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Inmate Indicted for Attempting to Murder Correctional Officers

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a federal inmate with an assaulting two correctional officers.


News Release: LONDON, Ky.- A Somerset, Ky., man, Mark A. Bauer, 35, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Attorney Karam Launches United Against Hate Initiative

News Release: SCRANTON - United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam today announced his office’s participation in the Department of Justice’s new initiative to better counter hate crimes and hate incidents in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.


News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Detreck Wilson, 50, of Anderson, Indiana, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Kyle Alexander Jackson, 25, of Chicago, was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to five years in prison for stalking and unlawfully publishing graphic, sexual images of a woman, and for stalking and threatening witnesses to these offenses.


Daycare CEO Pleads Guilty to Financial Fraud Schemes

News Release: MACON, Ga. - The CEO of a Georgia-based daycare business has pleaded guilty to a federal charge resulting from an investigation into an involved check kiting and tax fraud scheme.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 23-year-old man has been ordered to prison for enticement of a minor online, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Kansas Man Indicted for Illegal Firearm Following High-Speed Motorcycle Chase in Newton County

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Galena, Kansas, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing a firearm after he led law enforcement officers on a high-speed pursuit on his motorcycle across state lines from Kansas to Newton County, Mo.


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.


Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Fentanyl Intended for Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty today to a drug offense involving fentanyl distribution.


News Release: BOSTON - A Scottish man who was previously employed by Global Premier Soccer LLC (GPS), a youth soccer organization, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for obstructing justice.


Justice Department discusses Adley Dasilva, P.A.; Decision and Order on Nov. 18

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - United States Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced the recipients of the.


O’FALLON, IL, MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Yesterday afternoon, in federal court in East St. Louis, IL, Emmitt T.


News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Plano, Texas, dentist has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kyle M. Leeper, age 38, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 40 years in federal prison for a murder committed during a drug trafficking conspiracy, conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possessing...


Armed Highlands County Carjackers Sentenced to Prison

News Release: MIAMI - U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon has sentenced Artavis Spivey, 21, of Winter Haven, Fla., and Daniel Zamot, 18, of Avon Park, Fla., to prison for armed carjacking. Spivey received 175 months in prison and Zamot received 70 months. Spivey received enhancements to his sentence for reckless endangerment during flight and obstruction of justice.


Catoosa Woman Sentenced for Fraudulently Applying for $1M in Loans

News Release: A Catoosa woman who defrauded banks and credit unions through a complex scheme involving falsified loan applications and lien releases was sentenced Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.