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News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Randall Jim Hughes, 38, of Alkol, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl.


News Release: A federal grand jury in Houston has returned an indictment charging a former Department of Transportation (DOT) employee with bribery and extortion.


Default Provisions for Hearing Proceedings Relating to the Revocation, Suspension, or Denial of a Registration discussed on Nov. 14 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Daequon D. Perkins, age 26, of Utica, New York, was sentenced Thursday to 33 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl, and distribution of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl.


Levittown Physician Agrees to Pay Nearly $490,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Kenneth Fox, D.O., has agreed to pay $489,025 to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain complete and accurate records of controlled substances, failing to keep required receipt and dispensing records, failing to perform biennial inventories, and writing prescriptions “for stock.".


Placer County Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Vladimir Alex Avdeyuk, 40, of Lincoln, was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison and ordered to pay $467,057 in restitution for tax evasion and corrupt endeavor to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Laws, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Connecticut Man Sentenced to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brownswell Cedano (a.k.a. “Twin," “T," and “J"), 28, of Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced to 84 months of imprisonment on Nov. 10, 2022 in United States District Court in Rutland by Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Joins Community and Law Enforcement Partners in Launching San Diego’s First United Against Hate Week

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Cindy Cipriani (619-546-9608) and Alicia Williams (619-546-8917) and Law Enforcement/Outreach Coordinator Shastity Urias (619-546-9399).


Dominican Drug Lord Pleads Guilty to Importing Tons of Cocaine into the United States

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Dominican drug lord Cesar Emilio Peralta-Adamez, also known as “El Abusador," plead guilty to drug trafficking charges, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Riverside County Man Sentenced to 8½ Years in Prison for Stealing Over $6.6 Million in COVID-19 Loans Intended for Small Businesses

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Corona man was sentenced today to 102 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $6.6 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds intended for business owners impacted by the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and then laundering his illegal proceeds into financial instruments and real property in Pakistan.


Former Department of Transportation Employee Charged with Bribery and Extortion

News Release: A federal grand jury in Houston has returned an indictment charging a former U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) employee with bribery and extortion.


Meridian Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of an Unregistered Short-Barreled Shotgun

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian, Mississippi man was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Grant County man admits to drug and firearms charges

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Christian Adam Fisher, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing a large amount of methamphetamineand having a firearm during the crime, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


10 press releases published in October by U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service

There were 10 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service in October.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Kevin Scott, 46, of Manchester was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute powder cocaine and cocaine base (“crack" cocaine), and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


News Release: A Dallas man who allegedly devised a scheme to defraud a pandemic-era financial program out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


News Release: RUTLAND, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 22, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 30 months of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Aviles to serve a three-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.


Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force publishes 12 press releases in October

There were 12 press releases published by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in October.


News Release: FARMINGTON, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that, on November 9, a federal jury in New Haven found ANTHONY HARRIS, 53, of Farmington, guilty of multiple count involving the illegal distribution of oxycodone.


There were 1,757 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys in October.