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Out-Of-State Drug Traffickers Prosecuted in Federal Court

News Release: BOISE - Three out-of-state individuals were recently prosecuted in federal court for bringing illicit drugs into the Magic Valley area, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating various federal child exploitation laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced.


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.


News Release: POCATELLO and BOISE - Walter High Eagle, 51, of Fort Hall, and John Roger March, 60, of Boise, were each sentenced this week in U.S. District Court for separate crimes against federal officers, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man today admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a conspiracy to fraudulently submit online applications in his name and in the names of other persons to collect COVID-related unemployment benefits from at least seven states, and that he did so while serving a term of federal supervised release that followed his conviction and incarceration for sex trafficking, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


South Texas Primary Care Doctor, Staff Sentenced for Unlawful Prescriptions

News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A licensed primary care physician along with three members of his clinical staff and his office manager were sentenced Thursday for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and Medicaid fraud.


Michigan Man Sentenced to 105 Years for Armed Drug Trafficking and Attempted Robbery

News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Flint, Michigan man, Charles Ray Edwards, 39, was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, after being convicted of armed drug trafficking and attempted robbery.


Judge Sends Cocaine Dealer To Prison For Covid-Relief Fraud

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Mark Totten announced today that a local drug dealer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in a plot to obtain more than $1.4 million COVID-19 relief funds.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jared Marc Brown, 26, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of making a threat against the president, retaliating against a United States judge, retaliating against a federal law enforcement officer, and mailing three threatening communications, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Brenda K. Sannes.


News Release: Seattle - An employee at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Detention Center (FDC) at SeaTac, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for two federal felonies related to his conduct outside of his employment, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joshua Adam Shuemake, 37...


Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crime

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Eddie Guy Jewell, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Reaches ADA Settlement with Educational Testing Service

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has reached a settlement with a New Jersey non-profit organization to resolve allegations of discrimination in violate of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announce today.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Tuesday, Isrrael Millan, III, 40, of Yuma, Arizona, was found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, eight counts of Wire Fraud, two counts of Mail Fraud, and four counts of Money Laundering. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2023, before Senior United States District Judge Roslyn O. Silver.


Two Tennessee Men Arrested for Planning Attacks on Law Enforcement Personnel and the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office

News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with conspiracy, retaliating against a federal official, interstate communication of a threat, and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Kelley and Carter...


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca (48, Green Cove Springs) has pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Carmona-Fonseca faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life...


News Release: FBI and Partners Issue National Public Safety Alert on Financial Sextortion Schemes.


Albuquerque man charged in drug, firearms investigation

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Gerardo Rafael Lara-Yanez was charged in federal court with intent to distribute 400 grams and more of...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Luis Miguel Cruz Del Moral, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


Two Mexican Men Found Guilty of Smuggling Undocumented Non-Citizens on Panga Boat that Landed on Santa Barbara County Beach

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has found two Mexican men guilty of drug and alien trafficking charges after law enforcement caught them on a panga boat containing 45 pounds of methamphetamine and 11 undocumented non-citizens from Mexico on a Santa Barbara County beach, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: St. Thomas - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Erickson Bolivar, 32, of Venezuela, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. Bolivar was one of three men charged with smuggling 41 kilograms of cocaine into the Territory.