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Boston Murder Suspect Arrested in Youngstown

News Release: Youngstown, OH - Earlier this afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Dwight Watson, 56. Watson was wanted by police in Boston, Massachusetts for murder.


News Release: A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employee pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to conspiring with other individuals to engage in wire fraud in connection with MTA excess vehicle auctions.


Man Wanted for Escalating Crimes of Violence Arrested in Lorain

News Release: Lorain, OH - Members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Randy Palos, 42. Palos was wanted by the Lorain Police Department for numerous warrants as well as the U.S. Marshals Service for violations of his court ordered supervised release.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin today sentenced D’Andre Preston, age 26, of Baltimore, to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically, the NFL Criminal Enterprise, including committing...


Kanawha County Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Crimes

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Karen L. Hodges, also known as “Karen Igo," “Karen Clay," “Karen Richmond," and “Karen Gessel," 49, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty today to three counts of securities fraud.


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Ryan Daniel Linehan, age 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2023, to 100 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Linehan will serve three years of supervised release.


News Release: A Romanian national was sentenced today to 89 months in prison for his role in a transnational, multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud American victims. He is the 24th member of the organized criminal group to be sentenced, of the 28 who were charged.


Oklahoma Inmate Pleads Guilty to Running a Drug Conspiracy

News Release: An Oklahoma inmate who used contraband cell phones to lead a methamphetamine distribution operation pleaded guilty this week in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Three Charged in Connection with Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Overdose

News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A federal grand jury in Austin recently returned an indictment charging a local man and two women with five counts related to fentanyl distribution resulting in death and serious bodily injury.


News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Fort Worth man was sentenced in federal court in Austin today to 60 months in prison for attempting to damage or destroy a portion of the Permian Highway Pipeline in Hays County.


News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Shaun Taylor Solem, age 27, of Des Moines, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2023, to a total of 360 months in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses. Following his prison term, Solem will be on supervised release for ten years and required to register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Douglas Beardsley, 38, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, ...


Alleged Perpetrator Of $100 Million Crypto Market Manipulation Scheme To Make Initial Appearance In The Southern District Of New York

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...


Camden Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Role as Supervisor in Drug Trafficking Organization

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for his role as a shift supervisor of a drug trafficking organization and conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, and crack in the city of Camden, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Defendants Arrested for Allegedly Peddling Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, and PCP


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Virginia Man Sentenced on Felony Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Joined Mob in Destroying Media Equipment.


District Man Found Guilty of Bias-Related Assault on African-American Woman

News Release: WASHINGTON - Gueorgui Iskrenov, 33, of Washington, DC, has been found guilty on charges stemming from a hate crime in which he spit in the face of a female neighbor in Southwest Washington.


Rock Hill Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Involvement in Fentanyl Distribution Ring

News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Patricia Ann Hemphill, 51, of Rock Hill, was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison after pleading guilty relating to a multi-state drug operation out of the Rock Hill and Charlotte, North Carolina area.