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Convicted Felon Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Illegally Trying To Buy A Firearm

News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Dontae Edwards (31, Jacksonville) to 18 months in federal prison for making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. Edwards had pleaded guilty on July 20, 2022.


CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Charged with Securities Fraud

News Release: An indictment was unsealed yesterday charging a married couple for their roles in a decade-long scheme to defraud investors of millions of dollars in connection with Semisub Inc. (Semisub), a Hawaii-based company.


Honduran National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

News Release: DENVER- The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Hector Acquino-Torres, 26, of Denver, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.


Federal Witness Indicted For Obstruction Of Justice And For Soliciting A Bribe From A Defendant

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jolen Michael Ghorbani, a/k/a “Jay," age 28, formerly of Fairfax, Virginia, for bribery of a witness and obstruction of justice, in connection with a criminal trial in which Ghorbani was a witness. The indictment was returned on Oct. 19, 2022, and unsealed today upon Ghorbani’s arrest.


News Release: The Barrio Azteca gunmen directly responsible for the March 2010 murders in Juarez, Mexico of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee were sentenced to life in prison today.


News Release: YOUNGSTOWN - Raphael Ortiz, 40, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, to more than 13 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Benita Y. Pearson after Ortiz pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: MACON, Ga. - Murray Drug Company, Inc, which did business as Acme Pharmacy in Homerville, Georgia, has agreed to a $350,000 settlement to resolve allegations that the pharmacy violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Acme Pharmacy ceased operating during the course of the federal investigation.


News Release: Former Tribal Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery Scheme.


News Release: DETROIT - A former Detroit Police Officer pleaded guilty today to conspiring with a Detroit police lieutenant to commit bribery in connection with corruption in the towing industry in Detroit, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.


Kansas City Man Pleads Guilty to $4.1 Million Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $4.1 million drug-trafficking conspiracy, which is linked to two murders, and which distributed 520 kilograms of methamphetamine in the metropolitan area.


Quincy, Illinois Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute and Firearm Offenses

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Quincy, Illinois, man, Daniel Kramer, 50, of the 100 block of Earel Camp Road was sentenced on Oct. 18, 2022, to 120 months’ imprisonment for possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, 60 months’ imprisonment for possession of a firearm during...


FBI Richmond’s Fredericksburg Resident Agency Assists King George County Sheriff’s Office with Armed Bank Robbery Investigation

News Release: FBI Richmond’s Fredericksburg Resident Agency Assists King George County Sheriff’s Office with Armed Bank Robbery Investigation.


News Release: Former Department of State Employee Pleads Guilty to Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in the Philippines.


Easton Resident Sentenced To 18 Years In Federal Prison For Posing As A Teenage Boy On Social Media To Entice Minor Females To Send Him Sexually Explicit Images And Videos Of Themselves

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief United States District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Angel Gabriel Arroyo-Angelino (“Arroyo"), age 34, a Mexican citizen residing in Easton, Maryland, today to 18 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for coercion and enticement of a minor to...


Convicted Felon Indicted For Distribution Of Methamphetamine And Illegal Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Johnathan Anton Williams (38, Ruskin) with distribution of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. If convicted...


U.S. Attorney Announces Election Day Program

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - United States Attorney Teresa Moore announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Alan Simpson will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 8, 2022, general election.


Texas man admits to role in drug distribution operation

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Allen, of Rosenberg, Texas, has admitted to his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Canadian Man Sentenced to 14 and One Half Years in Federal Prison for Leading Drug Trafficking Ring That Exported Truckloads of Narcotics

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Canadian man was sentenced today to 174 months in federal prison for leading a drug-trafficking organization that intended to ship hundreds of pounds of cocaine and heroin from Southern California into Canada - and import MDMA (ecstasy) into the United States - using big-rig trucks and encrypted telephones to achieve their aims.


Two Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Obstruction of Justice in Scheme to Bribe U.S. Government Employee and Steal Documents Related to the Federal Prosecution of a PRC-Based Company

News Release: Defendants Paid $61,000 in Bitcoin Bribes to Double Agent under the Control of the FBI to Obtain Internal Files and Other Non-Public Information Related to the Ongoing Investigation and Prosecution of a PRC-based Company.


Lecanto Man Sentenced To More Than 16 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Child Sex Abuse Material

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jason Ronald Santore (26, Lecanto) to 16 years and 8 months years in federal prison for possession and distribution of child sex abuse material. Santore had pleaded guilty on June 3, 2022.