CLEVELAND – A federal jury has convicted a former medical doctor with naturalization fraud for providing false answers on a U.S. citizenship application and during an in-person interview, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. According to court documents, Yousif Abdulraouf Alhallaq, 47, of Canton, was born in Kuwait […]
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Mansfield man sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for child sexual abuse
CLEVELAND – A Richland County man has been sentenced to federal prison for engaging in online activities that involved Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM), according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Shane E. Westerfeld, 51, of Mansfield, has been sentenced to 108 months in prison […]
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Columbus man charged with threatening to murder U.S. Congressman and his family
ORLANDO, Fla. – Alex Justin Miller, 26, of Columbus, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate transmission of a threat to injure, according to a Tuesday press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. If convicted, Miller faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. […]
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Mansfield police involved in U.S. Marshals’ Operation Northern Shield
CLEVELAND – Hundreds of individuals were apprehended and taken into custody throughout northern Ohio as part of a multi-agency strategic initiative to combat violent crime, according to a press release issued on Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Ohio. The multi-jurisdictional sweep across eight cities, including Mansfield, was known as Operation Northern Shield. […]
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Feds: Cleveland man indicted for selling heroin that led to Wooster overdoses
CLEVELAND — A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court on charges that he sold heroin that caused at least two overdoses in Wooster, law enforcement officials said. Demetrius L. Frizzell, 30, was indicted on six counts: two counts of distribution of heroin, one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, one count of […]