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News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Cartersville, Georgia, man was sentenced today to federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation and the dismemberment of the body of a Fairmont woman to conceal her overdose death.


Four Men Convicted of Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise for Participation in the “Rapey.su” Website

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal court convicted a Bremerton, Washington, man yesterday on charges of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jeffrey Lee Ward Jr., 31, of Bellaire, Ohio, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.



News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDI WIGGINS, 36, of Hartford, formerly of Glastonbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven for a firearm trafficking offense. Judge Meyer ordered Wiggins to serve three years of supervised release and pay a $3,000 fine.



News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today the results of the United States Attorney’s Office’s ongoing efforts to fight violent crime through a partnership with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). In 2022, federal prosecutors and HCSO worked together to prosecute ...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Shawn Denning, the Chief of the Greensburg (Pennsylvania) Police Department, has been arrested and charged with violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of.


Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020

News Release: A dual citizen of Canada and France pleaded guilty today to sending a threatening letter containing homemade ricin to then-President Donald J. Trump at the White House in September 2020, and eight similar letters, each containing ricin, to Texas State law enforcement officials.


Two Members of the Aryan Circle Sentenced for Attempted Murder

News Release: Two members of the Aryan Circle were each sentenced today to 10 years in prison for their role in the attempted murder of an inmate that occurred while they were incarcerated at U.S. Penitentiary Yazoo City in Mississippi.


Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction on Jan. 25

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


Kansas Man Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery of Mound City Bank

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Ottawa, Kansas, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for the armed robbery of a Mound City, Mo., bank.


Madison Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Charlie Goodwin, 34, Madison, Wisconsin, 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.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NEWMAN HOOKER, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged on Jan. 19, 2023, to being a felon in possession of a firearm before the Honorable Barry W. Ashe.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Norman Rosen, age 84, of Towson, Maryland, to four months of home detention as part of 18 months of probation, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone in connection with his operation of Rosen-Hoffberg Rehabilitation and Pain Management Associates, P.A., where he was Medical Director and part owner.


Greensburg Police Chief Shawn Denning Charged with Federal Drug Crimes

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Shawn Denning, the Chief of the Greensburg (Pennsylvania) Police Department, has been arrested and charged with violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced.


Four Men Convicted of Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise

News Release: A federal court convicted a Washington state man yesterday for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.


News Release: FORT WAYNE- Oh Min, age 22, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady on his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


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