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News Release: Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $3.35 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling defective material for bullet proof vests used by law enforcement officers, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.


News Release: Memphis, TN -United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz joins the Department of Justice, the Office on.


United States Attorney Announces District Election Officer

News Release: MOBILE, AL - United States Attorney Sean P. Costello announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Vicki Davis will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA Davis...


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 14 unsealed Indictments charging 16 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


Oak Ridge Man Sentenced to Serve 112 Months in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm

News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - The United States Attorney's Office announced that Joseph M. Lopez, age 40, of Oak Ridge, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 112 months in federal prison for the offense of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Lopez appeared for his sentencing hearing Monday before United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.


News Release: A Maine doctor was arrested today in Kennebunk on criminal charges related to her alleged illegal distribution of opioids and other controlled substances.


Georgia Hunter Sentenced for Lacey Act Violation Stemming from Nebraska Hunt

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Kyle G. Daniel, 36, of Ball Ground, Georgia, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for violating of the Lacey Act. United States District Judge John Gerrard sentenced Daniel to 2 years’ probation for unlawful transportation of wildlife in interstate commerce. Daniel was ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $5,000 and restitution in the amount of $4,000.


Great Barrington Man Indicted on Child Pornography Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Great Barrington man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield in connection with allegedly receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).


New York Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Bribery Offenses for Illicit Massage Parlors

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Flushing, NY woman was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for making bribe payments to protect her illicit massage parlors in Cary and Wilmington from law enforcement scrutiny in 2020 and 2021. On March 31, 2022, Xiang Yue Jin pled guilty to the charge. She was also fined $50,000 and ordered to forfeit $90,000.


Española man sentenced to over six years in prison for assault

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Patrick Tafoya was sentenced on Sept. 13 to six years and six months in prison in prison. Tafoya, 61, of Española, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Santa Clara, pleaded guilty on Jan. 28 to assault with intent to commit murder.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Robert Duane Wicke, 60, from Lansing, Michigan was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to coerce and entice children to engage in sex acts. He was also sentenced to 20 years’ custody on each of three counts of distributing child pornography videos and 20 years’ custody for possessing a collection of child pornography. The sentences for the child pornography offenses will be served concurrently with the life sentence.


West Sacramento Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kimberly Acevedo, 52, of West Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: HOUSTON - A 61-year-old man residing in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following multiple child pornography convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Fremont Man Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Conviction

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Trayton Jay Jackson, 25 of Fremont, Nebraska was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Jackson to 120 months’ imprisonment. After completing his term of imprisonment, Jackson will be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release as there is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Edward Baker Harrington, age 59, of Idaho Springs, was arrested after being indicted by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and money laundering.


News Release: More than 74,000 counterfeit prescription pills containing deadly narcotics seized.


News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Raymond Rivera, 33, of Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested last Thursday and charged on Friday by criminal complaint. Rivera was charged with possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine on Oct. 20, 2022. Rivera appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle this afternoon. He was detained pending a hearing scheduled for this Thursday.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Sebron Dejuan Brown, age 36, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for one count of Conspiracy to Commit Odometer Tampering, two counts of Odometer Tampering, and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud.


News Release: Google Enters Into Stipulated Agreement to Improve Legal Process Compliance Program.