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News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Duwan Antonio Raymond - a 31-year old man with past addresses in Nanticoke.


News Release: Alpine, TX - Manuel Adriano-Ruiz was captured by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) after Mexican authorities charged him with the aggravated murder.


News Release: Four former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center have been sentenced for their roles in the assault of an inmate and participation in a multi-year conspiracy to cover-up the abuse.


News Release: The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested last night in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Winsted, Connecticut, man pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl over the darknet.


Department of Transportation Employee Admits to Extortion

News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old Lyford man had entered a guilty plea to extortion under color of law, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


Kevin Vorndran Named Special Agent in Charge of the Mission Services Division at the Washington Field Office

News Release: Kevin Vorndran Named Special Agent in Charge of the Mission Services Division at the Washington Field Office.


“ISSUES OF THE DAY” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on Jan. 12

“ISSUES OF THE DAY” was published on pages H229-H230 of the Congressional Record on Jan. 12.


Former Owner of Orange County Wastewater Treatment Company Pleads Guilty to Federal Environmental Criminal Charge

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former owner of a wastewater treatment facility in Orange County and his company each pleaded guilty today to a federal environmental criminal charge for discharging untreated industrial wastewater into the county’s sewer system.


News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel King, 41, of Westminster, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday to serve 66 months of imprisonment for conspiring to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act. Chief...


News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has found a 33-year-old former state trooper guilty for assaulting two women while on duty, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison After Being Convicted of Racketeering, Including Murders, and Federal Drug Charges

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Contreras-Avalos, a/k/a “Anonimo," “Humilde," and “Malia," age 28, of Langley Park, Maryland, late yesterday to the statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison on charges related to his participation in a racketeering enterprise...


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Maurice A. Taylor, 44, was sentenced on Thursday to 385 months in federal prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine (five kilograms and 500 grams) and one count of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl.


Milford Man Charged with Threatening Federal Law Enforcement Officer

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jean Pierre Njock, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that HAMILTON CLARK SMITH, 57, of Milford, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with threatening a federal law enforcement officer.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, Johnnie Leeanozg Davis, 36, from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 315 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. The judge also ordered Davis to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. There is no parole in the federal system.


Montgomery Man Sentenced to 184 Months Following Carjacking and Firearm Convictions

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, Steven Michael Wehr, 33, from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 184 months in federal prison for carjacking and using a firearm during a federal crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. In addition to imposing a sentence of more than 15 years, the judge ordered Wehr to serve five years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.


Physician Convicted for Misappropriating Approximately $250,000 from COVID-19 Relief Programs

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Colorado physician on Friday for misappropriating approximately $250,000 from two separate COVID-19 relief programs.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARVIN YOUNG, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty as charged on January 5, 2023 to being a felon in possession of a firearm before the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CUONG NGUYEN, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on January 5, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Barry W. Ashe to ninety-three (93) months of incarceration after pleading guilty to a four-count indictment. Judge Ashe ordered that NGUYEN be placed on supervised release for a term of three (3) years following his release from imprisonment. NGUYEN was also ordered to pay a total mandatory special assessment fee of $400.


News Release: FBI New Orleans Accepting Applications for Citizens Academy.