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FBI Media Alert: Ninja Blade Bandido Robs Albuquerque

News Release: FBI Media Alert: Ninja Blade Bandido Robs Albuquerque.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland announced today that the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, released earlier today. The policy, which is effective immediately...


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Connecticut charging a Connecticut man and a foreign national with conspiracy, multiple counts of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras).


Justice Department Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against California Rental Property Manager and Owners

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act against Joel Nolen, the owner and operator of rental properties in Lassen County, California.


Jefferson Man Sentenced to Two and One Half Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Brian Battle, 45, Jefferson, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 2 ½ years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Battle pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 24, 2022.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melissa Dawn Lockhart, 49, of Huntington, was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.


Notice published by Justice Department on Feb. 22

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced that Chad Rombow, 47, previously of Grafton, was sentenced to 72 months of imprisonment today following his sentencing for participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.




News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a seven-count indictment charging 20 men and four women with trafficking cocaine in the District of Puerto Rico, beginning in 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) oversees the investigation, with the collaboration...


News Release: EL PASO, TX-In an effort to address the alarming surge in social media threats directed towards El Paso schools, law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies came together to show the safety of El Paso’s children is paramount and threats directed towards El Paso schools will not be tolerated.


News Release: Earlier today, Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC), and Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the Chair of the White Collar Fraud Subcommittee of the AGAC, announced...


The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy Ramsden, of Panama City, Florida, practicing at The Anti-Aging Clinic of Northwest Florida, settled potential violations of the Controlled Substances Act by agreeing to pay a fine of $190,731 and surrendering his Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration for Schedule...


Three Men Sentenced For Illegal Firearms  Possession And Marijuana Trafficking

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that three defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for their roles in a marijuana trafficking ring on Pardee Street in Rochester, NY.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to committing five different armed robberies of convenience stores, hotels, and banks between October 2021 and December 2021.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Madani Ilara Tejan, a/k/a “Malik," “Mylik," and “Dani," age 30, of Washington, D.C., late on Feb. 17, 2023, for using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery, and for a drug distribution conspiracy.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Capitol Heights, Maryland, man was sentenced today to 2 years in prison for conspiring to engage in dogfighting.


News Release: DALLAS, TX-The FBI Dallas Division’s Child Exploitation Task Force and the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announce the conclusion of Operation Janus, a month-long operation aimed at the rescue of children across North Texas who are the victims of online sexual exploitation.