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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.


News Release: BOISE - Steven John Gallardo, 43, of Boise, Idaho was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.


U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez Releases Information Ahead of November 2022 General Election

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - United States Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Jeremy Peña 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.


U.S. Marshals Offering $5000 Cash Reward for Teen Wanted in Connection to Roxborough Shooting

News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Marshals are holding a live auction in Woodland, California, at 9 a.m. PDT Saturday, Oct. 26, for approximately 149 classic, luxury and performance vehicles from a federal civil case involving the owners of the defunct DC Solar company in the Eastern District of California.


Raleigh County Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Jamie Vass, 45, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.


News Release: Fifth Defendant Faces at Least 20 Years in Prison.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Alexander Kucharski, 21, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 5 years in prison for distributing child pornography. This term of imprisonment will be followed by 12 years of supervised release.


Hamilton County Man Indicted For COVID Relief Fraud Involving Fraudulently Obtained Paycheck Protection Program Loans

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Desmond Dondre Williams (34, Jasper) with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Williams faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment on each count and payment of restitution to the United States government.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - An Eau Claire, Wisconsin man is charged with wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering in a 25-count indictment returned on Oct. 12, 2022, by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison, Wisconsin. The indictment is announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.


News Release: Former Government of Bolivia Minister Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Launder Proceeds of Bribery Scheme.


U.S. Attorney's Office For The Eastern District Of Tennessee Observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 20, 2022, U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III joins the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), advocates, survivors, victim service providers, justice professionals, police and first responders, and communities across the U.S. in observing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).


Kanawha County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jason Lewis Johnson, 49, of South Charleston, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.


Charlotte Man Found Guilty of Robbing Area Businesses

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict late yesterday against John Henry Moore, 59, of Charlotte, for the robbery of two area businesses, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. presided over the two-day trial, which ended on Tuesday.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from East St. Louis, Illinois was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for a July 12 carjacking in St. Louis.


News Release: 16-Year-Old Died from Fentanyl Overdose. COEUR D’ALENE - Antoinne James Holmes, 23, of Cusick, Washington, was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn...


News Release: A Washington man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Seattle, Washington, in connection with a May 15, 2018, shooting that damaged a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jose F. Ramos, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and violation of supervised release, was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.


Virginia Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty yesterday to production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).


Jury Convicts Longtime Hoover Criminal Gang Members of Racketeering Conspiracy, Murder in Aid of Racketeering

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland found two longtime Hoover Criminal Gang members guilty today for conspiring to commit racketeering through various criminal acts spanning decades, including murder, robbery, and drug dealing.


News Release: HAMMOND-Jeffrey Boylett Jr, 40, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio following his guilty plea to wire fraud in connection with obtaining Covid-19 relief funds to which he was not entitled announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.