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BJS Releases Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016

News Release: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016.


Laconia Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Jane E. Young announces that Dylan Miles, 29, previously of Laconia, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment today following his sentencing for participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and for his unlawful possession of firearms.


Man Sentenced to More than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Supplying Heroin to Waterbury Drug Ring

News Release: WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS NIEVES, also known as “Pop," 39, formerly of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for supplying heroin to a member of a Waterbury-area drug trafficking ring.


Washington, Illinois, Woman Sentenced to 44 Months in Federal Prison for Making False Statement During Purchase of Firearm Later Used in a Violent Crime

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington, Illinois, woman, Kirstin Sue Jackson, 40, of the 300 block of North Summit Drive, was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2023, to 44 months in federal prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Upon release from imprisonment, Jackson will serve a three-year term of supervised release.


Chugiak Man Indicted for Sexually Exploiting Children

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Feb. 23, 2023, charging Jeremy Scott Daniels, 37, of Chugiak for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.


News Release: BOSTON - A former nurse has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital.


Nigerian Man Sentenced for Mail Fraud Against a Dickinson, North Dakota Company

News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Feb. 23, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Kolawole Bamidele Akande, age 37, from Nigeria, to serve 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $348,000 in restitution for committing the offense of Mail...


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, Kenneth Cherden Glasgow, also known as “Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow," 57, from Dothan, Alabama, pleaded guilty to tax evasion, mail fraud, and drug conspiracy charges, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Cumberland man who admitted to possessing approximately 665,728 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, the largest known seizure of its kind in the country, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


New Orleans Man Sentenced on Drug and Weapons Charges

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant, KEENAN CONLEY, age 25, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced on February 9, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon to 92 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a mandatory $400 special assessment fee on four counts of a five-count indictment. Additionally, Judge Fallon ran the federal sentence consecutive to the defendant’s state sentence in another matter.


Readout of Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon’s Participation in Gun Violence Prevention Forum

News Release: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon today joined more than 100 executives, clinicians, researchers and policymakers in New York City for the 4th Annual Gun Violence Prevention Forum hosted by Northwell Health. The forum is a convening of healthcare and cross-sector leaders to form alliances, drive strategy and elevate the conversation around gun violence as a public health emergency.


Bank and Identity Fraud Conspiracy Members Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today the sentences of New York and Connecticut residents for their involvement in a bank and identity fraud conspiracy. The charged defendants worked together and with others to use stolen identities of actual Regions Bank customers to steal over $125,000 from branches in northwest Florida, southern Alabama, Iowa, and Missouri in December 2019.


News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Troy Nix (30, Mount Dora) to five years and eight months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Nix had pleaded guilty on Sept. 21, 2022.


Two Las Cruces Men Face Federal Firearms Charges Relating to the Killing of Woman

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Margarito Serena and David Aguilar made an initial appearance in court where they were charged by criminal complaints with federal firearms violations. Aguilar, 26, of Las Cruces, is ...


News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and Lincoln Pharmacy in Tacoma have reached a settlement agreement over inspection findings by the Drug Enforcement Administration that Lincoln had failed to comply with some of the administrative requirements of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Lincoln Pharmacy...


Brothers Convicted of Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, a federal jury convicted brothers Julio Garcia, 42, and Juan Garcia, 38, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict.


News Release: SEATTLE - One of the leaders of a violent international drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to more than 12 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.


Columbus Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison, Ordered to Repay Money Received Through Unclaimed Funds Fraud Scheme

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Marcus C. Beatty, 55, of Columbus, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and repay $486,408.55 in unclaimed funds he stole from the State of Ohio, who was holding the funds in trust for the rightful owners.


Robeson County Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Trafficking Kilograms of Drugs from Mexico

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. -- A Maxton man was sentenced today to 252 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy responsible for moving kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico to Robeson County, North Carolina. On December 8, 2021, Jeremiah Eli Lowery pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and possession of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin with intent to distribute.


USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on April 20

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Domestic Violence Mentor Court Technical Assistance Initiative - Solicitation grant opened on March 1.