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News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Following an 18-month investigation targeting local criminal street gangs in Bakersfield, 12 defendants have been charged federally and another 17 defendants were arrested on state charges. The charges include drug trafficking, conspiracy, and firearms offenses.


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.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The former manager of a Morgantown construction company admitted to stealing millions of dollars from the business, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Florida Man Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison for Laundering Funds Related to $50 Million Wire and Securities Fraud Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man was sentenced to 45 months in prison for laundering funds obtained from a $50 million internet-enabled fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


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


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research And Production Act of 1993-Z-Wave Alliance, Inc. discussed on Nov. 7 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PITTSFORD, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Scott Chandler, 47, of Pittsford, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve one year and one day of imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base. United States District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered Chandler to serve a three-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jerrid Kunkel, 27, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to receipt and distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Erie Mobile Convenience Store Owner Pleads to Fraud and Identity Theft Charges

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of food stamp fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: BOSTON - Two Lawrence men have been arrested for allegedly distributing fentanyl and targeting veterans at the Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - An investment scheme in which a Colorado man admitted to defrauding a Montana family of $391,280 by purporting to invest the money in gold in Africa was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and fined $5,000, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


The US Justice Department published a two page rule on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Iowa Nurse Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Pain Pill from Elderly Nursing Home Resident

News Release: An Iowa nurse who diverted narcotics from two Waterloo area nursing homes, including a pain pill from a 95-year-old who was suffering from chronic pain and dementia, was sentenced Nov. 2, 2022, to a year in federal prison.


Ahwatukee Shooter Sentenced to More Than 36 Years

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 26, 2022, Warren Evan Jose, 38, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 440 months in prison. Jose previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit with Endangerment During which Death Resulted, two counts of Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon, and two counts of Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.


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: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced on Nov. 4, 2022 in federal court in Boston for his role in a Lawrence-based fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.


Madison & Chicago Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Deliveries

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Keith L. Harris, 29, of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced Friday, November 4, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 years in federal prison for distribution of over 40 grams of a substance...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man convicted multiple times on Rhode Island state drug charges admitted to a federal court judge that he illegally possessed two loaded firearms and 16 grams of heroin seized during an FBI Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Philippines Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Fatally Stabbing Fellow Crewmember on Board a Container Ship at Sea

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Filipino man who fatally stabbed a fellow crewmember on a container ship en route from Shanghai to Los Angeles was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison.


Stoughton Man Sentenced for $400,000 COVID Fraud Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - A Stoughton man was sentenced on Nov. 4, 2022 in federal court in Boston in connection with filing a fraudulent loan application in order to obtain over $400,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds.