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Overland Park, Kansas Man Sentenced to 189 Months for Child Pornography
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Overland Park, Kansas Man Sentenced to 189 Months for Child Pornography
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Overland Park, Ks. man was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2026, by the Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark to 189 months imprisonment in the Bureau of Prisons to be followed by 15 years of supervised release.
Jason M. Shellenbergar, 50, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of child pornography; one count of receipt of child pornography; and one count of possession of child pornography involving a victim under the age of 12. At the time of these offenses, Shellenbergar was living in Independence, Missouri.
Shellenbergar will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison and will be subject to federal and state sex offender registration requirements, which may apply throughout his life.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Maureen A. Brackett. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Child Exploitation Task Force and the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department.
Project Safe Childhood
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."
Georgia Man Sentenced for Fraudulent Check Scheme and Identity Theft
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Georgia Man Sentenced for Fraudulent Check Scheme and Identity Theft
Thursday, January 29, 2026
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Suwanee, Ga., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for his role in a fraudulent check scheme.
Darrell C. Roseborough, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Grey Kays to 204 months in prison without parole. The court also ordered Roseborough to pay $634,806.93 to the victims of the scheme.
On Aug. 14, 2025, Roseborough pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
“Today’s hefty sentence reiterates the seriousness of this scheme. Mr. Roseborough led a group that traveled far and wide to defraud financial institutions all over the country. The FBI will continue to work hard to ensure financial fraudsters are held accountable for their actions,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Cyrus, Kansas City Field Division.
According to court documents, Roseborough was the leader of a group that traveled around the United States cashing fraudulent checks. Members of the scheme, which included co-defendants Sheldon Samuels, Derrick Walker, and Tambria Davis, used the information of identity theft victims to open fraudulent accounts at financial institutions and cashed fraudulent checks that were made payable to the identity theft victims. Roseborough made fraudulent checks and participated in the production and distribution of fraudulent driver’s licenses. Roseborough used FedEx to send fraudulent documents to where the scheme was operating, and Samuels and Walker passed the fraudulent documents onto Davis and other check passers who entered the banks to cash the fraudulent checks.
In 2001, Roseborough was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for his role in a similar scheme. “This defendant has repeatedly decided to break the law and engage in criminal activity, and his lengthy sentence reflects those decisions,” said R. Matthew Price, United States Attorney.
Sheldon Samuels pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Jan. 21, 2026. On Jan. 27, 2026, Tambria Davis was sentenced to time served after being in custody in the Western District of Missouri since April 2024.
Derrick Walker pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud on Nov. 18, 2025, and is awaiting sentencing.
This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Bradley Cooper and Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Venneman. It was investigated by the FBI.
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ICE Arrests Previously Deported Criminal Illegal Alien with Rap Sheet Including Strangulation, Rape, and Drug Crimes Released by New York Sanctuary Policies
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $9,726,475.43 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2025
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $9,726,475.43 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2025
Monday, January 26, 2026
Kansas City, Mo. – U.S. Attorney R. Matthew Price announced today that the Western District of Missouri collected more than $9.7 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $9,042,015.71 was collected in criminal actions and $684,459.72 was collected in civil actions.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Missouri, working with partner agencies and divisions, also collected $5,514,787 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2025. Forfeited assets deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.
“The attorneys and support staff in our Monetary Penalties Unit (MPU) are committed to collecting on behalf of victims of crime and taxpayers,” Price said. “Through the MPU’s diligent efforts, victims of crime have received restitution for what they lost at the hands of criminal defendants. In the Western District of Missouri, defendants do not – and will not – profit from their illegal activities.”
Additionally, the Western District of Missouri worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $8,624,051.35 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $52,264.86 was collected in criminal actions and $8,571,786.49 was collected in civil actions.
The U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, along with the department’s litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the department’s Crime Victims Fund, which distributes the funds collected to federal and state victim compensation and victim assistance programs.
WOW.DHS.GOV: ICE Arrests Worst of the Worst Including Murderers, Child Abusers, and Violent Assailants
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Chinese National Charged with Unlawfully Photographing Air Force Base and Vital Military Equipment
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Chinese National Charged with Unlawfully Photographing Air Force Base and Vital Military Equipment
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United States Attorney R. Matthew Price today announced the filing of a criminal complaint against Qilin Wu, 35, in the Western District of Missouri. The complaint charges Wu with one count of taking photographs of a vital military installation and military equipment without authorization, in violation of U.S. law.
The complaint alleges that on December 2, 2025, the Whiteman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) investigated a report of a suspicious minivan bearing a Massachusetts license plate near the perimeter of the military installation. Air Force patrolmen were dispatched to the area to investigate, and encountered Wu, who stated that he was there to observe the B-2 Spirit aircraft. The patrolmen informed Wu that he was not permitted to take photographs or make video recordings of the military installation.
The following day, according to the complaint, AFOSI was notified that the same minivan was again identified at a perimeter fence of Whiteman Air Force Base. AFOSI agents went to the area to investigate and again made contact with Wu. Wu admitted to taking videos of the B-2 Spirit aircraft and numerous photographs of Whiteman’s perimeter fencing, a gate, and military equipment. Wu showed investigators his phone, including images of Whiteman Air Force Base and military equipment that Wu had recorded. In total, investigators observed 18 images and videos that Wu admitted he had taken of the installation and of military equipment. Wu also admitted to having photographed another U.S. Air Force base and its military aircraft as well.
According to court documents, Wu is a Chinese national who illegally entered the United States on June 22, 2023, near Nogales, Arizona. At that time, Wu was arrested by immigration authorities for illegally being present in the United States. Due to a lack of detention space, Wu was released on his own recognizance to await immigration removal proceedings originally scheduled for February 9, 2027. On December 3, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) re-arrested Wu.
The allegations contained in the complaint are accusations, not evidence of guilt, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 795, Wu would be subject to a sentence of up to one year in federal prison. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes; any sentence would be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Trey Alford and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Chlarson with valuable assistance provided by Trial Attorney Brendan P. Geary of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. It was investigated by the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Air Force’s Security Forces, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.
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