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News Release: RICHLAND, Wash.- On March 8, 2023, Senior United States District Judge Edward F. Shea sentenced Jonathan Scott Ard, 30, of Richland, Washington, to 12 years in in federal prison after his guilty plea to federal fentanyl and gun charges. Ard will also serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released...


News Release: The FBI and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Host Women’s Recruitment Event.


Kansas Man Sentenced on Felony Charge for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Joined in Pushing Against Officers In Confrontations Inside Capitol Building.


Former Wall Street Precious Metal Traders Sentenced for Wire Fraud

News Release: Two former Wall Street traders were each sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for engaging in a multi-year fraud scheme to manipulate U.S. commodities markets for publicly traded precious metals futures contracts.


Greenwood Village Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances and Financial Crimes

News Release: DENVER - Howard Weiss of Greenwood Village pleaded guilty on March 8, 2023 to distributing a controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, structuring financial transactions in a way to evade reporting requirements, and engaging in monetary transactions greater than $10,000 in property derived from specified unlawful activity. The 69-year-old also agreed to forfeit $826,083.24 in criminal proceeds.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting March 10

BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply - Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation grant opened on March 10.


News Release: A narcotrafficker pleaded guilty today to international cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: A West Virginia man today pleaded guilty to multiple charges of illegally trafficking in protected plants.


USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on April 20

OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response - Solicitation grant opened on March 10.


“Logistics Coordinator” Convicted of Drug Trafficking

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 33-year-old Houston woman has been found guilty of two counts of drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


News Release: NEW YORK CITY, NY-The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced a reward of up to $250,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the suspect or suspects involved in the unsolved 2008 bombing of the United States Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square. The suspect(s) may be connected to two other unsolved bombings in New York City-one at the British Consulate in 2005 and the other at the Mexican Consulate in 2007.


Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking, Gun Crimes

News Release: FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Alfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Calvin Brantley, age 25, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and heroin along with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.


Defendant Sentenced to 17 Years for Murder-for-Hire Scheme and Related Shooting in Poughkeepsie

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and William V. Grady, the Dutchess County District Attorney, announced that JUSTTIN KENYOTTA...


News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit man pleaded guilty today to committing two attempted carjackings and one completed carjacking- including one where he fired an assault rifle at a teenaged victim.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Robert A. DiNoto, age 48, of Huntington, New York, late yesterday to one year of incarceration to be served as six months in federal prison and six months of home detention, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy...


FBI Seattle Announces Recovery of 8-Year-Old Vancouver, Washington Girl Missing Since 2018

News Release: FBI Seattle Announces Recovery of 8-Year-Old Vancouver, Washington Girl Missing Since 2018.


Former U.S. Congressional Candidate Pleads Guilty in Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

News Release: A former primary candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives pleaded guilty today to violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) by accepting a conduit campaign contribution.


News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - An Ayden man was sentenced today to 165 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. On July 19, 2022, Maurice Montrell Greene pled guilty to his role in the conspiracy. Greene was the leader of the local “Grape Street" Crips gang set during the time that he was under investigation.


News Release: BILLINGS - A California man suspected of offering to sell an undercover agent a pistol and switches used to convert firearms from semiautomatic to fully automatic admitted to a firearm charge today, U. S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


6 Traffickers Convicted for Smuggling Meth for Michoacan Cartel

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Five U.S. citizens and one Mexican national have been convicted of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute a total of approximately 75 kilograms of meth associated with an independent drug cartel located in Michoacan, Mexico, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.