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Former Hollywood Executive Sentenced to over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $1.7 Million in COVID-Relief Loans

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former chairman and CEO of Beverly Hills-based Aviron Pictures was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for applying for and receiving $1.7 million in loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for Aviron entities when the entire operation was being shuttered because of his embezzlement.


California Woman Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

News Release: BOSTON - A California woman was sentenced yesterday in connection with travelling across the country to deliver fentanyl to an undercover officer.


McKeesport Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Drugs and Stolen Firearm

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of McKeesport Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year and one day of imprisonment and three years of supervised release related to his possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl and possession of a stolen firearm, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


New Jersey Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Ring

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sterling C. Davis, of Camden, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 94 months of incarceration for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Hampshire Observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

News Release: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young 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).


Press Release by U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan Relating to the November 2022 General Election

News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Brent Gray 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 Gray has been appointed to serve...


Arizona Couple Indicted for Attempting to Extort Georgia Tech

News Release: ATLANTA - Ronald Bell was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Regina Cannon on charges arising from a conspiracy to extort the Georgia Institute of Technology by falsely claiming an individual associated with its basketball program committed sexual assault. Bell and co-defendant Jennifer Pendley were indicted on these charges by a federal grand jury on Aug. 24, 2022.


News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and heroin.


Hartford Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Offenses Stemming from Warehouse Theft of Guns

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that SHAMEIK CAMARA, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from the theft of numerous firearms from a South Windsor warehouse last year.


Arizona Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Levi Bagne, 31, Buckeye, Arizona, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 16 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and money laundering. Bagne pleaded guilty to these charges on May 24, 2022.


News Release: Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today charging a Caldwell County Kentucky man with sexually exploiting two children and with distributing and possessing child pornography.


Nashville Social Club Owner Pleads Guilty To Crime Involving Campaign Finance Scheme

News Release: NASHVILLE - A Nashville, Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws to benefit Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey’s 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress.


Keokuk Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - John Herman Soper, age 50 of Keokuk, was sentenced today, Oct. 19, 2022, to 19 years in prison following his plea to the charges of Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.


News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -U.S. Attorney Adair F. Boroughs announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded more than $1.8 million to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of South Carolina. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime...


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was convicted of multiple narcotics trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Newark Man Charged with Carjacking and Firearms Offenses

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arraigned for his alleged role in an armed carjacking in Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Former New York Mob Hitman Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment for Escape from Orlando Half-Way House

News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Dominic Taddeo, Jr. (65) to 3 years in federal prison for his escape from an Orlando half-way house, to be served consecutively to his remaining term of imprisonment on other federal convictions. Taddeo had pleaded guilty to the escape on May 17, 2022.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jonathan Sepulveda-Lara, 44, of Manchester, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for the sale of fentanyl and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lawrence Guerain Fleming, 38, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison for two counts of being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.