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News Release: UPDATE. The Press Release was updated in the fifth paragraph to reflect the correct phone number to reach the U.S. Attorney's Office. United States Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Michael Drescher will lead the efforts of this Office in connection...


News Release: Registered Sex Offender Sentenced for Transporting Child Sexual Abuse Material.


News Release: Defendant previously convicted of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm and assault and battery on a police officer.


Former Lackawanna County Teacher Sentenced On Child Pornography Charges

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.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jason Rivera, 37, of Queens, NY, was convicted today at trial of kidnapping and extortion charges arising from his involvement with a violent gang, known as “Born To Kill" (a/k/a “BTK"), who paid the defendant money to collect...


News Release: CONCORD - John E. Murray, III, of Alton Bay was indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with twelve counts of production of child pornography and four counts of sex trafficking of a minor, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


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 Shane Watkins was charged by criminal complaint with making interstate threats. Watkins, 36, of La Mesa, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in court on Oct. 26 and will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Oct. 31.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Khasigian will serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Eastern District of California in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 8 general...


News Release: A federal grand jury indicted two former Pike County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputies on civil rights crimes for using excessive force during their employment with the Pike County Sheriff’s Office.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A federal jury today convicted a Browning man of sexually abusing two children approximately 20 years ago on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Raymond Dugan, 55, of Logan, was sentenced today to four years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for accessing with the intent to view prepubescent child pornography. Dugan must also register as a sex offender.



News Release: HOUSTON - A 31-year-old Houston man has been taken into custody on charges of sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: DETROIT - Six individuals were indicted for drug, gun, and money laundering crimes by a federal grand jury in Detroit, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


Ambridge Felon Indicted on Drug and Firearms Charges

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Ambridge, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former U.S. Army sergeant has admitted he stabbed to death a former fellow soldier whose body was found in his Fort Stewart barracks room in June 2020.


Dallas Attorney Charged with Promoting Illegal Tax Shelter

News Release: An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas was unsealed today charging a Texas lawyer with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and helping his clients file false tax returns based on an illegal tax shelter that he promoted.


News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces a federal jury today found Juleus Judkins, 29, of Denver, guilty of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession with intent to distribute less than 50 kilograms of marijuana, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


Registered Sex Offender Sentenced for Transporting Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: WASHINGTON - An Oklahoma man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for transporting child pornography that he produced of an 18-month-old infant and for being a person required to register as a sex offender who committed a felony offense involving a minor.


News Release: FORT SMITH - A Lavaca, Arkansas, man plead guilty today to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud and one count of Money Laundering. The Honorable Judge Mark E. Ford presided over the hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.