MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation, and a person named as defendant in an indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty…

MINNEAPOLIS – Clenest Demon Wells Jr, age 28, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court to 116 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release for illegally possessing firearms as a felon and possessing a machinegun, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson…

MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Harrison, 36, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 ½ years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted…

SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced two Sioux Falls women convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

Hailey Schneiderman, 25, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison…

SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Mission, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm. The sentencing took place on August 25, 2025.

Marlow Poor Thunder, 30, was…

A federal grand jury in Minneapolis charged three additional alleged members or associates of the violent street gang known as the Lows, bringing the total number of defendants in this indictment to 14.

“The defendants are allegedly responsible for 10 murders carried out through repeated…

MINNEAPOLIS – Ronnie Bila Shaka, 44, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 140 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release for possessing firearms as a felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.

“Domestic abusers are among the most dangerous…

MINNEAPOLIS – A federal grand jury in Minneapolis charged three more alleged members or associates of the violent street gang known as the Lows, bringing the total number of defendants in this indictment to fourteen.

The newest defendants—Marques Armstrong Jr., 30, Davant Moore, 23, and…