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Convicted Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Aggravated Assault of a Federal Officer and Discharge of a Firearm

News Release: Memphis, TN - Cody James Dimmett, 29, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for assault of a federal officer and the use and discharge of a firearm during the assault. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.


U.S. Department of Justice Disrupts Hive Ransomware Variant

News Release: The Justice Department announced today its months-long disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware group that has targeted more than 1,500 victims in over 80 countries around the world, including hospitals, school districts, financial firms, and critical infrastructure.


News Release: A 31-year-old Tulsa man pleaded guilty in federal court to striking two victims with a metal pry bar in a violent assault, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Pasadena Man Who Allegedly Adheres to Extremist Anti-Government Ideology Charged in Federal Complaint With Possessing Machine Gun

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena man who allegedly sympathizes with the anti-government extremist “Boogaloo" movement has been charged in a federal criminal complaint alleging he brandished a loaded “ghost gun" near a South Los Angeles high school late last year, the Justice Department announced today.


Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Texas Tax Return Preparer

News Release: The United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas yesterday seeking to bar a North Texas-area tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others.


Arrest Of Richard D. Hines, Jr. For Bank Robbery And Brandishing Of A Firearm

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Richard D. Hines, Jr. (“Hines"), was arrested today in Knoxville, Tennessee by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") on federal criminal charges of bank robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.


Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Medical CBRN Defense Consortium on Jan. 25

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Liban Yasin Alishire has pleaded guilty to his role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Wisconsin, and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Charlie Goodwin, 34, of Madison, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 132 months in prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Goodwin pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 21, 2022.


Second Bank Employee Admits Role in Fraud Conspiracy

News Release: PROVIDENCE - Another former bank employee today admitted to a federal judge that she stole the banking information of unsuspecting individuals and businesses and provided that information to co-conspirators, who used it to create fraudulent personal and business checks, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - On Jan. 19, 2023, Chief United States District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced JAMES VAN CLEAVE, 36, of New Orleans, Louisiana, to thirteen (13) months imprisonment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


News Release: On Jan. 19, 2023, the United States filed a civil complaint in federal court in Brooklyn against two firearm companies, and two individuals associated with these companies (collectively, “Defendants"), alleging that Defendants have conspired to defraud the United States and consumers, and have engaged ...


Three More Indicted in Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three more defendants have been indicted as part of an investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization operating in the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area.


News Release: Defendant Also Mailed Threatening Ricin Letters to Texas Law Enforcement Officials.


News Release: Law Enforcement Seize Nearly 200 Pounds of Drugs, 69 Guns, and $300,000 in Cash.



News Release: FBI Denver Launches Spanish-Language Twitter Account.


Pennsylvania Woman Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Fought with Law Enforcement Inside the Capitol Building.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jerome Adams, 56, of North Highlands, pleaded guilty today to two counts of using a cellphone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: An Illinois man has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage, and attempt to damage, the Planned Parenthood Peoria Health Center in Peoria.