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Fentanyl Dealer Receives Enhanced Prison Sentence For Overdose Death

News Release: Orlando, FL - Senior U.S. District Judge Anne Conway has sentenced Deonte Lee Barber (40, Rockledge) to 11 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. Barber had pleaded guilty on Feb. 3, 2022.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Michael F. Perry and Joshua R. Rosenthal will lead the efforts of the Northern District of New York in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Clinton, Illinois, man, Arthur Hatfield, 37, of the 500 block of East Washington was sentenced on Oct. 19, 2022, to 41 months’ imprisonment, followed by seven years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A South Carolina man who led a conspiracy to steal trade secrets from aircraft companies has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.


Orlando Man Sentenced To Over Six Years In Federal Prison For Money Laundering Conspiracy After Being Stopped While Transporting Over $1 Million In Cash

News Release: Tampa, FL - Senior U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Jason Pagan-Reyes (40, Orlando) to six years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Pagan-Reyes had pleaded guilty on June 21, 2022, and is currently serving a drug-related state prison sentence.


News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Meccos Donta Allen (38, Tampa) with unlawful possession of a firearm. If convicted, Allen faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison.


U.S. Attorney Announces the Appointment of District Election Officer to Monitor Elections in West Tennessee

News Release: Memphis, TN - United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced today that Assistant United States.


South Bend Woman Sentenced to 132 Months in Prison

News Release: For Drug Offense. SOUTH BEND - Frances Bianco, 43 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on her plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Bianco was sentenced...


Lead defendant in pill-production conspiracy sentenced to federal prison

News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The final defendant of four conspirators in an industrial-level pill-production operation is joining his mother and two other defendants in federal prison after all admitted participating in an operation that used pill presses to package and distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ADAM BELARDINO, the chief executive officer of the Maddox Group, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement to the Internal Revenue Service in connection with separate...


Former Dallas County, Alabama, Deputy Sheriff Indicted for Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Lying to Investigators

News Release: A former deputy sheriff with the Dallas County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office was charged in an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Alabama for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a woman while he was on duty, and for misleading state investigators.


Two Men Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging They Shot Guard During Armored Truck Armed Robbery Earlier this Week

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two men were arrested this morning on federal robbery and firearms offenses that allege they robbed an armored car on Monday and shot a guard several times in the leg.


Lowell Money Manager Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Clients of Millions of Dollars

News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in a scheme to defraud his clients of millions of dollars.


Dubuque Teenager and Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison

News Release: A Dubuque teenager and felon that possessed firearms was sentenced Oct. 20, 2022, to more than four years in federal prison.


North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Officers During January 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon - chemical spray -- during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Thursday sentenced a St. Louis man who killed a reality show star’s nephew to 32 years in prison.


News Release: BOISE, Idaho- Steven John Gallardo, 43, of Boise, Idaho was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine.


News Release: Conspiracy Linked to Two Murders, Distributed 520 Kilos of Meth.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Jason Michael Leidel, age 42, an active-duty commissioned officer of the United States Navy and Sarah Elizabeth Sorg, age 43, a Senior Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Transportation, both of Silver Spring, Maryland...