All USAO Press Releases

An Effingham County resident has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting he aimed a powerful laser at commercial aircraft.

Nine new defendants and a series of previously uncharged murders are included in a federal grand jury indictment unsealed today that significantly expands a wide-ranging racketeering indictment targeting an arm of the MS-13 transnational street gang.

ST. THOMAS, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that three (3) South American nationals charged by Complaint on August 19, 2021, with possession of cocaine onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States were ordered detained by United States Magistrate Ruth Miller pending trial in this matter.

Kenneth Werkau, of Clarington, Ohio, has admitted to a wire fraud charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Werkau, 63, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Wire Fraud.”

A federal jury convicted a former Norfolk City Sheriff today on eleven counts, including conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud, honest services mail fraud, conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right, obtaining property under color of official right, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

A 26-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for bank robbery

A Florida man pleaded guilty to misleading federal agents investigating his promotion of expensive compounded prescription drugs.