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Nashville Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking in Kentucky

News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Nashville, Tenn., man, Marlon Jermaine Johnson, 39, was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.


West Palm Beach Man and Others Indicted for Laundering Gambling and Prostitution Proceeds and Evading Taxes

News Release: MIAMI- A federal magistrate judge has unsealed an 18-count superseding indictment charging West Palm Beach, Fla., resident Dion De Cesare, 52, and five others with operating an illegal sports gambling business, conspiracy to use cellular telephones to carry out gambling and prostitution activities, conspiracy and substantive money laundering, and evading taxes.


News Release: FORT SMITH - A Berryville man was sentenced yesterday to 75 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Receipt of Child Pornography. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fort Smith.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former federal probation officer was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to six months in prison for extortion.


Two Kentucky Real Estate Professionals Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging Farmland Auction

News Release: Two Kentucky real estate professionals pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at an estate auction for farmland and timber rights.


Seventeen New York City And State Public Employees Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Relief Loans

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas M. Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), and Amaleka McCall-Brathwaite, Eastern Region Special Agent in Charge of the...


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 36-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of illegal re-entry into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: A former agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was charged in a superseding indictment, unsealed today, in the District of Arizona with three counts: a civil rights violation for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a minor victim, kidnapping a minor victim, and misleading state investigators.


Aguilar Pleads Guilty in Guillen Case

News Release: WACO, Texas - A Killeen woman pleaded guilty today to charges in connection with the disappearance of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Ricardo Carrion, a.k.a. “PR," 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 19 years and four months (or 232 months) in federal prison after being convicted at trial of multiple drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to distribute...


Newport News Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Purchase of a Firearm Used in Three Local Shootings

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty yesterday to the unlawful purchase and possession of a firearm that was used in three community shootings.


Co-conspirator Sentenced to 33 Months for Hate Crime Against a Transgender Woman

News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón sentenced Anthony Steven Lobos-Ruiz to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a hate crime committed on Feb. 24, 2020, with a dangerous weapon against a transgender woman identified as A.N.L., because of her gender identity.


Holland Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten today announced that Jonathon Thomas Burgett, 37, of Holland, Michigan was sentenced to 30 years in the Bureau of Prisons for the sexual exploitation of a child. In imposing sentence, U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering noted that Burgett “engaged in conduct that will, for a lifetime, severely impact" the victim. Burgett will be on supervised release for 5 years when he gets out of prison.



News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An indictment was unsealed today charging Ray Hunt, 69, of Madison County, with federal offenses related to an illegal scheme to export U.S.-origin goods to Iran.


News Release: Seattle - A 22-year-old Seattle man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to four years in prison with 15 years of supervised release to follow, for Providing Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams...


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Marquis Hawkins, 30, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday to five years and 10 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Fort Lauderdale, Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court today to committing bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GIOVANNI SIERRA, 29, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


Detroit Area Software Developer Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Violations

News Release: A Michigan business owner pleaded guilty today to willful failure to collect and pay over employment taxes on behalf of his employees.