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News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Barber, 38, Beloit, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 42 months in prison for possessing a firearm in a school zone. Barber pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 12, 2022.


USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP offers new grant application process starting Feb. 1

OJJDP FY 2022 Invitation to Apply Guidance - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) Training and Technical Assistance Program grant opened on Feb. 1.


Adult Correctional Authorities Reported Over 2,600 Inmate-on-Inmate and 2,200 Staff-on-Inmate Substantiated Sexual Victimizations in 2016–2018

News Release: WASHINGTON ― The Bureau of Justice Statistics is announcing the release of Substantiated Incidents of Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2016-2018. For the 3-year aggregate period of 2016-18, adult correctional authorities reported 2,666 substantiated incidents of inmate...


Two Dale County Residents Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting a Child

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Jan. 25, 2023, John Hason Bright, 52, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a child and receipt of child pornography. Previously, on December 4, 2022, co-defendant Tiffany Diane Hughes, 34, received a 20-year sentence for the sexual exploitation of a child. Bright and Hughes are both residents of Ozark, Alabama.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - “Every day, this Office sees the financial ruin and emotional devastation inflicted on elderly victims by scams and fraud schemes. The most recent FBI statistics are staggering: in 2021 nearly 100,000 American seniors reported being defrauded by scammers of $1.7 billion dollars. That’s more...


Former Chief Financial Officer Pleads Guilty for Failing to Pay Over $3.6M in Employee Tax Withholdings and for Pocketing $130,000 from his Employer’s Bank Account

News Release: A former chief financial officer for a company with offices in Oklahoma pleaded guilty in federal court after failing to pay over to the IRS $3.6 million in income and FICA tax withholdings and for embezzling more than $130,000 from the company.


Helena Man Suspected in Threat To Damage Helena Public Schools Building With Pipe Bombs Arraigned on Charges

News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Helena man accused of attempting to damage a Helena Public Schools building with pipe bombs was arraigned today on federal charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.


New Jersey Man Sentenced For Assaulting Officers And Other Charges

News Release: Defendant Confronted Officers Outside Capitol Building.


News Release: DETROIT - A Dearborn resident was convicted by a federal jury today in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attending an ISIS training camp.


News Release: A Michigan man was convicted by a federal jury today in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in connection with his support for ISIS in Syria from 2015-2018. He was also convicted of receiving military-type training from ISIS while in Syria.


News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Marshals are intensifying the manhunt for a former Marine turned murder suspect.


News Release: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to coercing and threatening multiple minors into creating videos of themselves engaging in sexual activity.


Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Access Device Fraud in Connection with Transfer of Stolen Data

News Release: CONCORD - David Wiley, 53, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court to access device fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Local, State, And Federal Partnerships Combating Violent Crime In Ocala And Marion County

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results of a more than four-year gun violence reduction initiative between local, state, and federal law enforcement in Marion County. Since July 2018, the Ocala Division of the United States Attorney’s Office has partnered with ...


Five Individuals Indicted for Child Abuse on the Red Lake Reservation

News Release: BEMIDJI, Minn. - Five members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians have been indicted for multiple child abuse charges including child torture and child neglect on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Passaic County Man Arrested for Attempt to Firebomb Synagogue

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for attempting to firebomb an Essex County, New Jersey, synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Pauls Valley Man Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Federal Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter From Collision Causing Deaths of Two Children

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, WILLIAM AARON DAVID PATCHELL, 26, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve sixty months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian country, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.


Lee’s Summit Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Cell Phone Store

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Kansas City, Mo.


Man Charged with Hate Crime and Obstruction and Second Man Charged with Obstruction Offenses Following Murder of Transgender Woman in South Carolina

News Release: A five-count federal indictment was unsealed charging two South Carolina men with hate crime and obstruction offenses.


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Jordan Antonio Sullivan, 24, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to a total of 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sullivan previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.