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News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sarah Waggoner, 41, Birnamwood, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 66 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Waggoner pleaded guilty to this charge on July 21, 2022.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Anthony Laquinn Thomas, 53, of Greensburg, Indiana, was sentenced late yesterday to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Oct. 12, 2022, a federal jury in Portland found a Philomath, Oregon man guilty for failing to register as a sex offender.


Former Florida Tech CEO Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

News Release: Jacksonville, FL - A district court judge accepted the guilty plea yesterday of the former CEO of a Jacksonville company who admitted to evading income taxes owed to the IRS based on a fraud he ran on his employer.


Twenty-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 40-Years of Imprisonment for Armed Robberies, Carjackings, and Four Murders

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Oct. 12, 2022, U.S. District Senior Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Nycole Amaury Rosario-Sánchez to 40 years in prison for committing three robberies and two carjackings during which four victims were murdered.


News Release: James Dean Cloud sentenced for committing multiple murders and a carjacking. Donovan Quinn Carter Cloud sentenced for his role in the carjacking.


Jail Assault Results in Sentences for Hermanos De Pistoleros Latinos Gang Members

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of assault with a dangerous weapon, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Oswego County Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Marcus Lombardo, age 38, of Hannibal, NY, pled guilty today to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


News Release: A man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court for killing his girlfriend at a Bartlesville motel.



Beverly Farms Man Indicted for Multi-Million-Dollar Payroll Scheme

News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly Farms man was charged today in a 13-count indictment in connection with a payroll scheme involving underreporting of overtime hours for his union employees and failing to collect and pay payroll taxes.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Betrina Grey pleaded guilty on Oct. 11 to involuntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. Grey, 31, of Pinedale, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.


Zuni man charged with murder in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Brian Wallace made an initial appearance in federal court on Oct. 11 on a criminal complaint charging him with...


News Release: A man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court for killing his girlfriend at a Bartlesville motel.


News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - U.S. Attorney Breon Peace announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $484,034 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Eastern District of New York. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Christian Dunbar, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, the former Philadelphia City Treasurer, pleaded guilty in front of United States District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe to procurement of citizenship unlawfully and through multiple false...


News Release: SAN ANTONIO - David Joseph Bolduc, Jr., 61, of Herndon, Virginia, pleaded guilty on October 12 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a government contract fraud scheme. Bolduc and QuantaDyn bribed a government official to obtain confidential government information and secure government contracts. Consequently, the government overpaid for flight simulators and training services at the expense of the American taxpayer.


News Release: Philadelphia, PA - On Monday September 16th, at approximately 10:30am Trezith Smart was arrested by the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force. Investigators with the Eastern District of Pennsylvania arrested Smart in the 1600 block of Rolling Glenn Dr, Boothwyn, PA. Smart...


News Release: DETROIT - An equity fund CEO was charged with bilking investors of over $27 million by fraudulently exaggerating his fund’s investment performance and by embezzling from the fund, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.