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News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that four Houston, Texas- based men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Bank Larceny and Transportation of Stolen Property or Money.


Former Home Depot Employee Pleads Guilty In Credit Card Fraud Scheme

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Kimyada Latoya Knight (41, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to credit card fraud. Knight faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to Home Depot.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brian Thomas Badgley, 37, of Waterbury, Vermont was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christina Reiss to three years of probation after his conviction for obtaining controlled substances by fraud in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3).


News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Daron Marquel Ellis, 29, of Aurora, was sentenced to 23.5 years in federal prison today after earlier pleading guilty to attempted murder in the second degree of a federal officer and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.


Civilian Employees at Anniston Army Depot Charged with Conspiracy to Steal Government Property

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Two civilian employees at the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) have been charged with conspiracy to steal property of the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Department of Defense Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent in Charge Cynthia Bruce, Defense Logistics...


U.S. Attorney Jason M. Frierson Appoints District Election Officer

News Release: LAS VEGAS - United States Attorney Jason M. Frierson announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Daniel Schiess will lead the efforts for the District of Nevada in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.


News Release: Election Crimes at the Federal Level: What to Know.


News Release: MIAMI - Robert Willis Jr., 47, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been sentenced to 145 months in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Rodney Smith for his participation in a string of bank robberies.


Monmouth County Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Multi-Million-Dollar Accounts Receivable Factoring Scheme

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for defrauding lenders of $50 million dollars in connection with an invoice factoring scheme perpetrated over nearly a decade, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger 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: MACON, Ga. - A Macon man who participated in a scheme to defraud a community bank pleaded guilty for his role in the conspiracy.


Child Sex Trafficker And Producer Of Videos Of Child Sex Abuse Sentenced To 55 Years In Federal Prison

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Mark Manuel Angeles Marino (27, Jacksonville) to 55 years in federal prison for child sex trafficking and the production, receipt, and possession of child sexual abuse material. The court also ordered Marino serve a life term of supervised release and pay $163,500 to victims of his offenses. Marino had been found guilty after a bench trial on Nov. 16, 2021.


Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture Of Property Used In Attacks On Planned Parenthood And Federal Building

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 26, 2022, the Justice Department filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of a sedan, a pickup truck, and one firearm alleged to have been utilized in a series of attacks by Mark Thomas Reno, formerly of Jefferson City, Tennessee.


American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Sentenced to 20 Years

News Release: 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.


Bethany Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $850,000 From Former Employer

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, JEANNIE VALENTIN, 68, of Bethany, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to a single-count felony Information charging her with wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing heroin to distribute.


Colorado Springs Felon Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Possession

News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Jeffrey Scott Taylor, 51, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison after earlier pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Davenport man, George Winston Taylor, was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, to 260 months in prison for Receiving Child Pornography. Taylor was also ordered to pay $48,000 in restitution. Following his imprisonment, Taylor was ordered to serve five years of supervised release.


News Release: Defendants Collectively Ordered to Serve 104 months in Prison and Pay Nearly $3.5 Million in Restitution to Victims.


Michigan Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison

News Release: For Drug Trafficking Offense. HAMMOND- Johnny Lamar Sawyer, 31 years old, of Southfield, Michigan, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, announced United States Attorney Clifford...