Federal Crimes

Recent Cases

Child pornography arrests skyrocket as penalties grow harsher

February 17, 2011

In the past five years, the number of prosecutions for child pornography has increased by nearly 40 percent as the sentences doled out by judges have become more severe. In recent years, however, many legal scholars and some judges have begun to question the wisdom of such harsh sentences. The dramatic upswing in cases began […]

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Atlanta airport customs agent arrested in largest ecstasy bust this year

December 18, 2010

Federal authorities in Atlanta have arrested 14 individuals in connection with an airport ecstasy investigation that yielded $2.8 million in ecstasy pills. A U.S. Customs agent at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and his wife, a Delta employee, were among those arrested. The seizure was the largest in the nation for 2010 and the ninth largest in […]

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T.I. could face prison time for violating his federal probation

September 2, 2010

T.I. was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday night on a new drug charge. He will now be forced to head back to Atlanta, Georgia to face a federal judge for violating his probation. Page Pate was interviewed on Atlanta public radio WABE FM 90.1 today about the arrest, and the possible effect on his […]

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Marietta Georgia man arrested for possessing 340 pounds of marijuana on board private plane in Illinois

May 7, 2010

A man from Marietta, Georgia was arrested on Monday after allegedly flying into Illinois with 340 pounds of marijuana on board a private plane. Two other individuals from California have also been arrested. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. Police in Pontiac, Illinois searched a 1971 Beechcraft airplane at the Pontiac Municipal Airport after […]

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Federal criminal charges brought against USMeds, an alleged “pill mill,” for illegal online distribution of pain medicine

April 17, 2010

Four Georgians were indicted last week in federal court for allegedly conspiring to distribute prescription drugs across the country. Federal authorities believe the four operated an online prescription company which illegally sold hundreds of thousands of pain killers including Vicodin and Lortab. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story. Prosecutors say the online business, US…

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