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District of Columbia Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: WASHINGTON - A District of Columbia man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison on a federal charge of distribution of child pornography.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man today admitted that he illegally obtained more than $400,000 in unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced announced that Ray Noel Camacho, a/k/a “Pato," age 38, from Nebraska, but currently serving a 31 to 64-year prison sentence for terroristic threats and use of a firearm to commit a felony, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Nov. 3, 2022.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A West Warwick man appeared in federal court today on federal firearm and drug charges, brought after West Warwick Police, investigating allegations of domestic violence that occurred at the man’s residence, discovered and seized seven firearms, nearly a kilo of cocaine, and more than one-half million dollar in cash, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: CLEVELAND, OH-The Cleveland Division of the FBI is cautioning northern Ohio residents about a telephone spoofing campaign where the caller is portraying themselves as law enforcement and the phone number is showing as Cleveland FBI.


News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of three defendants and their initial appearances in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky.


Man Pleads Guilty to Committing Second Degree Murder in Indian Country

News Release: A defendant who killed another man just outside a Walmart store in Tulsa pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - On Oct. 25, 2022, MELVIN LEE ROBISON, 68, of Lake City, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 54 months in federal prison for illegal drug distribution and health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma, U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzales...


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Jody Russell Trapp, 58, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion.


Prison Killer Who Stomped on Victim’s Head and Threw Him Down the Stairs Sentenced to 28 Years

News Release: DETROIT - A federal prison inmate was sentenced to 28 years in prison today for murdering a fellow inmate at the Milan Correctional Facility, in Milan, Michigan, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.


City of Elyria, Ohio, Agrees to Federal Plan to Eliminate Sewage Discharges into the Black River

News Release: The city of Elyria, Ohio, has entered into a consent decree with the United States and the State of Ohio to complete a series of capital projects designed to eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from its sewer system into the Black River, 10 miles upstream from Lake Erie.


The US Justice Department published a four page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of three defendants and their initial appearances in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky. Phil Pascoe, 60, of Floyds Knobs, Indiana, Monica Pascoe, 45, of Floyds Knobs, Indiana; Scott Tubbs, 59, of Georgetown...


Meridian Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian man was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man previously convicted of numerous state drug distribution charges pleaded guilty today to distributing cocaine base (crack cocaine).


Three Arrested for Illegal Scheme to Export Controlled Data and Defraud the Department of Defense

News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed today following the arrest of three defendants and their initial appearances in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HAROLD FOSTER, age 31, and MARC DALTON, age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana were found guilty as charged on November 8, 2022 after a two-day jury trial before United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey. The defendants were facing two counts of carjacking...


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Centreville man pleaded guilty today to defrauding customers who hired his company to build or remodel their residences.


Massachusetts Man Charged In Rhode Island After Federal Agents Seize More Than Three Pounds of Crystal Meth

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Lawrence, Massachusetts man has been ordered detained in federal custody on drug trafficking charges after DEA Task Force agents and Boston Police detectives allegedly interrupted the delivery of more than three pounds of crystal methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 7 Years and 2 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.