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News Release: Defendant Sold Counterfeit Opioids Containing Fentanyl.


News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA grant application closes on Dec. 12

BJA FY 2022- 2023 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation grant opened on Oct. 19.



Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to $86 Million Magazine Fraud Scheme Targeting Elders

News Release: Defendant participated in a $300 Million Nationwide Telemarketing Fraud Scheme.


News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Ruckersville, Virginia man, who dealt heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl even after being incarcerated for his crimes, pled guilty today to dealing a fatal dose of fentanyl and illegally possessing a firearm.


Passaic County Man Convicted of Conspiracy and Two Armed Bank Robberies

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was convicted today by a federal jury for his role as the gunman in two armed bank robberies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Clearfield County pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Defendants Convicted And Sentenced In Long-Term Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Investigation In Franklin And Gulf Counties

News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - With the sentencing of the last of 16 defendants, federal prosecutors concluded prosecution of a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization operating primarily within Franklin and Gulf Counties. The convictions and sentences were announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


U.S. Attorney Weiss Announces $92,013 in Justice Department Grants to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods

News Release: Wilmington, Del. - U.S. Attorney Weiss announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $92,013 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of Delaware. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and other violent criminal activity in the...


News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that David Tom, 38, of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced to serve 2 years of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. United States District Court Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered Tom to serve a two-year term of supervised release after his incarceration.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, today announced discretionary grant awards in the amount of $45 million to enhance services for victims of crime across the United States. The grants will fund training, services and resources that will create and improve the response to all crime victims, including victims in historically marginalized communities.


Billings man sentenced to more than seven years in prison for trafficking meth, fentanyl on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Billings man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation after he tried to flee law enforcement on a dirt bike and discarded a backpack containing drugs and a loaded handgun was sentenced today to seven years and four months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


News Release: DETROIT - A Detroit street gang member pleaded guilty to murdering a rival gang member and an innocent 13-year-old bystander as part of a racketeering conspiracy, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


Deatsville Man Sentenced to 17.5 Years in Prison for the Sexual Exploitation of a Child

News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that a 34-year-old man from Deatsville, Alabama, Matthew Aaron Windsor, received a 210-month prison sentence for the sexual exploitation of a 5-year-old child. Following his sentence, Windsor will be on supervised release for the remainder of his life and will be required to register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found KENSTON HARRY, 41, of Bloomfield, guilty of drug trafficking offenses.


Jackson Wastewater Hauler Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Violation

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - An employee of Partridge-Sibley Industrial Services, Inc., a wastewater hauling business based in Jackson, Mississippi, pled guilty today for his part in illegally discharging industrial waste into the Jackson sewer system, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Charles Carfagno with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today for distributing methamphetamine from his condominium in Boston’s Back Bay area.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edward Page, 33, and Trayvon Smith, 32, both of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to being felons in possession of a firearm and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.