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Bronx Man Indicted for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Bronx, N.Y. man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography, as well as traveling with the intent to engage in illicit conduct with the minor victim.


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tomi Moscat-Lara, age 44, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 18 months’ imprisonment, for illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed following conviction for a felony offense.


Lower Brule Man Charged with Burglary and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.


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


Former Stamford Attorney Admits Defrauding Clients of More Than $700K

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, 62, of Westerly, Rhode Island, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.


Dilkon Woman Sentenced to 51 Months for Abusing and Injuring a Young Child

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Melody Gwen Nez, 32, of Dilkon, Arizona, was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2022, by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Nez previously pleaded guilty to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


News Release: MIAMI - This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted regional family summits across the country in support of those who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning.


News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Fort Lauderdale, Florida man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today to committing bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the District of Delaware, sentenced Omar Morales Colon to 45 years’ incarceration for conspiracy to commit money laundering...


News Release: BOSTON - A Ludlow man has been arrested for a child pornography offense.


News Release: A Joplin, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to kidnapping a woman whose body was later found in rural Mayes County, Oklahoma, in 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


VA Employees Plead Guilty in $2.9 Million Embezzlement Scheme

News Release: Two former employees of the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs entered guilty pleas in a $2.9 million embezzlement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that four defendants were arrested and charged in two separate criminal complaints with selling cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and firearms in the Medina, NY, area.


News Release: RAPID CITY - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.


Woonsocket Man Admits to Participating in Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Woonsocket man today admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a conspiracy that trafficked hundreds of grams of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A Tulsa man who strangled his pregnant girlfriend multiple times and threatened her with a firearm was found guilty Wednesday by a federal jury, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Darkweb Porn Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography to Over 75 People

News Release: DETROIT - A prolific trafficker of child pornography was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


Florida Man Charged with $1 Million ‘Up-Front’ Fee Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man who previously resided in New Jersey was arrested and charged with defrauding multiple victims out of more than $1 million through an “upfront-fee" scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Notice published by Justice Department on Nov. 23

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