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News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 19-year-old Laredo resident has been charged for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1.42 kilograms of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Turbi, age 36, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that IAN JOSIAH TIMBANA, age 34, of Lander, Wyoming, was sentenced by United States Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal for assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Timbana was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment with three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $29,998.33 in restitution and a $100 special assessment.


U.S. Attorneys Announce District Election Officers for Eastern & Western Districts of Wisconsin

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Wisconsin’s United States Attorneys, Gregory J. Haanstad and Timothy M. O’Shea, announced today that four Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) will lead their offices’ efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general...


News Release: NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Marc Laruelle pled guilty to one count of distributing Oxycodone, among other narcotics, without a legitimate medical purpose while acting outside the usual course of professional practice. Laruelle pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Denis L. Cote.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Butler County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Memphis, TN - The former owner and operator of a social club in Nashville pleaded guilty today to.


Mobile Man Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man was sentenced to 25 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.


United States Attorney Announces Election Day Program

News Release: United States Attorney Timothy T. Duax announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Daniel Tvedt 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. AUSA Tvedt has been appointed...


News Release: Sentences. United States District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced JOSHUA MICHAEL ARCHULETA, age 34, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Oct. 11, 2022, for distribution of fentanyl. He received a sentence of 39 months’ imprisonment with five years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $500 in community...


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 48-year-old Mexican Citizen has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to import 5.24 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Additional Charge Filed Against Tennessee Man for Using Firearm in Violent Confrontation with FBI Agents

News Release: Tennessee, Missouri Men Indicted for Threatening Violence, Assaulting Federal Agents.


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.


Four Philadelphia-Area Individuals Indicted For Passing Over $2,800 In Counterfeit United States Currency At Multiple Stores In Lackawanna And Luzerne Counties

News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brinayah Clark, age 18, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kendall Rawls, age 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nazeer Amir Shamsud-Din, age 22, of Snellville, Georgia, and Jaquan Underwood, age 21, of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of passing counterfeit federal reserve notes.


Traffickers sentenced for smuggling meth in fire extinguishers for cartel

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Texas men have been sent to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 34.5 kilograms of liquid meth associated with the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN), announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Willmar man has been indicted for illegally possessing two explosive devices and a short-barreled shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Moses Lake Man Sentenced to 204 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

News Release: Spokane, Washington - United States Attorney, Vanessa R. Waldref, announced today that United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Guillermo Valdez, age 34, of Moses Lake, Washington, to 204 months in federal prison after Valdez had pleaded guilty on April 20, 2022 to two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 or More Grams of Methamphetamine and two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Valdez also was sentenced to 5 years of supervised release.


News Release: LANSING, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten today announced that Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou sentenced Bryan Kennert, 57, of Norton Shores, to 30 months in prison after selling $43,354.94 of antique baseball card packs that he represented as original and unopened. The packs were opened...


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man has been sentenced for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned an indictment late yesterday charging an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department sergeant with violating the civil rights of an arrestee by using excessive force.