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News Release: A Tulsa man who chased a store clerk with a knife pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Scott Paul Polinski, age 58 of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, to 120 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.


Preston County man guilty of sex offender charge

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Thomas Bradley Upole, Jr., of Terra Alta, West Virginia, has admitted to a sex offender charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Man Receives 25-Year Sentence for Carjacking Murder of Uber Eats Driver

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Sept. 30, 2022, U.S. District Judge Daniel R. Domínguez sentenced Carlos Rafael Rosario-Morales to 25 years in prison for committing two carjackings, during one of which he murdered an Uber Eats driver, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


Gynecologist and pharmacist plead guilty to operating massive “pill mill” network

News Release: ATLANTA - Anthony Mills, a former Atlanta gynecologist, and Raphael Ogunsusi, a licensed pharmacist who owned two pharmacies, have pleaded guilty for their roles in operating an Atlanta-area “pill mill" network that supplied addicts and drug dealers with large amounts of dangerous prescription drugs through illegal prescribing and dispensing.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas - An 18-year-old man residing in Laredo has been indicted on charges of alien smuggling causing serious bodily injury, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Two Members of the Aryan Circle Convicted of Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering.


Jury Convicts Illinois Man for sending MDMA through the U.S. Postal Service for Distribution

News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - Delon Echols, 31, of Belleville, Illinois, was convicted by a federal jury.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Three Years of Probation for Role in Scheme to Launder Money, Defraud Internet Donors

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 36 months of probation for his role in a GoFundMe scam that gained nationwide attention, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Cleveland, Ohio men are facing money laundering charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - Appearing before a federal judge today, a Pawtucket man has admitted that he trafficked crack and powder cocaine while on federal supervised release, having completed a term of incarceration on federal gun and drug charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Washington man was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, after he admitted to illegally possessing a firearm and bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl pills to the Great Falls area and the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for distribution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former California lawyer has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for lying to his clients about winning cases for them and then deceiving them with bogus documents - some with the forged signatures of judges, the Justice Department announced today.



News Release: Defendant Also Admits Carrying Loaded 9 Millimeter Pistol In His Backpack.


Ocala Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Illegal Possession Of A Firearm

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jaedyn Tiryse Presley (23, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Presley faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. He also agreed to forfeit the firearm used in the commission of the offense. Presley had been indicted on Feb. 1, 2022.


Columbus man indicted on money firearms charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Quintae L. Stubbs, of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted today on a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARCUS CHAMBERS, a/k/a “Chino," a/k/a “Chi D," a/k/a “SP," was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for the 2011 murder of Jonathan Johnson, 21, on March 18, 2011, in White Plains, New York. On Dec. 20, 2021, CHAMBERS pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román, who imposed his sentence.


Justice Department Secures Agreement to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Services

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department announced an agreement today with a former Bergen County, New Jersey, man to resolve a federal lawsuit for his alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. The FACE Act protects the right to access and provide reproductive health services, including abortion.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Christopher Dozier (41, Jacksonville) to 18 years and 8 months in federal prison for two Hobbs Act robberies and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. The court also ordered Dozier to forfeit the firearm and ammunition he possessed as part of the offenses, as well as the money and firearm stolen during the second robbery. Dozier had pleaded guilty on Feb. 2, 2022.