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News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Bellevue, Ky., man, Perrin George March V, 27, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, to 32 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for illegal possession of a firearm.


News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Billy Wesson, age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, late yesterday to 125 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Wesson also participated in a series of armed robberies of convenience stores.


News Release: MIAMI - Andre Lorquet, 38, of Miami made his first appearance today in federal magistrate court and was charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief loans and grants under the Paycheck Protection Program, the Economic Injury Disaster Relief Program, and the Shuttered Venue Operator Grant.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for his role in a series of “SIM swapping" schemes that allowed him and his accomplices to take control of online accounts, which resulted in the theft of cryptocurrency, causing more than $28,000 in losses.


Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-MLCommons Association on Nov. 8

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


News Release: A prohibited person who possessed a firearm pled guilty on November 7, 2022, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.


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



News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Michael Odell Anderson, age 64, of Crystal Beach, Florida and Dun Lorring, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in relation to his participation in an elder fraud scam.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Mike Marty Hernandez, 26, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Dekalb, Mississippi man pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Springfield Man Sentenced for Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a scheme to launder the proceeds of various telephone fraud scams.


Major indictment targets southeastern drug trafficking conspiracy

News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A newly unsealed federal indictment charges nearly three dozen defendants for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy centered in south Georgia and reaching into the Caribbean.


Florida Man Sentenced for Racially-Motivated Hate Crime

News Release: Tampa, FL - Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, was sentenced today in federal court in the Middle District of Florida to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his racially-motivated attack against a Black man who was traveling down a public roadway with his family in Seminole, Florida.


News Release: BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Paul E. Bonanno will lead efforts in her Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Bonanno has been appointed...


News Release: DETROIT - A Pontiac man was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of possessing cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute those drugs, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a person who is unlawfully in the United States, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


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


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Debra Hackstadt, age 68, of Albany, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining 32 government-backed loans meant for businesses struggling with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.


News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Brown Dimas III (27, Lehigh Acres) to three years and one month in federal prison for falsifying records relating to firearms purchases. Dimas had pleaded guilty on August 4, 2022.