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News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - An Omaha, Nebraska man, Ronald Wayne Reed II, age 37, was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, to 120 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Shawana Denise Harris, 52, of Phelan, was sentenced today to five years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit bribery, to commit unauthorized access of a computer, and to commit identity fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


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: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant DEAMONTE BROWN, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ashe to 60 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee on Count One of a one-count indictment.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Pineville, Mo., couple has been charged in federal court for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of a pregnant Arkansas woman.


Former Rikers Correction Officer Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Taking Bribes to Smuggle Contraband to Inmates

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RASHAWN ASSANAH was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and more than $18,000 in financial penalties for taking bribes from inmates to smuggle contraband into a Rikers Island facility. ASSANAH previously was arrested on May 26, 2021, and later pled guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges. United States District Judge Colleen McMahon imposed today’s sentence.


District Man Pleads Guilty to Charges for Armed Carjacking and Robbery in Northeast Washington

News Release: WASHINGTON - Devin Gatewood, also known as James J. Williams, 23, of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to felony charges stemming from an armed carjacking and robbery in the Trinidad area of Northeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Late yesterday a federal jury convicted Darryl Colton Frazer, age 34, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on federal gun and drug conspiracy charges. Frazer’s co-defendant, Shamire Moore, age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2022, to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


News Release: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Two individuals pleaded guilty to charges today in related cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Tamala E. Miles.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tyshawn T. Babers, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition before Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


Instagram Personality Known as 'Jay Mazini' Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, and Money Laundering

News Release: Earlier today, Jebara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini," pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a three count information charging him with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. As set forth in the information, up until March 2021, Igbara maintained a popular Instagram account...


News Release: A man who engaged in a gun battle in Cedar Rapids was sentenced on Nov. 1, 2022, to more than eight years in federal prison.


Mission Man Indicted for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child

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


Robber is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte man who robbed three businesses was sentenced to 120 months in prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell also ordered John Paul Gaddy, 35, to serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.


News Release: CLEVELAND - Demetrius Moore, 42, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, to three and a half years in prison by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker and was ordered to pay $183,215.47 in restitution to the Small Business Administration (SBA). Judge Barker pronounced the sentence after...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL J. GOLL, age 47, of Kentwood, was sentenced on Nov. 2, 2022, to three years in prison on charges of wire fraud and filing false federal tax returns by U.S. District Judge Wendy B. Vitter.


Recidivist Mobile Fraudster Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison for Financial Frauds

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Mobile woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for mail fraud and access device fraud relating to her embezzlement of money from her employer.


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne

News Release: U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne.


Enterprise Man Sentenced to 92 Months in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms After a Fatal Shooting

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, Dorian Lamont Bell, 42, from Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. Following his prison sentence, Bell will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.