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Four Suspected Niagara Falls Gang Members Charged with Narcotics Conspiracy

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that four defendants have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine. Named in the complaint are.


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.


Four Defendants Arrested in Virginia and Texas for Role in ATM Larceny

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.


Executive Pleads Guilty to Criminal Attempted Monopolization

News Release: The president of a paving and asphalt contractor based in Billings, Montana, has pleaded guilty to attempting to monopolize the market for highway crack-sealing services in Montana and Wyoming.


Montenegrin National Charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with Maritime Narcotrafficking of Over 20 Tons of Cocaine

News Release: Goran Gogic, a Former Heavyweight Boxer, Allegedly Used Commercial Container Ships to Transport Over $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine from Colombia to Europe via the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to felony charges for destroying media equipment and other illegal conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.



News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that a federal jury convicted Elijah Hakim, of St. Thomas, in the District’s first prosecution of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl prosecution. Fentanyl is...


Stockton Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeffrey James Bray, 37, of Stockton, was sentenced today to nine years and two months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Emmanuel Medina, age 35, of Albany, was indicted last week for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, possessing and intending to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


News Release: A man who drove a vehicle while his codefendant leaned out the window and shot and killed a man was sentenced Thursday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys have been named to lead the efforts in the Southern District of Georgia in connection with the U.S. Department of Justice’s nationwide 2022 Election Day Program.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-An indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging a Gladstone, Oregon man with abducting and sexually abusing a Canadian child he met online.


News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jaime Ryan Chorba, age 46, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 180 months of imprisonment for producing child pornography.


Two North Shore Men Arrested For Controlled Substance Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - A Reading man and a Saugus man have been arrested in connection with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Antonio Vergara, 29, of Walden, VT, was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. Vergara was arrested on Oct. 26, 2022, and made his initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle on Oct. 28, 2022. Vergara was ordered detained pending trial.


U.S. Attorney Nick Brown Appoints Election Officer for Western District of Washington

News Release: Seattle - United States Attorney Nick Brown announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Seth Wilkinson will lead the efforts for the Western District of Washington in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.


New Castle Man Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Distribute Cocaine from Mexico

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Lawrence County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, in form commonly known as crack cocaine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


TWO VENEZUELANS APPREHENDED NEAR ST. CROIX SENTENCED IN CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS COCAINE ON BOARD A VESSEL CASE

News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Francisco Rodriguez-Infante, age 28, and Johnny Rodriguez-Rodriguez, age 30, two of eleven Venezuelan nationals apprehended at sea off the coast of St. Croix, were sentenced on Oct. 27, 2022 to 41 months imprisonment followed...


Tilton Man Pleads Guilty to Drug And Firearms Offenses

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jared Stottlar, 43, of Tilton, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.