DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Waukee man was sentenced on October 11, 2024, to nine years in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, William Jack Berg, 52, defrauded approximately 17 victims by purporting to be a financial advisor in central Iowa, St. Louis, Missouri, and elsewhere. Over an eight-year period,  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to charges related to criminal conduct connected to a federal government program intended to help small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, Venester Fayne, 57, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. In May 2020, Fayne applied to the P  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing fentanyl, which resulted in three overdose deaths in Belton and Raymore, Mo., as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Tiger Dean Draggoo, 24, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and thre  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: A Pineville, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for the kidnapping and murder of a pregnant Arkansas woman and her victim's unborn child. Amber Waterman, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to consecutive life sentences in federal prison without parole. On July 30, 2024, Amber Waterman pleaded guilty to on  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Oct. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Monday sentenced a man who sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer to 100 months in prison. Rashad Marshall, 33, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, pleaded guilty in July to one count each of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine. He admitted conspiring wi  more