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Andre Clark, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced in Superior Court to 19 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Leonard Taylor, Jr. in October 2024.
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Victorville man convicted for transporting teen across border for illicit activity

A Victorville man has been convicted on federal charges after posing as a teenage boy online and transporting a 15-year-old girl from San Luis Obispo County to Mexico for illicit sexual activity, according to the Justice Department.
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Lancaster man receives 15-year federal sentence for drug conspiracy

Tymarious Nydarious Thompson, a 24-year-old resident of Lancaster, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy.
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California man receives prison sentence for shipping fentanyl into Alabama

A California resident, Shanarion Lee, 32, from La Mesa, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for his involvement in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy that sent shipments of the drug from California to Alabama.
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Panama City man receives five-year sentence for receipt of child pornography

Jericho Rayne Skipper, a 30-year-old resident of Panama City, Florida, has been sentenced to five years in prison and ten years of supervised release after pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography.
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U.S. Attorney’s Office joins local agencies for National Night Out community events

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio will participate in National Night Out events in Cleveland and other cities throughout the region.
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Federal grand jury indicts New Orleans man for impersonating DEA agent

A federal grand jury has indicted Jason Beau Dark, 42, of New Orleans, on charges related to impersonating a federal officer and possessing counterfeit government credentials.
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Bronx man indicted on federal drug charges tied to fatal overdose

A Bronx man, Estherlyn Frias, also known as “Platinum” and “Silver,” has been charged with federal narcotics offenses that allegedly resulted in the death of a person in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Waikiki man sentenced to decade in prison for distributing fentanyl leading to Marine’s death

Justin Wu, a 23-year-old resident of Waikiki, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl-laced pills and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute.
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Final defendants plead guilty in major Alaska fentanyl trafficking case

The last two members of a six-person drug trafficking group have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and heroin in Alaska.
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Coleman man receives 60-year federal sentence for producing child sexual abuse material

A man from Coleman, Texas, has been sentenced to 720 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child sexual abuse material.
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Montgomery man receives over six years for illegal firearm possession

Calvin Craig Griffin, a 22-year-old resident of Montgomery, Alabama, has been sentenced to 81 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Southern District of Texas files hundreds of immigration-related charges amid Operation Take Back America

Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas charged 247 defendants with immigration and border security-related offenses during the final week of July, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal re-entry after prior deportation

Dimas Gonzalo Contreras-Nolasco, a 54-year-old Mexican citizen, has pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States after being previously deported.
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Jury convicts Mexican national for meth trafficking in Florida counties

A federal jury in Tampa has convicted Lorenzo Valerio-Popoca, a 31-year-old Mexican national, on two counts of conspiring to traffic methamphetamine.
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Previously convicted felon receives prison sentence for illegal gun possession after police collision

Derrick Howard, 30, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 21 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
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Nanticoke man indicted for alleged $850K pandemic loan and unemployment benefit fraud

A federal grand jury has indicted Joseph Kaminski, 58, of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on charges related to pandemic fraud.
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Federal grand jury indicts Louisville man for fentanyl distribution resulting in death

A federal grand jury in Louisville has issued a superseding indictment against Tyler Cull, 25, of Louisville, for allegedly distributing fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose.
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Mobile man receives five-year sentence for illegal firearm possession during fatal home invasion

A Mobile man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon during an attempted home invasion that resulted in the death of one of the suspects.
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Burbank man convicted of embezzling $2.2 million from elderly victim’s inheritance

A Burbank resident has been convicted by a federal jury of embezzling approximately $2.2 million from an elderly victim’s inheritance, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
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