Tom Wheeler and Adam Mildred were nominated by President Donald Trump in June to serve as Indiana’s Southern and Northern District U.S. Attorneys, respectively. They now await confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
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Indiana’s Republican U.S. Senators Todd Young and Jim Banks are considering applicants to recommend for the state’s federal bench vacancy and the U.S. Attorney openings in Indiana’s northern and southern districts.
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Thomas Kirsch II has been confirmed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on a 51-44 vote in the U.S. Senate. Kirsch succeeds Amy Coney Barrett after her confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.
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With two vacancies now on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, President Donald Trump’s nominee for an Indiana seat faced tough questioning on Capitol Hill while bar and civil rights groups called for change on the Chicago-based court, the only all-white federal appeals bench in the nation.
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U.S. Attorney nominee Adam Mildred received a favorable 12-10 vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, while Tom Wheeler II advanced Oct. 9 by the same vote total.
U.S. District Judge Gretchen Lund sentenced Michael Swiger, 41, to 262 months in prison, a lifetime of supervised release and ordered him to pay $49,000 in restitution to the victims of the offenses.
Authorities said the man threatened to detonate a bomb at the U.S. Supreme Court building and sent a threatening letter to the U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Joel McClure, 38, after he pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Detric Cummings, 43, to 420 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to counts charging him with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Heriberto Martinez Contreras, 24, of Mexico, after he pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon sentenced Ricardo Castro Murillo, 34, of Honduras, to 37 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in two cases.
U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Zai’Vohn Perry, 25, to 101 months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Ron Deming, 38, after a jury convicted him of one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.
Raul Martinez, 50, was sentenced for selling cocaine on six separate occasions from October 2021 to July 2022.
U.S. District Court Judge Phillip Simon sentenced Kareim Coverson to 41 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $614,597.50 in restitution to the victims of the offense.
U.S. District Court Judge Damon Leichty sentenced Solomon Newcomb, 30, after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon sentenced Taquan Clarke, 31, for using a firearm to commit murder and conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
U.S. District Judge Cristal Brisco sentenced Quadir Quiroz, 20, to 262 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
A Fort Wayne man faces more than 16 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to several drug trafficking-related charges.
President Donald Trump is nominating Tom Wheeler II and Adam Mildred for U.S. Attorney posts in Indiana’s Southern and Northern Districts, respectively.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady sentenced Derek Taylor, 47, to 197 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
U.S. District Court Judge Cristal Brisco sentenced Jonathan Alan Peters, 33, after he pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.
The four men worked together to distribute fentanyl pills throughout the Michigan City area between October 2023 and July 2024, authorities said.
U.S. District Judge Phillip Simon sentenced Valencia Franklin, 52, of Lynwood, Illinois, after she pleaded guilty to wire fraud, a federal felony offense.