Tag: Q3 2025
Michael D. Funovits, Willful Failure to Collect Tax, Pennsylvania 2024
Michael D. Funovits, a 49-year-old resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to charges of willful failure to collect or pay over tax, in a stunning admission of guilt that has left the community reeling. According to Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti, Funovits pleaded guilty to four counts before United States District Judge William…
Noel Lynn Waters, Ghost Gun Possession, Nevada 2023
LAS VEGAS – Noel Lynn Waters, a repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history, admitted in federal court today to illegally possessing a privately made AR-15-pattern pistol – commonly known as a “ghost gun” – and brandishing it during a threat of violence. The incident, which occurred around October 20, 2023, adds another layer to…
Edward Earl Roby Jr, Gun Possession, Iowa 2021
Waterloo, IA – Edward Earl Roby Jr., a 28-year-old convicted felon from Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison after being caught with a gun while awaiting sentencing on a prior firearms charge. Roby’s latest conviction stems from an incident in July 2021 when he was found with a firearm…
Edward Earl Roby Jr, Firearm Possession, Iowa 2025
WATERLOO, IA – Edward Earl Roby, Jr., 28, of Waterloo, Iowa, is headed back to federal prison after receiving a 57-month sentence for illegally possessing a firearm – while already awaiting sentencing for a previous gun charge. The repeat offender was sentenced September 26, 2025, by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. The…
Marquise Darius Dickerson, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Michigan 2025
A Michigan felon has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon. The incident that led to Dickerson’s arrest occurred in…
Cherie Campion, Identity Theft, California 2023
A shocking case of money laundering has come to light in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, with 64-year-old Cherie Campion pleading guilty to two counts of money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). According to Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling, Campion’s guilty plea was entered on September 29, 2025. The plea…
Penny Linn Teel, Theft of Government Property, Iowa 2025
Waterloo’s Penny Linn Teel, 60, has been handed a heavy sentence for her 22-year-long deception of the Social Security Administration (SSA). On September 23, 2025, she was sentenced to over one year in federal prison for theft of government property. The deceitful scheme began in 1992 following the passing of Teel’s husband. She swindled insurance…
Penny Linn Teel, Theft of Government Property, Iowa 2024
A Waterloo, Iowa woman is heading to federal prison for defrauding the Social Security Administration for more than twenty years. Penny Linn Teel, age 60, received a prison term of 21 months after pleading guilty to one count of theft of government property. According to court documents, Teel began receiving insurance benefits from the Social…
Jonathan Reed Snow, Distribution of Child Pornography, Iowa 2024
Jonathan Reed Snow, age 25, from Dubuque, Iowa, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids to one count of distribution of child pornography. At the plea hearing, Snow admitted that between September 2023 and August 2024, he used the Internet to distribute visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Evidence at…
Henderson Pippins, Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking, Alabama 2025
MOBILE, AL – Another cog in the Darrin Southall drug empire is headed to federal prison. Henderson Pippins, 45, of Mobile, was sentenced to 197 months – over 16 years – on September 25, 2025, for his role in a large-scale cocaine and heroin trafficking operation that saturated the Mobile area. The sentence was handed…
