Michael Anderson, 48, of Cincinnati, was sentenced recently in U.S. District Court to 156 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute it. He was also on supervised release in another federal case.

John Torok was sentenced last week by Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Terry Nestor to 18 months of community control with a suspended 18-month prison sentence and ordered to pay $152,500 in restitution in addition to court costs.

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn and others in South Carolina to announce that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded more than $2.2 billion from the RAISE discretionary grant program to 162 different infrastructure projects across the country.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced more than $4.6 million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Ohio while advancing environmental justice.

Federal agents arrested a Cincinnati man recently on charges alleging he sexually trafficked and exploited two teenage girls.

A former Cincinnati city councilman pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to honest services wire fraud.

On May 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted four shipments containing fentanyl, cocaine and ketamine. The shipments were from Colombia, Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom and were heading to residential addresses in California, New York, Michigan and the United Kingdom.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized a shipment containing multiple watches last month. The watches, which came from Hong Kong, would have had a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $577,800 had they been legitimate.

A former insurance agent was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison recently for defrauding dozens of victims in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas.

Markeith Ford, 32, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 66 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.

Federal agents have charged 10 individuals for crimes relating to a conspiracy to buy firearms online and have them shipped to Cincinnati-area federal firearms licensees (FFLs).

Throughout the last two weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized 78 shipments of unapproved cosmetic treatments such as Botox, Juvéderm and other fillers.

Marcus Hawkins, 35, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court Wednesday to 12 months and one day in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud.

Since the beginning of fiscal year 2023, which began Oct. 1, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted 33 shipments containing 326 pounds of the dangerous club drug ketamine valued at $1.8 million.

On Wednesday afternoon, Cincinnati City Council referred a resolution regarding the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project to committee.