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News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN.- A Kansas businessman was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for his involvement in falsifying his company’s financial statements.


Columbia County drug dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Columbia County man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine distribution.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Alex R. Mahoney Wilks, age 23, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for illegally possessing a pistol as a previously convicted felon, as well for possessing fentanyl-laced pills with the intent to distribute them.


Gloucester County Man Sentenced To 151 Months In Prison For Trafficking And Unlawfully Possessing Firearms

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man with five prior felony convictions was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for unlawfully possessing and conspiring to sell multiple firearms, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Joseph Swansbrough, age 33, of Willseyville, New York, pled guilty today to attempted enticement and coercion of a minor, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Samantha Shader was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 72 months’ imprisonment for using an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail," in an attempt to set fire to a New York City Police Department (NYPD) van occupied by four police officers in Brooklyn on the night of May 29, 2020. Shader pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2022.


FBI Investigating Suspicious Death on Warm Springs Reservation

News Release: WARM SPRINGS, OR-The Federal Bureau of Investigation, partnered with the Warm Springs Tribal Police, is investigating the death of a man on the Warm Springs Reservation.


Former Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sell Fentanyl

News Release: CONCORD - Craig Wiggin, 44, formerly of Rochester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to sell fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


Second U.S. Attorney Workshop to Combat Hate Crimes Focuses on LBGTQ+ Community

News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha on Tuesday held the second in a series of “United Against Hate Workshops" to increase awareness of hate crimes and hate incidents in Rhode Island, and how to report them. More than seventy attendees attended the workshop that focused on identifying and reporting hate crimes and incidents in the LBGTQ+ community.


News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Russell Bryant Lester, age 41, of Boulder, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for taking money from pandemic relief funds by filing false applications.


U.S. Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Present Child Protection Award to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge John Condon, and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Walker announce that the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has been presented with a Child Protection Award for its role in investigating...


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Stearns County man was sentenced to 262 months followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine while incarcerated, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Evansville Drug Dealer Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing in Methamphetamine

News Release: EVANSVILLE - Gene Goodwin, 32, of Evansville, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


“NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED“ was published in the Senate section on page S11065 on Dec. 22, 2010


News Release: WASHINGTON - A Texas man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. 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.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that STEPHFAN SANDERSON, also known as “Birdy" and “Beans, 24, of Covington, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a firearms trafficking offense.


News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - John E. Evans, 55, of Eastpoint, Florida, was sentenced on Monday to ten years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act on Nov. 16

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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

News Release: 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: Two New York men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for using New York-area pharmacies to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and then laundering the criminal proceeds.