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FBI Seattle Releases New Missing Person Poster for 8-Year-Old Boy from Vancouver, Washington

News Release: SEATTLE, WA-The FBI’s Seattle Field Office is seeking the public’s assistance to locate Breadson John, an 8-year-old boy from Vancouver, Washington.


Pennsylvania man sentenced for traveling across state lines to engage in sex with a minor

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Monessen, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for traveling from his home to have sex with a child from Bridgeport, West Virginia.


Three Men Sentenced for Roles in Bribery Conspiracy

News Release: Three Texas men were sentenced yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to pay bribes to two city commissioners in Weslaco in exchange for their official actions in connection with city contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.


Man Pleads Guilty To Committing Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Against Medicare By Selling Bogus Orders For Medical Equipment

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MATTHEW TAYLOR WITKOWSKI pled guilty today to a one-count criminal Information charging him with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. WITKOWSKI is scheduled to be sentenced on April 20, 2023, before United States District Judge Denise Cote.


Virginia Father and Son Arrested on Felony Charges  For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendants Threw Objects at Police. WASHINGTON - A father and son from Virginia have been arrested on felony charges for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including the assault of law enforcement officers. Their actions, and the actions of others, disrupted a joint...


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-DVD Copy Control Association discussed on Jan. 24 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Plum Borough, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging two residents of Michigan with Conspiracy and Interstate Transportation of Stolen Motor Vehicles, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Raleigh County Man Sentenced to Prison for Child Pornography Crime

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Austin Michael Light, 21, of Beaver, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for possession of prepubescent child pornography.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Two Defendants Indicted for Civil Rights Conspiracy and FACE Act Offenses Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers

News Release: Two Florida residents were indicted by a federal grand jury for spray-painting threats on reproductive health services facilities in the state.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant RANDY FIELDS, of Orleans Parish, was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey on four-counts of a four-count indictment to a combined total of 125 months imprisonment, 4 years of supervised release, and a $400 mandatory special assessment fee.


News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A man originally from Mexico was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday after admitting to possessing hundreds of grams of a controlled substance containing fentanyl with intent to distribute.


Chillicothe, Illinois, Man Charged With Setting Fire to Planned Parenthood

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe, Illinois, man, Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of the 1000 block of North Sante Fe Avenue, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage, and attempt to damage, the Planned Parenthood building in Peoria, Illinois.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - STEPHEN CHENIER, age 40, a resident of Vacherie, Louisiana, was sentenced on Jan. 11, 2023 by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to sixty-six (66) months’ imprisonment, four (4) years of supervised release, and a mandatory $300.00 special assessment fee after pleading guilty...


FORMER TSA OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO ALTERING DOCUMENTS

News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. announced today that Cleon Otto, Jr., 35, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of altering official documents.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 34 months in prison for concealing her attempts to provide material support to Syrian foreign terrorist organizations, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, FBI-Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy, and FBI Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Timothy Langan announced.


Man Sentenced to 262 Months in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias-Marxuach sentenced Aníbal Joel Burgos-Vargas to 21 years and 10 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for transporting a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. Burgos-Vargas was indicted on Nov. 17, 2021 and plead guilty on Oct. 17, 2022.


News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Cave Springs man and former general manager at several Northwest Arkansas car dealerships pleaded guilty yesterday to evading more than $263,000 in federal income taxes. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the plea hearing, in Jonathan M. Wichman, 35, waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with tax evasion.


Oklahoma City Business Owner Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Violating the Clean Air Act

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, JAMES “DOC" LOVE, 53, of Norman, Oklahoma, was sentenced for Tampering with a Monitoring Device and Method Required to be Maintained Under the Clean Air Act, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.