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News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Nevada man and a South Carolina man have been indicted in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.


News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Dr. Sean Patrick O’Rourke (56, Lakeland) has pleaded guilty to soliciting and receiving remuneration (kickbacks and bribes) in return for ordering medical services and items paid for by a federal health care program. O’Rourke faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The defendant also agreed to forfeit $31,075, traceable to proceeds of the offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: A man who struck and killed another man with a water meter key was found guilty at trial late Thursday, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment on Nov. 2, 2022, charging six local men and women with engaging in a long-term drug trafficking conspiracy. One man was also charged with a firearm offense.


Argyle Fire Chief Indicted for Federal Violations

News Release: PLANO, Texas - The former Argyle Fire Chief has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Investment Manager Arrested for $10 Million Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme

News Release: An Ohio man was arrested today on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme that raised at least $10 million from investors.


Alabama Man Found Guilty of Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - An Alabama man was found guilty today in the District of Columbia of felony charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Providence Man Admits to Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who was arrested by members of the FBI’s Rhode Island Safe Streets Gang Task Force during an investigation into methamphetamine trafficking throughout Rhode Island pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to charges of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Former Department of Corrections Deputy Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The former deputy director of Jackson County Department of Corrections pleaded guilty in federal court today to tax evasion.


District Man Sentenced to 8 ½-Year Prison Term for 2019 Killing in Northeast Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Lavelle Watts, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a prison term of 8 ½ years for killing a man in Northeast Washington in September 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


The Remaining Defendant in a 16-Member Drug Trafficking Organization  With Ties to Grape Street Crips Gang Sentenced

News Release: Memphis, TN - A now-33-year-old former California native has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison following a year-long investigation by local state and federal law enforcement agencies into a drug trafficking organization with ties to the Grape Street Crips gang.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- A Rochester drug trafficking ringleader has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Pennsylvania Health Services eompany executive has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


District Man Sentenced to 14-Year Prison Term in 2021 Slaying in Southeast Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Brian Foster, 40, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 14-year prison term for shooting and killing a man in Southeast Washington while the victim sat in his car, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


SLIDELL WOMAN SENTENCED FOR FEMA FRAUD

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SCHSHINETIA ANDERSON, age 44, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced for FEMA fraud announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The defendant was sentenced by the Honorable Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $22,104 in restitution to FEMA.


News Release: EL PASO - A federal criminal complaint was filed Thursday charging a Tucson man with bank robbery.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Adelita Castillo Juarez, age 55, of Kent City, Francisca Adelita Juarez, age 35, of Kent City, Evelyn De-Maya Vanderbilt, formerly known as Kwamaine Dejaun Trice, age 32, of Grand Rapids and Inkster, and Mya Michelle Giordano, formerly...


California Man Sentenced for Scheme Involving Over $300,000 in Fraudulent Purchases from Home Depot

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JONATHAN or Pilla SINLAO, age 38, a resident of San Jose, California, was sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(b)(2).


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.


Bayside State Prison Corrections Officer Admits Violating Inmates’ Civil Rights

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, today admitted agreeing with others to physically assault inmates for actual, perceived, and fabricated violations of the prison’s rules and customs in a manner that resulted in injury to the inmates, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.