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News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released this week. The policy, which is effective immediately, details the circumstances under which a company...


Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Kishaun Andre Jones, 23, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.


MS-13 Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering, Murder, Extortion, and Federal Drug Charges

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has sentenced Luis Flores-Reyes, a/k/a “Maloso," “Lobo,"’ and “Viejo Lovvon," age 42, of Arlington, Virginia and Jairo Jacome, a/k/a “Abuelo," age 40, of Langley Park, Maryland, to life in federal prison, for charges related to a racketeering enterprise...


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Marcus C. Beatty, 55, of Columbus, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and repay $486,408.55 in unclaimed funds he stole from the State of Ohio, who was holding the funds in trust for the rightful owners.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Three individuals from northern Minnesota have been charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought fentanyl and methamphetamine to the Red Lake Reservation and surrounding area, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Kenneth Desaun Hayway, 38, and Hannah Elizabeth Barbee, 30, both of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.


News Release: Defendant Engaged in Multiple Physical Confrontations with Police.


News Release: A Florida man pleaded guilty today to orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that defrauded more than 10,000 victims of over $55 million.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cumberland man who admitted to possessing approximately 665,728 methamphetamine-laced counterfeit Adderall® pills, the largest known seizure of its kind in the country, was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on April 19

BJA FY 23 Competitive DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program grant opened on Feb. 24.


News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Feb. 23, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Kolawole Bamidele Akande, age 37, from Nigeria, to serve 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $348,000 in restitution for committing the offense of Mail...


News Release: WASHINGTON - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, a charging 13 of the highest-ranking MS-13 leaders in the world with directing the transnational criminal organization’s criminal activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico, and elsewhere, over the past ...


Former Newport News Police Officer Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of a Child

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A sixteen-plus year veteran of, and former sergeant with, the Newport News Police Department was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.


Two MS-13 Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Their Roles in Murders

News Release: Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) were sentenced to life in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Ivelisse Rivera-Padilla and Carla Carrillo-Torres, and the company VIP Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (“VIP Healthcare") were indicted by a federal Grand Jury in relation to bankruptcy fraud, a money laundering scheme, PPP fraud, and bank fraud announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of violating federal conspiracy law in connection with the theft of 24 vehicles, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.


Three of the Highest-Ranking MS-13 Leaders in the World Arrested on Terrorism and Racketeering Charges

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, a four-count indictment was unsealed charging 13 of the highest-ranking MS-13 leaders in the world with directing the transnational criminal organization’s criminal activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico, and elsewhere, over the past two...


FBI Cleveland, the Cleveland Division of Police, and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Release Age-Progression Image of Missing Person Ashley Summers

News Release: FBI Cleveland, the Cleveland Division of Police, and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Release Age-Progression Image of Missing Person Ashley Summers.


News Release: A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for clients.