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News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Irvis Jorge, age 44, and Pamela Febo, age 38, of Keansburg, New Jersey, each pled guilty today to conspiring to steal government property. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of...


News Release: Seattle - Three significant drug trafficking groups responsible for trafficking more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine and hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills are facing federal charges tonight, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Two indictments charging a total of eleven defendants were unsealed...


U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Election Day Program

News Release: SCRANTON - United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced today that Criminal Division Chief Bruce D. Brandler, Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) Michael Consiglio, Geoffrey MacArthur, and James Buchanan will lead the efforts of this Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.


Hudson County Felon Convicted of Possessing Heroin, Cocaine, and Loaded Firearm

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was convicted of possessing a loaded firearm, and possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances on three different occasions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


News Release: A former member of the Texas House of Representatives pleaded guilty today to evading payment of outstanding taxes he owed to the IRS. The plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower.


Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Sprayed Fire Extinguisher at Officers,.


News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Pass Christian, Mississippi man pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.


Convicted Felons Sentenced for Illegal Firearms Possession

News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge this week sentenced three men for being felons in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DERECK CELESTIN, JR., age 37, a resident of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, pled guilty on Oct. 25, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to a two-count indictment which charged him with distribution of methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(A), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Muse, age 44, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on Oct. 26, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to five years’ imprisonment for armed bank robbery.


Hudson County Felon Convicted of Possessing Heroin, Cocaine, and Loaded Firearm

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was convicted of possessing a loaded firearm, and possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances on three different occasions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Jury Convicts Portland Repeat Offender on Federal Drug, Gun, and Money Laundering Charges

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland found a local man with several prior felony convictions guilty today on multiple drug, gun, and money laundering charges.


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.


Obion County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Silencers, and Machine Guns

News Release: Jackson, TN - Bobby Joe Brown, 42, of Obion County, Tennessee has been sentenced to 30 months in.


Former Owner & CFO Of Auto Masters Indicted In Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme

News Release: Company Fraudulently Obtained Over $24 Million by Overstating Collateral.


Alleged sex trafficker set to appear in court

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: PITTSBURGH - Michel Cercone was sentenced to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute Schedule I and II controlled substances, and to launder drug trafficking proceeds, between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


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.


Detroit Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Filming Himself Sexually Abusing Young Children

News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man was sentenced to 35 years in prison today based on his criminal convictions for filming himself sexually abusing three children under the age of nine, and then distributing the child pornography to others over the internet, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


Federal jury finds Albuquerque man guilty of assaulting letter carrier

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury on Oct. 25 returned a guilty verdict on Elias Gallegos. The jury convicted Gallegos, 27, of Albuquerque, of assaulting a federal officer using a deadly or dangerous weapon, a knife.