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News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 54-year-old man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of trafficking 75 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Doctor Licensed in the District of Columbia and Virginia Pleads Guilty to Multiple Felonies Related to Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances

News Release: WASHINGTON - Dr. Robert M. Cao, 39, of Lafayette, Louisiana, and previously of Falls Church, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to five felony counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice.


News Release: A former American military contractor pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter for fatally striking an active duty U.S. Air Force medical doctor with a forklift as she was walking on Al Dhafra Airbase in the United Arab Emirates.


Nigerian Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Launder Tens of Millions of Dollars from Online Scams

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A prolific international fraudster who conspired to launder tens of millions of dollars through a series of online scams and flaunted his luxurious, crime-funded lifestyle on social media was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison.


Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Medical CBRN Defense Consortium 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: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Allahjuan Calhoun, 32, of Yonkers, New York, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of failure to appear. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered that Calhoun be detained pending his sentencing...


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


News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Peever, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.


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


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Johnathan Ward, 44, formerly of Tracy, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: A Cedar Rapids woman who distributed methamphetamine and heroin was sentenced November 7, 2022, to two years in federal prison.



Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm

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


Omaha Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense

News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Richard Joseph Moreno, age 36 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2022, to 84 months in prison following his plea of guilty to Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. After he is released from prison, Moreno will serve three years of supervised release.


News Release: EVANSVILLE - Wesley Owen Bowles, Jr., 59, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receipt of child sexual abuse material.


Federal Jury Finds Pasco County Man, Whose Victims Included Children And Foreign Nationals, Guilty Of Human Trafficking Charges

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found David Alan Quarles (51, Odessa) guilty of conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, threats, fraud, and coercion; importation of an alien for the purpose of prostitution; transportation of an individual in interstate...


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Paul Ritter, a former bank teller at Summit Community Bank in Salem, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for taking nearly $100,000 from customer accounts, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


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


Florida Man Sentenced for Racially-Motivated Hate Crime

News Release: 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: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Oct. 28, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a 40-count superseding indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering conspiracy. The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are in charge of the investigation of the case.