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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Lance Marion Cojo was sentenced on Oct. 11 to two years in prison. Cojo, 36, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, pleaded guilty on April 26 to one count of assault of an intimate or dating partner resulting in substantial bodily injury and one count of assault of an intimate or dating partner by strangling.


U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Election Day Program

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Michael Savage in Charlotte, and Don Gast in Asheville, will lead the efforts of their Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.


There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 20.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patrick Botello, 36, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana Observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

News Release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. 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).


News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a three-count indictment charging James Martin, age 50, of Beckville, Texas, with distribution of child pornography. Martin appeared for his arraignment and pled not guilty to the pending charges.


Gynecologist and pharmacist plead guilty to operating massive “pill mill” network

News Release: ATLANTA - Anthony Mills, a former Atlanta gynecologist, and Raphael Ogunsusi, a licensed pharmacist who owned two pharmacies, have pleaded guilty for their roles in operating an Atlanta-area “pill mill" network that supplied addicts and drug dealers with large amounts of dangerous prescription drugs through illegal prescribing and dispensing.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Mexican nationals and one Texas man who are associated with the Jalisco Cartel have been sent to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute eight kilograms of meth, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $91,149 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Middle District of Louisiana. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.


Eleven Charged in International Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: Defendants allegedly laundered more than $25 million in illicit drug proceeds.


One Iowan and Two Mexicans Sentenced to Federal Prison for Agreeing to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl in Waterloo

News Release: Law Enforcement Officers Seized More Than 90 Pounds of Meth, 23 Pounds of Fentanyl, and Two Guns During Investigation.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Big Run, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.


Boise Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Producing Child Pornography

News Release: BOISE - Zane Beckman, 29, of Boise, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Oct. 17, 2022, William F. Showers, age 37, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 100 months of imprisonment and a 5-year term of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Kountze man has been indicted for a federal firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


Española man indicted for child’s death

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal grand jury on Oct. 12 returned a four-count superseding indictment against Malcolm Torres charging him with first degree felony murder, second degree murder of a child, assault...


Dominican National Admits to Participating in Conspiracy to Import Large Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national admitted to a federal judge on Monday that, while visiting Providence in March 2022, he participated in a criminal drug conspiracy that law enforcement alleges imported multiple packages containing a kilogram or more of cocaine, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Career Criminal Sentenced for Distributing Cocaine

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for distributing cocaine after previously receiving at least two felony convictions for controlled substance offenses.


Convicted Felon Indicted For Possession Of Ammunition

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Dartis Cobb (35, St. Petersburg) with one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. If convicted, Cobb faces up to 10 years in federal prison.