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Rochester Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Drug Trafficking, Conspiracy, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

News Release: CONCORD - William Hallinan, 36, of Rochester, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LOUIS AGE JR., and AGE JR.’s son, LOUIS AGE III, a/k/a “Big Lou", RONALD WILSON a/k/a “Tank", and STANTON GUILLORY a/k/a “Nan-Nan", all from New Orleans, were all sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe to multiple terms of life imprisonment for their roles in the murder of a federal witness in a health care fraud case out of the Middle District of Louisiana.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Richard Orlinski “Sugar" Sanchez, 44, of Dexter, New Mexico, was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Oct. 12.


Justice Department Files Multiple Lawsuits to Stop the Illegal Sale of Unauthorized Vaping Products

News Release: The United States filed complaints against six companies and related individuals to stop the illegal manufacture and sale of unauthorized vaping products, the Department of Justice announced today.


Fast food robbery results in prison for Houston man

News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old man has been sent to federal prison following his role in a series of robberies in the Houston area, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Billings man caught with 10 pounds of meth in vehicle sentenced to five years in prison

News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted to trafficking drugs after he broke into the Drug Enforcement Administration’s building to see if agents had found the 10 pounds of meth hidden in his truck was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


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.


Former President of AT&T Illinois Charged With Conspiracy To Unlawfully Influence Former Illinois Speaker of the House

News Release: CHICAGO - The former president of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, which does business as AT&T Illinois, has been charged in federal court with participating in a conspiracy to unlawfully influence the former Illinois Speaker of the House of Representatives involving the company’s efforts to advance legislation in the Illinois General Assembly.


Five Individuals Charged in Federal Probe Into Thefts of Postal Keys and Mail

News Release: CHICAGO - Five individuals in the Chicago area have been charged with unlawfully possessing U.S. Postal Service keys or stealing from the mail. The indictments were brought as part of “Operation Broken Arrow," an ongoing federal investigation into the thefts of postal keys and mail.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Meridian man was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Douglas Gustafson, age 36, of Syracuse, pled guilty yesterday to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and United States Marshal David L. McNulty.


Mission Man Found Not Guilty of Sexual Abuse

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Sexual Abuse as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, on Oct. 14, 2022.


News Release: CLEVELAND - Jamika Raymond, 38, of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return.


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $166,027 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic...


News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh 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. Assistant United States Attorneys Lena Busscher in the Abingdon Division...


News Release: CONCORD - U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $88,528 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of New Hampshire. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man whose suitcase, which contained more than three kilograms of cocaine, was found aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine.


News Release: Fairview Heights, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced today that the Department of.


News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris of the Central District of Illinois announced that Atoris Jaquez Slater, 28, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced to an aggregate 10 years...


Carriere Man Sentenced to Prison for Possession of a Firearm by an Unlawful User of Narcotics

News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Carriere man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.