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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.


Kingsport Man Found To Be A Career Criminal And Sentenced To 264 Months Imprisonment For Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Nov. 17, 2022, Phillip Thomas Green, 36, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced to 264 months in prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.


Leader of Local Drug Organization Sentenced to 30 Years

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Trent, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2022, by District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Rakeem Willis, 31, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of charges stemming from the fatal shooting of three men, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has transferred over $20.6 million to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) in accordance with an Aug. 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets the United States forfeited that were traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Washington, D.C. man with contempt and obstruction of justice under federal and District of Columbia law, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves announced.


Madison Felon Sentenced To 3½ Years for Possessing Firearm

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Poore, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 42 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Poore pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 3, 2022.


Chinese Government Intelligence Officer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Espionage Crimes, Attempting to Steal Trade Secrets from Cincinnati Company

News Release: CINCINNATI - The first Chinese government intelligence officer ever to be extradited to the United States to stand trial was sentenced today in federal court in Cincinnati.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an indictment charging a local woman for her alleged role in a fraud ring that used the stolen identities of multiple victims in the Portland area to open bank accounts and credit cards, purchase vehicles, and produce false documents.


Mishawaka Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison

News Release: SOUTH BEND -Frank Willis, 57 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man accused of beating a man in the head with a claw hammer admitted to an assault charge on Nov.16, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.


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.


Readout of Justice Department Leadership Visit to Miami Mental Health Court and Diversion System

News Release: Yesterday, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Director Karhlton F. Moore of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) met with judicial leaders and criminal justice professionals in Miami to discuss responses to mental health issues in the justice system. Associate Attorney General Gupta and Director ...


More Results Announced in Beckley-to-Philadelphia Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Denise Johnson, 25, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to travel interstate with the intent to engage in dealing firearms without a license while Terri Lawhorn, 28, of Fayetteville, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release...


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Clearfield, PA pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court in Johnstown on charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


East Haven Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Offense

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS SALAMAN, JR., also known as “J," “Lou Benz," “Louie Benz" and “Benz," 20, of East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


News Release: The owner of a Sergeant Bluff, Iowa construction firm pleaded guilty Nov. 16, 2022, to tax evasion for evading payment of his company’s employment taxes.


McLaughlin Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of Children and Witness Tampering

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and one count of Witness Tampering was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.


News Release: For the first time, a Mexican court has invoked its new civil forfeiture law to authorize the forfeiture of real property located in and around Guadalajara, Mexico pursuant to a request for mutual legal assistance from the United States. The forfeiture represents the United States’ groundbreaking use...


News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence that Causes Death was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.