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News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 54-year-old woman residing in Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison for mailing meth-laced papers disguised as mail to the Coastal Bend Detention Center (CBDC), announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Concord Man Arrested for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials

News Release: CONCORD - Scott Wilkinson, 38, of Concord, New Hampshire, was charged in a criminal complaint today with one count of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Sunshine Amanda Taylor, 40, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Walker announce that the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office has been presented with a Child Protection Award for its role in investigating more than 100 cases that have resulted in successful federal prosecutions of child exploitation offenses as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood initiative.


International Fugitive Arrested on 2012 Indictment for Scheme to Import Cocaine to United States

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Guyanese citizen was arraigned today on drug conspiracy charges, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bradley Boisen, age 26, of Waterford, New York, pled guilty today to the attempted sex trafficking of a child.


Baltimore Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor to Produce Child Pornography

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Steven Martin Bickling, age 48, of Baltimore, Maryland to 12 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for coercion and enticement of a minor to produce child pornography.


Hopkinton Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Hopkinton man pleaded guilty today to federal charges of distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: HAMMOND- Shaquiel Seaton, 29 years old, of Lansing, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former executive at an Orange County commercial real estate agency was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging a decade-long scheme in which he stole $2.5 million by submitting fictitious invoices for companies controlled by his family and friends whose services were never performed.


Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Ammunition

News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing ammunition as a previously convicted felon.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man has been found guilty by a jury of assaulting two police officers during a demonstration that took place in December 2020 in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


Minneapolis Woman Indicted for Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar Accounts Receivable Factoring Scheme, PPP Loan Fraud

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Minneapolis woman for orchestrating an accounts receivable factoring fraud scheme and a PPP loan fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


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.


Previously convicted man from Shiprock sentenced to eight months for escaping custody

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Thomas Navaho, 29, of Shiprock New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced to eight months in prison. Navaho pleaded guilty on June 13 to escape from custody.


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) welcomed four new national law enforcement partners to the Strike Force, for a total of 34 agencies and offices committed to deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes and related schemes that target government procurement, grants and program funding at all levels of government.


Trumbull Felon Admits Possessing Firearms, Including Ghost Guns, and Ammunition

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that JACK JAKUPS, 39, of Trumbull, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to possession of firearms and ammunition by a felon.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Deon Joe Bidtah was arraigned on Nov. 10 on a three-count indictment charging him with assault with a dangerous...


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas priest and a New York businessman in connection with a scheme to defraud a foster care organization of $10 million.


DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

News Release: WASHINGTON - On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country.