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Quincy, Illinois, Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A Quincy, Illinois, man, Marcus Moore, 35, formerly of the 2800 block of East Bluff Court, was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2022 to 120 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 60 months of supervised release, by United States District Judge Sue Myerscough for distributing over 200 grams of pure methamphetamine in Quincy.


Colorado Man Charged with Participation in Vermont Kidnapping and Murder

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that today, Jerry Banks, 35, of Fort Garland, Colorado was charged with a murder-for-hire conspiracy and the kidnapping of Gregory Davis, a resident of Danville, Vermont, on January 6, 2018, resulting in Davis’s death. Banks was added as a defendant to the murder-for-hire conspiracy case already pending against Serhat Gumrukcu, 39, of Los Angeles, California, and Berk Eratay, 36, of Las Vegas, Nevada.


Former local bakery owner admits to stealing identity of deceased baby, $1.5M pandemic relief fraud

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Columbus woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to 16 counts of wire and passport fraud. The defendant stole the identity of a baby who died as an infant and used the infant’s identity to obtain a passport, a student pilot license, a job as a flight attendant, and pandemic relief loans.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Bay Area man and former FBI special agent was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information to a corrupt lawyer with ties to Armenian organized crime.


News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas- Three Southeast Texas men have pleaded guilty to firearms offenses in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.


District Of New Jersey Takes Part In Department’s Wide-Ranging Efforts To Protect Older Adults

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands...


News Release: The Justice Department today announced the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands of victims to bad...


BJS Releases Carjacking Victimization, 1995–2021

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Carjacking Victimization, 1995-2021.


District of Montana takes part in Justice Department’s efforts to protect older adults

News Release: HELENA - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands of victims...


West Sacramento Man Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison for Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: ACRAMENTO, Calif. - Philip Rich, 50, of West Sacramento, was sentenced today to three years and three months in prison for one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Rich was also ordered to pay $113,400 in restitution.


Notice published on Oct. 4 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands of...


News Release: Defendant Misused Disability Funds Meant for Her Injured Veteran Husband.


Former Rensselaer County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of Inmate

News Release: Sean Morrissey Admitted Rubbing Genitalia of Federal Inmate while she was in Rensselaer County Correctional Facility in September 2018.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tanisha Porter, of Newman, California, and Penny Marie Banky, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, were indicted today on methamphetamine charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Calvin Bautista, age 36, of Richmond Hill, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with smuggling three Burmese pythons into the United States at the Champlain Port of Entry.


News Release: A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Alabama indicted former Citronelle Police Department Chief John Tyler Norris for using excessive force against a man while on duty and for misleading state investigators.


News Release: Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. convened a virtual discussion today with a bipartisan group of approximately 300 election officials and workers to brief them on available grant funding for physical security enhancements under federal programs and the potential applicability of state and local fiscal recovery funds under the American Rescue Plan.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 6.


News Release: BOISE - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands of victims...