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News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 20 years in prison today in the Eastern District of Virginia for organizing and leading an all-female military battalion in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.


News Release: Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.


Mexican Women Plead Guilty to Smuggling Balls of Heroin in Potato Chip Bags

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two women residing in Monterrey, Mexico, have admitted to their roles in importing nearly 1000 grams of heroin, announced Drug Enforcment Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Port Neches, Houston Men Guilty of Trafficking Fentanyl through Southeast Texas

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Southeast Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


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.


Tankship Commercial Manager Convicted of Violation for Air Pollution

News Release: Ionian Management Inc. (IONIAN M), a New York-based company that commercially manages three vessels, including the M/T Ocean Princess, was sentenced yesterday in the District of the Virgin Islands before U.S. District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis in St. Croix, after pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. IONIAN M was sentenced to pay a fine of $250,000 and placed on probation for one year.


Michigan man admits to role in a drug conspiracy in Harrison County

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Drake D. Dodson-Williams, of Southgate, Michigan, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 28, 2022, a grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, returned a 34-count indictment against nine individuals, including...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found ANTWANE WILLIAMS-BEY, also known as “Buck," 31, guilty of the drug-related murder of Valentin Santos Jr., 21, in Hartford in 2013.


News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A U.S. District Court jury convicted a Richmond County man of illegally carrying a gun after previously being convicted of a felony.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Courtney B. Sedler, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was indicted today on threat charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Coon Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening a U.S. Senator

News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Coon Rapids man has pleaded guilty to making interstate threats against a U.S. Senator, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


Felon Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Federal Prison After Shootout in Streets of Cedar Rapids

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.


Local man sent to prison for conspiracy to transport 124 people

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 67-year-old Laredo man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to transport people in a sealed trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Possession of Material Depicting the Exploitation of Minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An inmate at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex has been charged with threatening to kill a state judge and his family, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Perry H. Piper will lead the efforts of the Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN WARD, 30, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and ammunition possession offenses.


Berwick Bank Officer Sentenced To 12 Months’ Imprisonment

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew W. Mensinger, age 49, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Matthew W. Brann, to 12 months of imprisonment for perpetrating a scheme to obtain bank loans through false statements.