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News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Timothy Jacobs a/k/a Dollar, 44, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


Latest National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, offers another opportunity to safely, conveniently, and anonymously dispose of unneeded medications as the latest DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.


Fort Stockton Man Sentenced to Over 157 Years in Prison for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: ALPINE - Thomas Scott Perkins, 31, of Fort Stockton, was sentenced yesterday to 1,890 months in prison for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material.


News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Gabriel Joseph Bustamante, 43, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Sept. 28, 2022, by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 17.5 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Bustamante previously pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of Firearms.


News Release: Fired Pistol Several Times from Apartment Patio.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Bank Robbery, Hobbs Act Robbery

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that, on Oct. 25, 2022, DEVIN CHANEY (“CHANEY"), age 32, agreed to plead guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) and (d) (Count 9); and one count of Hobbs...


Southall Drug Courier Sentenced in Federal Court

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Pensacola, Florida, man was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 27, 2022, for his participation in the Darrin Southall drug distribution organization. Kenneth Jerome Daniels, 49, was initially arrested in November of 2020 when law enforcement officers became aware that he was transporting...


News Release: BOSTON - A California woman has been sentenced in connection with travelling across the country to deliver fentanyl to an undercover officer.


News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, initially charged in federal court by criminal complaint for possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud and coercion, as well as production and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Sewickley Woman Sentenced to 12 Years for Distributing Drugs to Prisons

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: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years of probation on a conviction of a federal money laundering law related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.


Professional Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

News Release: MIAMI - Abel Raphael, 65, of Key West, Florida has pled guilty in federal court to aiding and assisting the preparation and presentation of false tax returns.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Zakk L. Biggs, 32, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha by Chief United States Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more fentanyl. Biggs received a sentence of 68 months’ imprisonment with a four-year term of supervised release to follow. There is no parole in the federal system.


Oswego Hospital Agrees to Pay $98,694.36 for Improper Medicare and Medicaid Billing

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Oswego Hospital has agreed to pay $98,694.36 to resolve allegations that it knowingly violated the False Claims Act by: (1) improperly billing Medicare and Medicaid for outpatient mental healthcare services that were rendered by an unsupervised LMSW, and (2) improperly billing Medicaid for outpatient mental healthcare services rendered by another LMSW for which Oswego Hospital could not provide documentation to support those claims.


Spokane Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Prolific Drug Trafficking

News Release: Spokane - Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Corey A. Darilek, age 41, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today in federal court in Spokane, Washington. Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Darilek to 180 months in federal prison...


Cocaine Distributor in Fidelis Way Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

News Release: BOSTON - A drug distributor working for a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) was sentenced today for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base.


Columbus man pleads guilty to making and selling ‘ghost guns’

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A local man pleaded guilty in federal court today to making and selling “ghost guns," untraceable homemade weapons made in whole or in part with a 3D printer.


Man Sentenced to 5+ Years for Robbing USPS Employee

News Release: A man who robbed a United States Postal Service (USPS) employee at gunpoint was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who possessed a firearm and twice operated a vehicle while intoxicated was sentenced today to more than one year in federal prison.