U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota
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Repeat sex offender receives 15-year sentence for child pornography distribution
Nicholas Richard Lugo, 25, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography.
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Serial sex offender receives 20-year sentence for child exploitation
Samuel Eric Snell, 46, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for producing child pornography.
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Major methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to over eleven years in federal prison
William Wayne Ray Schubel, 33, has been sentenced to 140 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine, as well as illegally possessing multiple firearms.
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Ski coach receives over six-year sentence for creating child pornography
John David Degelau, a 28-year-old former youth ski coach, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
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Second member of Lows gang pleads guilty in Minneapolis bank fraud case
Peter Amondo Anderson, also known as “Nacho,” has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Federal prosecutors charge woman with wire fraud over $14 million autism services scheme
Asha Farhan Hassan, 28, has been charged with wire fraud for her alleged involvement in a $14 million scheme targeting Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) autism program.
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Edina man indicted for allegedly stealing nearly $1 million in Covid relief funds
Mark Erjavec, a 49-year-old resident of Edina, Minnesota, has been indicted on five counts of wire fraud for allegedly stealing more than $975,000 in Covid-19 relief funds.
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Carver man faces federal indictment for animal crushing video operation
Bryan Wesley Edison, 32, of Carver, Minnesota, has been indicted on sixteen federal counts related to animal crushing.
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Minnesota woman sentenced for embezzling $2.7 million from surrogacy agency
Destiny McKayla Combs, 37, has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling more than $2.7 million from her employer, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.
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Brothers charged after $8 million crypto theft leads to school event cancellation
Raymond Christian Garcia, 23, and Isiah Angelo Garcia, 24, have been charged in federal court with kidnapping following an incident in which they allegedly held a family at gunpoint for nine hours and stole $8 million in cryptocurrency.
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Minnesota man pleads guilty to arson attacks on two mosques
Jackie Rahm Little, 38, has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property after setting fires at two mosques in Minnesota.
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Carjacking suspect appears in court after fatal crash kills two women
Edward Tiki Arrington, 45, appeared in federal court following charges related to a carjacking spree that resulted in the deaths of two women and serious injury to a child.
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Minnesota clinic owner pleads guilty in counterfeit medical device fraud scheme
Tammy Wadsworth, 63, has pleaded guilty to possessing altered, forged, or counterfeit medical products.
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Man indicted for threatening judge and justice; detailed manifesto seized
Robert Phillip Ivers, 72, has been indicted on charges of threatening to assault and murder a federal judge and a Supreme Court Justice, as well as making interstate threats against others, including a defense attorney.
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Federal indictment follows armed robbery spree that halted Minnesota State Fair preparations
Three individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury on Hobbs Act Robbery charges following a series of armed gas station robberies that led to the temporary closure of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
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Minnesota man charged with new threats against federal judge after prior conviction
Robert Phillip Ivers, 72, has been charged by complaint with threatening to assault and murder a federal judge, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.
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Feeding Our Future defendant faces wire fraud charges as part of major Covid relief case
Muna Wais Fidhin, 44, has been charged in a ten-count indictment for her alleged role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.
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Carjacker charged after deadly spree leaves two dead in Minneapolis
Edward Tiki Arrington, 45, has been charged with one count of carjacking and one count of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, following a series of incidents in Minneapolis that resulted in the deaths of two women...
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Jury convicts man for hiding meth in stuffed animals; faces life sentence
Late yesterday, a federal jury in Minneapolis convicted Damien Duwjan Shade, 48, on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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Convicted felon receives maximum sentence for threatening woman with firearm
Divaunte Kartrell Young, 24, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release after being found guilty by a federal jury of illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.