb. 28, 2013
Criminal charges related to Oxycodone filed on Canton man.
Feb. 28, 2013
Woman charged with theft of government property.
Feb. 28, 2013
Cleveland man charged with theft of government property.
Feb. 28, 2013
Two Ohio men and a Youngstown company indicted, accused of violating the Clean Water Act.
Feb. 28, 2013
Five Cleveland men indicted on federal firearms charges.
Feb. 26, 2013
Mexican man charged with illegal reentry.
Feb. 26, 2013
Man indicted for illegal reentry.
Feb. 22, 2013
Sheffield man sentenced to 18 months in prison for scheme involving ATVs.
Feb. 22, 2013
Toledo woman sentenced to two years in prison, ordered to pay $505,777 for stealing from church.
Feb. 21, 2013
Bath Township man sentenced to 18 months incarceration for evading nearly $400,000 in taxes.
Feb. 21, 2013
Local couple pleaded guilty to copper theft from radio towers.
Feb. 20, 2013
Two women charged with housing intimidation.
Feb. 15, 2013
Elyria man charged with illegal reentry.
Feb. 15, 2013
Cuyahoga Falls man charged with theft of public money and identity theft.
Feb. 15, 2013
Massillon man sentenced charged with bank robbery.
Feb. 15, 2013
Woman sentenced to prison for tax crimes.
Feb. 14, 2013
Ohio man charged with violating the Clean Water Act by dumping brine and drilling mud into the Mahoning River.
Feb. 13, 2013
Cleveland man faces additional federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Feb. 13, 2013
Twinsburg man indicted on tax charges related to $8.8 million scheme.
Feb. 8, 2013
Sixteen people sentenced to prison for federal hate crimes.
Feb. 6, 2013
Toledo man faces child pornography indictment.
Feb. 6, 2013
Ravenna man sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug and firearms convictions.
Feb. 6, 2013
Firearms charges filed against three men.
Feb. 6, 2013
Heroin and firearms charges filed against Akron man.
Feb. 6, 2013
Toledo man charged with theft of mail by a postal employee.
Feb. 6, 2013
Akron man charged with bank robbery, carjacking and firearms violations.
Feb. 6, 2013
Two men charged with illegally re-entering the United States.
Feb. 6, 2013
Tax charges filed against man who operated Toledo-area gas stations and convenience stores.
Feb. 6, 2013
Columbia Station man indicted on child pornography, extortion and identity theft charges.
Feb. 5, 2013
Local businessman Eddy Zai sentenced to more than seven years in prison, ordered to repay $23 million for credit union scheme.
Feb. 1, 2013
Four Canton men sentenced to prison for drug trafficking involving the Rated R street gang.
January 2013
January 30, 2013
Four men sentenced to prison for their roles in chop-shop ring.
January 30, 2013
Cleveland Heights man indicted on federal drug charges.
January 30, 2013
Cleveland woman charged with six counts of wire fraud.
January 30, 2013
Steven Hinz sentenced to nine years in prison, ordered to pay more than $500,000.
January 30, 2013
Parma man accused of having more than $100,000 worth of counterfeit clothing, boots and shoes.
January 30, 2013
Two men indicted for having 55 fake credit cards that they used to buy $5,000 worth of merchandise.
January 29, 2013
Illinois man sentenced to two years in prison, ordered to repay $1.6 million for role in credit union collapse.
January 29, 2013
Former postal employee pleaded guilty to $265,000 fraud.
January 24, 2013
Sixteen people indicted for their role in trafficking ring that brought drugs to Cleveland.
January 23, 2013
Two Conneaut residents sentenced for trafficking in counterfeit merchandise.
January 23, 2013
Tax charges filed against women from Toledo and Texas.
January 23, 2013
Brecksville man ordered to forfeit $1 million, sentenced to nine months home detention.
January 23, 2013
The U.S. Attorney's Office filed 176 firearms indictments last year.
January 22, 2013
Cleveland Heights man indicted on four counts of bank robbery.
January 22, 2013
Vermilion woman sentenced to five months in prison for tax violations.
January 22, 2013
Northwood man found guilty of violating copyright law related to video games.
January 22, 2013
Man indicted for illegal reentry.
January 17, 2013
Toledo men accused of defrauding insurance companies through fake auto accidents.
January 17, 2013
Five Canton men indicted conspiracy to distribute cocaine charges.
January 17, 2013
Youngstown man indicted on seven counts of health care fraud.
January 16, 2013
Toledo man faces charges for having 18 firearms, body armor and 40,000 rounds of ammunition despite manslaughter conviction.
January 16, 2013
Cleveland man charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition.
January 15, 2013
Youngstown man charged with bank robbery.
January 15, 2013
Former Port Authority board member sentenced to 57 months in prison.
January 14, 2013
Thirteen people indicted for roles in ring that brought heroin to Ashtabula, led to overdose death.
January 11, 2013
Ferris Kleem sentenced to three years in prison, fined $250,000 for bribery conviction.
January 11, 2013
Four more sentenced in case of filing fraudulent tax returns in the name of deceased people.
January 10, 2013
Toledo man named in 15-count indictment charging possession of more than 150 pounds of marijuana, other crimes.
January 10, 2013
Cleveland man sentenced to three years in prison for crimes related to credit-union collapse.
January 10, 2013
Lorain man charged with bank fraud and money laundering.
January 10, 2013
Ross man charged with making threats.
January 10, 2013
Maumee man charged with conspiracy, firearms charges in 10-count indictment.
January 9, 2013
Financial planner sentenced for tax convictions.
January 9, 2013
Medina man arrested on child pornography, other charges.
January 8, 2013
Child pornography charges filed against Massillon, North Canton men.
January 8, 2013
Five California residents indicted for conspiracy to bring cocaine to Cleveland area.
January 8, 2013
Cleveland man faces carjacking, firearms charges.
January 4, 2013
Two more sentenced in Cuyahoga County corruption case.
January 4, 2013
EMH Regional Medical Center and North Ohio Heart Center to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.
January 3, 2013
Avon Lake man indicted for paying bribes to get $11 million as part of credit-union collapse.
January 3, 2013
Federal firearms charges filed against four Mahoning Valley men.
January 3, 2013
Canton man sentenced to 27 years in prison for producing child pornography.
January 3, 2013
Trio from Northeast Ohio indicted for $1.4 million fraud conspiracy.
