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News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced Billy Rengifo Saaverda (44, Medellin, Colombia) to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 464 kilograms of cocaine and 217 kilograms of marijuana - approximately 1,500 pounds of narcotics. Saaverda had pleaded guilty on June 6, 2022.


News Release: Received Over 160,000 Files Identified as Child Pornography.


News Release: Carter Healthcare LLC, an Oklahoma-based for-profit home health provider, its affiliates CHC Holdings and Carter-Florida (collectively Carter Healthcare), and their President Stanley Carter and Chief Operations Officer Bradley Carter have agreed to pay $7.175 million to resolve allegations that they ...


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Gresham, Oregon man pleaded guilty today for stealing more than $77,000 in funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Moffat Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire to United States Post Office

News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Donald Albert Renner, 71, of Moffat, pleaded guilty to willfully injuring property of the United States, a felony.


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 U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Worcester Man Sentenced in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

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


Illinois Man Sentenced to 143 months for Meth Trafficking

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 for the Central District of Illinois announced that Wesley K. Jacobson, 41, of Kewanee, Illinois, was sentenced to 143 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine and distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on Oct. 13, 2022, TEVIS STANTON, age 21, a resident of Orleans Parish, was charged in a four-count indictment for carjacking, drug, and weapons violations. Count 1 of the indictment charges STANTON with a carjacking that occurred...


Two Rochester Men Arrested, Charged With Defraduing Two Victims Out Of Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Timothy Siverd, 34, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud and money laundering, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Dion James Anagal, 44, of Chinle, Arizona, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 22 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Anagal previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.


Mexican National Sentenced to 108 Months Following Record-Breaking Seizure of Fentanyl and Meth

News Release: SAN DIEGO - Carlos Martin Quintana-Arias of Mexico was sentenced in federal court today to 108 months in prison in connection with the record-breaking seizure of 17,584 pounds of methamphetamine and 388.93 pounds of fentanyl from a commercial trailer attempting to enter the United States at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.


Federal Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Task Force Investigation Leads to Charges Against Six Individuals for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. has announced that an investigation into a drug trafficking organization based out of East Baton Rouge Parish has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment leading to the arrest of six individuals on various drug trafficking and firearm offenses.


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Michael P. Daly, 47, of Cheektowaga, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


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


News Release: Ocala, FL - Roy Lashley, 55, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for attacking a Black man because of his actual and perceived race.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Two Oklahoma City men have been sentenced to serve 50 years collectively in federal prison for child exploitation and child pornography offenses, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.


Long Island Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of a Child

News Release: Defendant Made Sexually Explicit Videos of a 9-Year-Old Girl and Sent Child Pornography to Minors on Snapchat.


Kalamazoo “Ghost Gun” Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that today U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering sentenced Zachary Grosser, age 29, of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, to 12 years in federal prison for years spent illegally manufacturing and distributing firearms in West Michigan, including selling...