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News Release: The leader of an international drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty yesterday to international cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced a former nurse at a St. Louis County, Missouri, hospital to four years of probation for fraudulently obtaining fentanyl for her own use.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Two North Carolina men have been charged with obstructing the Electoral College vote count for the 2020 presidential election and other crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


News Release: The Justice Department today issued the following statement from Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on the RESTRICT Act


Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Redell Williams, III, 42, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Gregory Santos, age 49, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 102 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for illegal possession of a firearm in a school zone and for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and fentanyl.


Local Banker Sent to Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A former Wells Fargo branch manager has been ordered to federal prison for helping a drug trafficking ring launder their money through his bank, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed 360 kilograms of methamphetamine in southern Missouri over a three-year period.


Justice Department Achieves Settlement with the Former Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo to Relocate Animals to Locations in the Continental United States

News Release: The Justice Department and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on behalf of the Puerto Rico Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have reached an agreement to ensure the health and safety of the animals housed at the former Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo ...


News Release: A federal grand jury in Detroit returned an indictment yesterday charging a Michigan man with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing false income tax returns.


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Valfonso Dewitt, a/k/a “Valentino" and “Val," age 72, of Bronx, New York, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and on two counts for using his cellular telephone to facilitate illegal drug distribution. The jury acquitted Dewitt on three counts of using his cellular telephone to facilitate illegal drug distribution.


Justice Department Sues to Block JetBlue’s Proposed Acquisition of Spirit

News Release: The Justice Department, together with Attorneys General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New York, and the District of Columbia, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today to block JetBlue Airways Corporation’s (JetBlue) proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of its largest and fastest-growing ...


News Release: A Philadelphia woman was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS and assisting others in filing false income tax returns.


News Release: A federal jury convicted four leaders of the Gangster Disciples today for their participation in a years-long interstate racketeering conspiracy involving drug trafficking, witness tampering, and multiple murders.


News Release: The Justice Department today issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the attack on four American citizens in Matamoros, Mexico


Former Benton County Coach and Youth Pastor Sentenced to 45 Years for Exploiting Children

News Release: Memphis, TN - Joshua Henley, 34, formerly of Benton County, has been sentenced to 45 years in.


News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) announced today it will be undertaking two important reviews: one related to the Memphis Police Department (MPD) and one that will examine the use of specialized units within law enforcement.


News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Ft. Lauderdale.


News Release: Today marks the 16th anniversary of the abduction of Robert A. “Bob" Levinson from Kish Island, Iran, on March 9, 2007. Bob, who served his country as an FBI special agent for 22 years and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent for six years before that, retired in 1998. Bob is remembered this day, and every day, by his FBI friends and colleagues.


Former United States Congressional Candidate Pleads Guilty in Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

News Release: WASHINGTON - A former primary candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives pleaded guilty today to violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) by accepting a conduit campaign contribution.