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News Release: Bay City, MI - A convicted sex offender was indicted today by the grand jury for murdering a woman and shooting her child on the Isabella Reservation in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man who sex trafficked two minor girls while he was on bond and an electronic tether for state sex trafficking charges was sentenced to 16 years in prison, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations

News Release: AUSTIN - Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., as successor-in-interest to MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc. (MedEquities), has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that MedEquities violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. MRT of Lakeway TX - ACH, LLC (MRT-Lakeway) and Lakeway Realty, LLC (Lakeway Realty) are also parties to the settlement agreement.


Cincinnati Man Sentenced to Seven Years and Two Months in Federal Prison for Assaulting and Brandishing a Firearm at Federal Task Force Officers

News Release: Louisville, KY - John F. Johnson, also known as Grand Master Jay, was sentenced to 7 years and 2 months in prison for assaulting and brandishing a firearm at federal task force officers.


News Release: FAIRBANKS - A former U.S. Air Force Contract Specialist assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and forfeiture of $47,000 in unlawful gains by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for conspiracy and agreeing to accept nearly half a million in bribes from a private contractor.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Member of Large Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 360 Months in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of Travis R. James, age 38 of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge.


News Release: AKRON - A federal jury on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, convicted James Dailey, 34, of Cleveland, Ohio, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, as well as possession of other controlled substances. Dailey was convicted following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge John R. Adams in Akron.


News Release: BAY CITY - A Whittemore, Michigan, resident was sentenced today to 75 months on two separate criminal cases related to a $5 million extortion plot using shrapnel-filled pipe bombs the defendant placed outside cellphone stores in Cheboygan, and Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, announced Eastern District of...


Seven Indicted for Trafficking Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Fentanyl

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 24-count indictment today against seven defendants, charging them with drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Waterville man was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and possession of unregistered destructive devices, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


News Release: Ahead of Veterans Day, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), issued a resource document describing federal protections from unlawful employment discrimination against servicemembers and veterans.


Ohio State University Pays Over $875,000 to Resolve Allegations that It Failed to Disclose Professor’s Foreign Government Support

News Release: The Ohio State University (OSU), a public university in Columbus, Ohio, has paid $875,689 to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose an OSU professor’s affiliations with and support from a foreign government in connection with federal research funding.


Maryland Nuclear Engineer and His Wife Sentenced for Espionage-Related Offenses

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man and his wife were sentenced today for conspiracy to communicate Restricted Data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Duluth man for possession of a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Danville, Ky., man, Casey Scott Armstrong, 47, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for production of child pornography.


Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 37 Years For Racketeering, Narcotics Conspiracy, And Murder

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT WILSON, a/k/a “RO," a/k/a “Sin," a member of a racketeering enterprise known as the Stevenson Commons Crew, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman to 37 years in prison.


Man Charged for Participation in LockBit Global Ransomware Campaign

News Release: A criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging a dual Russian and Canadian national for his alleged participation in the LockBit global ransomware campaign.


Felon Pleads Guilty as Charged to Gun and Drug Trafficking Offenses

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DESEAN CHRISTY, age 37, of New Orleans, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to the remaining two counts of a three-count indictment for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and Federal Controlled Substances Act. He had previously pleaded...


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of a $1 million extortion scheme against a Kansas City, Mo., victim.