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United States Attorney Martin Estrada Announces Creation of Environmental Justice Coordinator in Nation’s Most Populous Federal Judicial District

News Release: The Coordinator Will Focus on Enforcement of Laws Designed to Combat Pollution and Protect Communities Affected by Environmental Hazards.


Former Military Spouse Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of Minors

News Release: Tacoma - A 37-year-old former military spouse was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 12 years in prison for attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Jonathan David Carpenter was arrested in September 2018. In April of 2022, Carpenter pleaded guilty, admitting...


Cherokee Man Is Sentenced To 14 Years For Second Degree Murder in Indian Country

News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A Cherokee, N.C. man convicted of second degree murder was sentenced to 168 months in prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Yalegwo Ki Sadongei, 21, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release after he completes his prison term.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Concludes Investigation Into Fatal Shooting Outside Ambassador’s Residence

News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Two U.S. Secret Service Officers.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Three residents of the Pittsburgh area were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and related offenses, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Brevard, N.C. Woman Is Sentenced To 15 Years On Drug Charges

News Release: The Defendant Sold Fentanyl that Resulted in a Victim’s Overdose Death.


Former Crips Gang Members and Inmates Each Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for COVID-19-Related Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sholanda Thomas, 38, a former Hoover Crips gang member and an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, was sentenced today to five years and five months in prison for conspiring to submit fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in the names of other CCWF inmates, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Armed Robber Sentenced To More Than 18 Years In Prison

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.


Sacramento Man Sentenced to 57 Months Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason Tolbert, 45, of Sacramento, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 57 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced.


Justice Department set to publish a new notice on Oct. 4

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 4.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - RGIS LLC (RGIS) and its affiliated company, Retail Services WIS Corporation (WIS), agreed to pay $158,760 to resolve allegations that they caused violations of the Controlled Substances Act. RGIS and WIS employees were implicated in the theft of controlled substances from pharmacies...


“JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS IN 2013“ was published in the Senate section on pages S9091-S9092 on Dec. 20, 2013


News Release: WASHINGTON - A former senior manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) pleaded guilty today to carrying out a scheme in which he and others manipulated the agency’s procurement process in favor of a company that was paid more than $1.3 million for items and services over a period of more than nine years.


Additional Defendant Pleads Guilty in Staged Automobile Collision Scheme

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that LARRY PICOU (“PICOU"), age 56, of Gibson, La.; has agreed to plead guilty on Sept. 28, 2022 to count one (1) in his indictment, charging him with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States...


News Release: GREENSBORO - A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison followed by a twenty-year term of supervised release, for possession of child pornography after a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led to his arrest.


News Release: SAN JOSE - Ariel Guizar-Cuellar was sentenced to 460 months in prison in connection with multiple child-sex-trafficking-related charges for his role in a Bay Area conspiracy to exploit minors for child pornography and sex trafficking, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI Special...


There were 10 notices published by the Justice Department in week ending Oct. 1, according to the Federal Register.


New York Doctor Who Performed Unnecessary Back Surgeries Pleads Guilty to Participating in Trip-and-Fall Fraud Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SADY RIBEIRO, a New York-licensed pain management doctor and surgeon, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with...


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Victor Clayton, 47, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release by United States District Judge R. Barclay Surrick, for sex trafficking of two minors across state lines.


News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who was convicted in an undercover investigation after he showed up at a residence believing he was going to meet a minor girl for sex was sentenced today to eight years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.