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Man Charged After Leaving a Threatening Voicemail and Possessing a Loaded Firearm, Zip Ties at a Tulsa VA Outpatient Clinic

News Release: A Tulsa man has been charged in federal court for leaving a voicemail threatening to “murder people" at the Ernest Childers Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa then showing up to the clinic the same day with a loaded firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The facility serves veterans and is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


News Release: A New York man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for conspiring to steal General Electric (GE) trade secrets, knowing or intending to benefit the People’s Republic of China (PRC).


Robert W. 'Wes' Wheeler Jr. Named Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office

News Release: Robert W. 'Wes' Wheeler Jr. Named Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office.


Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Amerisource Bergen Corp. and Subsidiaries for Controlled Substances Act Violations

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice alleges that AmerisourceBergen Corp. and two of its subsidiaries, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. and Integrated Commercialization Solutions LLC (AmerisourceBergen), collectively one of the country’s largest wholesale pharmaceutical...


U.S. Marshals Arrest Man Accused of Killing a 38-Year-Old Mother and Shooting Her 5-Year-Old Daughter on New Years Eve in Akron

News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service has been so fortunate to be partnered with Peter St. James & Pat Kelly with the “NH Wake Up Show" featuring the “Fugitive of the Week" program for the State of New Hampshire. This program has continued to grow with each passing year and we continue to...


News Release: Tampa, FL - Bladimir Moreno, 55, was sentenced for leading a federal racketeering and forced labor conspiracy that victimized Mexican H-2A agricultural workers in the United States between 2015 and 2017. U.S. District Court Judge Charlene Edward Honeywell of the Middle District of Florida sentenced Moreno to 118 months in prison with three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay over $175,000 in restitution to the victims.


U.S. Marshals Capture Escaped West Tennessee Federal Prisoner in North Carolina

News Release: Providence, RI - A violent fugitive, wanted on charges of child molestation, attempted breaking and entering and vandalism, has been apprehended by the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task force (RI VFTF) after four years on the run.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the extradition of SAMUEL BANKMAN-FRIED, a/k/a “SBF," yesterday from the Bahamas.[1].


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A pharmacy employee today admitted conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County, New Jersey, pharmacy where he worked, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, GREG ALLEN HENKE, 43, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 540 months in federal prison for production of child pornography and possession of material containing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ANTONIO MARQUES MITCHELL, 25, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy that targeted Asian and Asian-American homeowners for residential burglaries, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Erie, Pennsylvania, Man Indicted on Multiple Child Pornography Charges

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Tristin Pearson, 26, of Erie, PA, with production, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.


Unlicensed Group Home Owner Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Health Care and Wire Fraud Schemes

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chester woman pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and wire fraud, all stemming from her operation of a Richmond metro-area health care services company.


Dominican Republic Man Sentenced to 141 Months' Incarceration in Connection with Haulover Bay Shootout

News Release: ST. THOMAS, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Rammer Guerrero Morales, 31, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 141 months of imprisonment by Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy. In March 2022, Guerrero Morales pleaded guilty to possession and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Neill, 56, Marita Crawford, 53, Niko Rodriguez, 31, and Brian Fiocca, 31, all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and all employees of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98"), entered pleas...


News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Jane E. Young, announced that a federal jury convicted Ian Freeman, 42, of Keene, on all counts of money laundering, conspiracy to launder money, operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, and tax evasion (four counts).


News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Larry Todd Wilcox, age 55, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was indicted on December 8, 2022, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. The case was unsealed following Wilcox’s arrest.


East Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Woman of Over $83,000

News Release: CONCORD - Craig Corriveau, 51, of East Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Juana Armenta Mora, 28, Madison, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 15 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. The prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release.