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News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for assault on a federal law enforcement officer, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


Ten defendants charged in Augusta-area drug trafficking operation

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Ten people have been indicted in an Augusta-area drug trafficking conspiracy linked to another large-scale drug trafficking prosecution.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Gael Rodriguez was sentenced on Nov. 1 to four years and nine months in prison for carjacking. Rodriguez, 20, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty on March 23.


Middle Schoolers Participate in Mock Trial During Recent Field Trip to U.S. Attorney’s Office

News Release: MIAMI - Staff from the Law Enforcement Coordination and Community Outreach Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida recently hosted middle school students from Jane S. Roberts K-8 Center in Miami for a legal field trip.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAVED SAEED, 53, and DASTGIR SAEED, 69, both of South Windsor, were sentenced today in New Haven federal court for food stamp fraud offenses. U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall sentenced Javed Saeed to one year...


Man Charged with Assault for Sundance Stabbing

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Larry Gene Charley made an initial appearance on Oct. 28 in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him...


United States Attorneys Available to Receive Election Complaints

News Release: United States Attorneys Breon Peace and Damian Williams announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) will lead the efforts of their Offices in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Erik Paulsen...


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Jonathan Kip Medford, 34, of Jerome, Arizona, was sentenced Monday, by United States District Judge Steven P. Logan to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Medford previously pleaded guilty to Assault on a Federal Law Enforcement Officer with Physical Contact and Infliction of Bodily Injury.


News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Austin Jay Robinson, of Belington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: FLINT - A Flint man pleaded guilty today to committing two carjackings-one where he held a gun to a woman’s head, and the other where he beat and kicked a woman causing her severe injuries.


News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article that discusses the results of an NIJ-convened meeting that brought together researchers and practitioners to explore the possibilities that arise when they rethink current methods of jail-based research.


News Release: A federal grand jury in Chicago, Illinois, returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging three Illinois men with operating an odometer and title fraud scheme that involved hundreds of used cars over the course of many years.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dion Underwood, age 45, of Johnstown, New York, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine in Albany, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarantino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division.


Idaho Man Sentenced to Over Three Years for Smuggling Ammunition

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Adrian Guadalupe Valdez, 45, of Wendel, Idaho, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 42 months in prison for smuggling ammunition from the United States into Mexico. Valdez previously pleaded guilty to the Smuggling of Goods from the United States.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Milton Guillermo Segarra-Bartolomei (44, Kissimmee) to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for passport fraud and aggravated identity theft. Segarra-Bartolomei had pleaded guilty on June 28, 2022.


Pittsford Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base

News Release: 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: 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.


Schenectady County Felon Indicted for Unlawful Possession of Firearm and Ammunition

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason Seminary, age 44, of Duanesburg, New York, was ordered detained today following his indictment last week for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition on Dec. 26, 2021.


Arkansas Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Soliciting and Paying for the Production of a Video Depicting a 9-Year-Old Child Being Molested

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Cody Dillon Hogan (27, Leachville, Arkansas) to 20 years in federal prison for using the internet to solicit and pay an individual to molest a 9-year-old child and to create a video recording depicting this sexual abuse.


News Release: A federal jury in Atlanta convicted a former commissioner of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners today for extorting a DeKalb County subcontractor in connection with a $1.8 million contract.