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News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melvin Theophilius Hill, 38, of Ashland, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Zachary A. Myers announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Tiffany J. Preston will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election. AUSA...


Mineral County admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brett Leonza Freeman, of Wiley Ford, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Husband And Wife Are Sentenced To Prison For Stealing $200,000 From A High School Booster Club

News Release: Husband was also sentenced for obtaining fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans and using a portion to cover up the theft.


Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Trevor Dean Williams, 35, of Ashland, Kentucky, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: 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.


Twin Falls Man Sentenced for Threatening to Kill a Prosecutor

News Release: BOISE - Nathanael Michael West, 25, of Twin Falls, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in federal prison for three counts of mailing threatening communications, U.S. Attorney Joshua D. Hurwit announced today.


Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine that Caused Death of Iowa Woman

News Release: A man who distributed methamphetamine to a woman, which resulted in her death, pled guilty today.


UPDATE—Tips Lead to Reward Offer

News Release: UPDATE-Tips Lead to Reward Offer. FBI Richmond’s Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for additional information that leads to the identification and arrest of the white male subject, nicknamed the “Dapper Dan Bandit," responsible for the armed robbery of the...


News Release: Barrio Azteca Gunmen Who Committed Consulate Murders in Ciudad Juarez Sentenced to Life in Prison.


Salisbury Woman Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting an Infant in Her Care

News Release: Defendant invited another individual to sexually abuse child together.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Mekfira Hussein and Abduljabar Hussein have been indicted for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Watertown Woman Charged wtih Wire Fraud

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Watertown, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for 13 counts of Wire Fraud.


Two Arrested and 13 Charged in Three Separate Cases for Alleged Participation in Malign Schemes in the United States on Behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of China

News Release: In three separate cases in the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey, the Justice Department has charged 13 individuals, including members of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) security and intelligence apparatus and their agents, for alleged efforts to unlawfully exert influence in the United States for the benefit of the government of the PRC.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Virginia Beach man Friday on charges of possessing and selling unregistered machineguns.


Final Defendant Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Defrauding the Social Security Administration

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Darron Dimitri Ross, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to six years in prison and $696,912 in restitution for conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Hansen was involved in the distribution of more than 15 kilograms of meth.


News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the October 2022 Federal Grand Jury B.



Law Enforcement Announces Creation of Fentanyl Abatement and Suppression Team and Its First Prosecution

News Release: SAN DIEGO- The United States Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations today announced the creation of, and first case brought by, the newly formed Fentanyl Abatement and Suppression Team in partnership with the District Attorney’s Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation.