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Former Embassy Employee Pleads Guilty to Domestic Violence

News Release: A former employee of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Moldova pleaded guilty yesterday in a domestic violence case involving his wife, a U.S. diplomat working at the Embassy.


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Kendall Morgan, 44, the former undersheriff of the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Department (LCSO) in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights violation for using unlawful force on an arrestee.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Andre Alexander Shupe, age 34 of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Nov. 3, 2022, to 92 months in prison following his pleas of guilty to charges of Possession and Sale of a Stolen Firearm and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. After he is released from prison, Shupe will serve three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution for the stolen firearms and other items.


Mexican Springs Man Sentenced to Six and One Half Years in Prison for Manslaughter

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Quinten Smith, 22, of Mexican Springs, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on Nov. 7 to six years and six months in prison for manslaughter in Indian Country. Smith pleaded guilty on May 16.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Council Bluffs Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Shanna Michelle Jacobsen, age 40 of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, to 188 months in prison following her plea of guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances.


News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Cornelius “Neal" Singleton (60, Miramar) to 13 years and 9 months in federal prison for international money laundering. The court also ordered Singleton to serve a 3-year term of supervised release following his prison term. Singleton had been found guilty after a week-long jury trial, which concluded on April 15, 2022. Singleton was indicted on July 13, 2021.


Former Brownsville police officer sentenced for escorting drugs

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 53-year-old man residing in Brownsville has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of trafficking one kilogram of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: A man who possessed a firearm after the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office searched his Hawkeye, Iowa, home on Aug. 10, 2022, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On November 8, 2022, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Darran Malik Butler, age 23, of Baltimore, to 25 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for participating in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically, the NFL Criminal Enterprise, ...


Cedar Rapids Man Who Transported Over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine from California to Iowa Pleads Guilty

News Release: A man who hauled loads of 30 to 60 pounds of methamphetamine from California to Iowa pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eyron Smith, 31, of Lexington, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 100 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.


San Joaquin County Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Committing Bankruptcy Fraud

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kulvir Singh Cheema, 61, of Ripon, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison, a $4,000 fine, and was ordered to pay $259,031 in restitution for filing a false bankruptcy declaration, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Michigan City Man Sentenced to 52 Months In Prison

News Release: SOUTH BEND - Sergio Adams, 33 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


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.


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Spectrum Consortium discussed on Nov. 8 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Jury convicts truck driver of illegally transporting people

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has convicted a 52-year-old Texan for transporting illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery today.


News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Fred Sheppard (619) 546-8237 and John Parmley (619) 546-7957.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.