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News Release: ATLANTA - Gilberto Lopez-Giraldo, Raul Lopez-Giraldo, Guillermo Escobar, and Alexander Duque-Casanova have been sentenced for engaging in a more than $1.4 million drug money laundering conspiracy involving major cities from across the United States to Cali, Colombia.


News Release: FBI Norfolk Announces 2021 Director's Community Leadership Award Recipient.


News Release: Fire Service Plus Inc. (FSP), a Georgia-based company, has agreed to pay $985,131 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by supplying fire suppression foam that did not meet military specifications, the Department of Justice announced today.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and six years of supervised release on charges of violating federal firearms and drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K Chung announced today.


FBI Releases 2021 Crime in the Nation Statistics

News Release: FBI Releases 2021 Crime in the Nation Statistics.


News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for selling a fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl mixture to an undercover agent on five occasions.


Tulsa Man Charged After Attacking a Church Employee and Throwing Two Molotov Cocktails at the Church

News Release: A Tulsa man who allegedly attacked a church employee then threw two Molotov cocktails at Holy Family Cathedral Church in Tulsa has been charged in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Justice Department Announces Filing of Statement of Interest in "Ghost Gun" Litigation

News Release: Breon Peace, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), in partnership with Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), and Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, filed a Statement of Interest today in...


FBI and Linden Police Ask the Public’s Help in Identifying Robber

News Release: FBI and Linden Police Ask the Public’s Help in Identifying Robber.


News Release: HOT SPRINGS - A Hot Springs man was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Hot Springs.


Justice Department Statement on President’s Announcements Regarding Simple Possession of Marijuana

News Release: The Justice Department today released the following statement from spokesman Anthony Coley regarding the President’s proclamation granting a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who have committed, or been convicted of, the offense of simple possession ...


Zionsville Firefighter Paramedic Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Distributing and Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Daniel Stevens, 48, of Whitestown, Indiana, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution and possession child sex abuse material.


California Man Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million-Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Professional Athletes and Paycheck Protection Program Loan Fraud

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring with others in schemes to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal loans initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Hampton man yesterday on charges of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A White Post man was sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment for his leadership role in multiple violent crimes, including a 2017 murder in Charlottesville and two 2019 attempted murders in Prince William County.


Sacramento Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Vern Saeteurn, 34, of Sacramento, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Micronesian Couple Pleads Guilty to Withholding Passports for Labor Trafficking

News Release: WASHINGTON - Defendants Nesly Mwarecheong, 46, and Bertino Weires, 51, residents of the United States and citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa, to two counts of unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking or forced...


News Release: Defendants Nesly Mwarecheong, 46, and Bertino Weires, 51, residents of the United States and citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa, to two counts of unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking or forced labor.


Pocatello Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Discharging a Firearm During a Robbery

News Release: POCATELLO - A Pocatello man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for the discharge of a firearm during a robbery that occurred on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation on June 23, 2021. According to court records, Jose Acosta, Jr., 41, entered a camping trailer and demanded money from a female occupant.


Former Associate Principal And High School Teacher Sentenced To 15 Years For Child Enticement And Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JONATHAN SKOLNICK was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for enticing minor children to send him nude and sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves over the Internet. On April 5, 2022, SKOLNICK pled guilty before U.S. Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed his sentence.