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El Paso Woman Arrested for Wire Fraud, Impersonation of Federal Employee

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso woman was arrested Monday in El Paso on criminal charges related to her alleged wire fraud and impersonation of a federal employee.


News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, ANTONIO MAURICE WILSON, 53, of Clinton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to twelve months in federal prison for knowingly engaging in sexual contact with another person without her permission while onboard a flight, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.


DEA Houston Field Division Partners with Houston Area School Districts to alert parents on the dangers of fentanyl

News Release: HOUSTON - Amid the growing fentanyl epidemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Field Division created an initiative to educate the youth and parents on the threat of fentanyl through partnering with several area school districts. DEA Houston Field Division, in partnership with Friendswood...


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of an Indictment today charging PEACHES STERGO with engaging...


St. Louis Man Gets 235 Month Sentence for Involvement in Drug Ring

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A St. Louis man was sentenced to 235 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons after admitting to his involvement in a methamphetamine operation in southern Illinois.


Hampden Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials

News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Hampden man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for possessing child sexual abuse materials.



Jackson Man Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Possession of Marijuana With Intent To Distribute

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man was sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Houston, TX, woman who admitted to a federal judge in Providence, RI, that she collected and banked more than $1.26 million of the more than $2.5 million she and co-conspirators bilked from the unsuspecting victims of internet-based “romance scams" that they executed, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


Former Leader of the Violent 'Clan del Golfo' Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

News Release: Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases, including “Otoniel," pleaded guilty today to running a continuing criminal enterprise-the Colombian paramilitary and multibillion dollar drug organization known as the “Clan del Golfo" (CDG). Úsuga David also pleaded guilty to related drug distribution...


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



News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) routinely confines people in its custody past the dates when they are legally entitled to be released from custody, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.


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


News Release: MIAMI - More than two dozen individuals have been charged in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Patrick Freaney...


California Man & Woman Indicted for Meth Drug Trafficking

News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging two people with transporting methamphetamine across state lines.


Canton Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor

News Release: Training and seminars for Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Former Prison Guard Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Inmates

News Release: A former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer was arrested today in Oahu, Hawaii, on criminal charges related to his alleged sexual abuse of female inmates.