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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Savage man has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint for possession of a machine gun and for attempting to receive and possess unregistered destructive devices, specifically hand grenades, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Georgia man today for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $463 million in genetic and other laboratory tests that patients did not need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.


Chinese National Sentenced to Five Years for Cyberstalking and Identity Theft

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Chinese national was sentenced to 60 months in prison for cyberstalking a female Minnesota college student, and a concurrent 54 months’ imprisonment sentence for stealing the victim’s identity as a part of his cyberstalking scheme, followed by three years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Erie Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Exploitation Charge

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: A New York man was sentenced today to 12 years and nine months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization.


Over 164 Illegal Firearms Seized and 250 Firearms Offenders Prosecuted in Eastern Virginia in 2022

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jessica D. Aber, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced that over the course of the past year, EDVA’s litigative efforts have resulted in the forfeiture of at least 164 illegally owned, possessed, used, or obtained firearms. Firearms that are criminally...


There were 10 notices published by the Justice Department in week ending Dec. 17, according to the Federal Register.


Strafford Fugitive Caught Committing Crimes in Nashua

News Release: Bethel, AK - Under “Operation (RAAVEN)" Rural Alaska Anti-Violence Enforcement, federal, state and local law enforcement officers joined together to account for registered sex offenders, and to locate and arrest individuals with warrants who were living in Western Alaska. This multi-agency operation...




U.S. Marshals Announce Results of ‘Operation Bless Baltimore’

News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force remains on the look out for Melvin Tyler, who is wanted for multiple violent crimes including First Degree Murder.


Justice Department publishes notice on Dec. 23

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



The US Justice Department published a three page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



What did Justice Department publish on Dec. 22?

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Task Force Announces the Arrest of Fugitive Jeremiah Ligon

News Release: Concord, NH - Late yesterday afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Jacksonville, Florida were able to locate and arrest “Fugitive of the Week," Douglas Collins, Jr., 51 years-of-age. Collins was wanted on an outstanding Rockingham County (NH) warrant for failing to appear on a charge of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault.


East Cleveland Homicide Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals Service Task Force

News Release: Baton Rouge, LA - Two suspects from the Dec. 01, 2019 early morning shooting of twelve persons on the edge of the French Quarter in the 700 block of Canal Street in New Orleans, LA were arrested on Dec. 10, 2019, after a multi-agency investigative operation involving the New Orleans Police Department...


Federal Jury Finds Two Men Guilty of Charges Related to Robbery and Murder of Stamford Jeweler

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Bridgeport has found THOMAS LIBERATORE, 65, of White Plains, New York, and PAUL PROSANO, also known as “Tony Pro," 62, of Brooklyn, guilty of federal offenses in connection with the March 2020 robbery of Marco Jewelers in Stamford, Connecticut. During the robbery, the owner of Marco Jewelers was shot and killed.