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News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Todd Valentine, 53, Holmen, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 12 years in federal prison for distributing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Valentine pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 24, 2022.


News Release: Two Amazon marketplace sellers and four of their companies have pleaded guilty to price fixing DVDs and Blu Ray Discs.


Shawnee Man Sentenced for Child Porn

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced to 96 months in prison time followed by five years of supervised release after he admitted to possessing child pornography images.


Sells Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years for Aggravated Sexual Abuse

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Emmett Miguel, 33, of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 151 months in prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and a concurrent 120 months’ confinement for Abusive Sexual Contact. On Sept. 22, 2022, Miguel was found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting the 17-year-old victim at a dance in Sacaton, Arizona, in January 2012.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Tramond G. Wallace, Jr., 28, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.


Former Puerto Rico Senator and Former Mayor of Yauco Sentenced to 18 Months of Imprisonment for Misappropriation of Municipal Funds to Finance His 2016 Senatorial Campaign

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, Abel Nazario-Quiñones, former Puerto Rico senator and former mayor of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Francisco A. Besosa to serve 18 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. The FBI conducted the investigation with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG).


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Feb. 10, 2023, Robert Z. Whipple, III, 50, currently of Crossville, Tennessee, was sentenced to 70 months in prison by the Honorable Katherine A. Crytzer, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.


Co-Owner Of Multiple Companies Sentenced To 12 Months And A Day In Prison For Failing To Pay Over $1 Million In Payroll Taxes

News Release: A co-owner of multiple businesses was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in prison and two years of supervised release for failing to pay over $1 million in payroll taxes for his companies. Omar Mostafa, 57, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty on Aug. 8, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner to an information charging him with willful failure to collect or pay taxes.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHANEL GALLE, of New Orleans, LA, age 44, was indicted on Feb. 10, 2023 by a federal grand jury for two counts of making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).


Jordan demands answers from Wray after leaked FBI memo suggests agency may be targeting Catholics

News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is demanding answers from FBI Director Christopher Wray as part of the panel’s investigation into the bureau’s alleged misuse of domestic violent extremism resources for "political purposes," after a leaked internal memo revealed the FBI had efforts underway to identify and treat some Catholics as violent extremists.


Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Drug-Linked St. Louis Murder

News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a man from St. Louis, Missouri who participated in a 2017 murder on behalf of a drug gang to 18 years in prison.


South Carolina Man Sentenced for Role in International Elder Fraud Scheme

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Duncan, South Carolina man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.


USDOJ-OJP-NIJ offers new grant application process starting Feb. 16

NIJ FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes grant opened on Feb. 16.


News Release: Washington - U.S. Marshals in the Eastern District of Washington are offering up to $25,000 each as a reward for information leading to the arrest of a man and woman wanted on murder and multiple child sex abuse charges.


Street Gang Member Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy

News Release: A Virgin Islands man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.


Defendant in Drug Case Sentenced to 17 and One Half Years in Federal Prison

News Release: Memphis, TN - Jose Anastacio Osorio Diaz, a/k/a Kenneth Rodriguez, 48, from Mexico, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess illegal narcotics with intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.


News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the City of Lansing, Michigan, that will resolve the department’s religious accommodation and retaliation lawsuit.


Don’t Let a Criminal Break Your Heart and Your Bank Account

News Release: Don’t Let a Criminal Break Your Heart and Your Bank Account.


Man Pleads Guilty to Strangling His Dating Partner

News Release: A man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a December attack on his girlfriend, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former office manager of a New Jersey medical practice admitted conspiring with the doctor who owned the practice to distribute prescription amphetamine to patients without a legitimate medical reason, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.