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News Release: A Virginia couple and Missouri man pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a public official.


News Release: Former prisoner transport officer, Dewayne Dudley, 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in the Northern District of Oklahoma to violating a male detainee’s civil rights by sexually assaulting and kidnapping him.


Waterbury Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LENWOOD GATLING, 39, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.


New York Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute 95 Kilograms of Cocaine and Fentanyl

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man was arrested in East Rutherford, New Jersey for possessing with intent to distribute approximately 70 kilograms of cocaine and 25 kilograms of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Antonio Alvarez, 45, of New York, NY was arraigned today in United States District Court in Burlington on an indictment charging him with unlawfully attempting to transport individuals that entered the United States illegally. Alvarez pleaded not guilty at his appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle and remains on release conditions.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted producing multiple videos depicting him sexually assaulting a minor, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Sheridan Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison  for Distributing Child Porn

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Sheridan, Arkansas man was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Distribution of Child Pornography. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.


News Release: Unknown Bank Robber Wanted by the FBI.


Phoenix Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Henry Salome Ramos, 38, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced last week, by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 120 months in prison for child exploitation offenses. Ramos previously pleaded guilty to Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography. Upon release, Ramos will be placed on lifetime supervised release with sex offender conditions and will be required to register as a sex offender.


Members Of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges In Operation “Titan Fall”

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Carlos Alberto Roman (56, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to possession of controlled substances and possessing a firearm equipped with a silencer in furtherance of that drug crime. Roman faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 years...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID KAMAL, 60, of Stafford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to tax evasion.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted producing multiple videos depicting him sexually assaulting a minor, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Former Prisoner Transport Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting and Kidnapping Male Detainee

News Release: Former prisoner transport officer, Dewayne Dudley, 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in the Northern District of Oklahoma to violating a male detainee’s civil rights by sexually assaulting and kidnapping him.


Chief Financial Officer of Global Public Relations Firm Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison for Fraud and Falsification of Corporate Records

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FRANK OKUNAK, the former chief financial officer of one of the world’s leading global public relations firms, was sentenced today to 52 months in prison by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel. OKUNAK...


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Avery Lans (55, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. His coconspirator, Wayne Ellsworth Stout, Jr. (35, Miami), was sentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment. Lans’s sentence...


News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Johan Holder (26, Clewiston) to 40 years, Sylvanis Brice (31, Clewiston) to 40 years, and Uriah Waggerby (25, Clewiston) to 18 years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in an attempted robbery that resulted in the killing...


Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 28 months’ imprisonment and 3 years supervised release on his conviction of drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: A Comerica employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $120,000 from the bank, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham announced today.


Nine Florida Residents Arrested for Orchestrating $37 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: MIAMI - Nine Florida residents were arrested this morning by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after being charged by a federal grand jury in Miami with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The fraud scheme allegedly involved tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent health care billing by 30 South Florida physical therapy clinics.


News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Irvine man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for - while on supervised release for committing a prior federal felony - engaging in pimping and shooting a firearm at women on the streets of San Bernardino, the Justice Department announced today.