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Zakria Hussain, a 28-year-old from Prince George’s County, Maryland, has admitted guilt to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to fraudulent CARES Act unemployment insurance claims.
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Delco woman pleads guilty to carjacking involving infant

United States Attorney David Metcalf has announced that Phillis Fugah, a 24-year-old from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to carjacking and firearm-related charges.
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Former Walgreens manager sentenced for role in inside-job robberies

Michael Robinson, a former manager of a Walgreens in Washington D.C.'s Chinatown, has been sentenced to 147 months in prison.
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Keokuk men receive lengthy sentences for methamphetamine distribution conspiracy

Two men from Keokuk, Iowa, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
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Philadelphia man sentenced for child pornography offenses

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the sentencing of Pascal Gedeon, 31, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Massachusetts man gets 20-year sentence for trafficking drugs into northern Maine

A man from Brockton, Massachusetts has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking operation that moved methamphetamine and fentanyl from Massachusetts into northern Maine.
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Senegalese national charged with assaulting federal officers at New York immigration center

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security, announced the arrest of Bass Ndiaye.
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Colorado man receives 30-year sentence for drug trafficking

A Colorado man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking charges, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
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Charleston man admits to escape charge after failing to return to reentry facility

Charleston, W.Va. – Ronald Edward Tinsley, 52, from Charleston, has admitted guilt to the charge of escape after not returning to a federal reentry facility.
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Birmingham man sentenced to 36 years for gun and drug offenses

A Birmingham man has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for possessing a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and other related charges. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced the sentencing. U.S. District Court Judge...
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Billings man sentenced for passport fraud after living under assumed identity

An individual residing in Billings, identified as an illegal alien, has been sentenced to seven months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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Key West man sentenced for illegal firearm smuggling operation to Haiti

Jean Wiltene Eugene, a 57-year-old resident of Key West, Florida, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $20,000 for his involvement in an illegal gunrunning operation to Haiti.
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Inmate sentenced to nearly five years for assaulting cellmate with contraband knife

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that Da'Quan Tucker has been sentenced to 57 months in prison.
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Convicted sex offender receives 35-year sentence for child pornography production

Scott Wayne Laney, 47, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for producing child pornography.
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Miami-Dade deputy charged with child sexual abuse material offenses

Carle Miranda Blum, a 51-year-old deputy with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, has been arrested following a federal complaint.
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Pine Ridge man sentenced for assaulting family member

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has announced the sentencing of Cole Waters, a resident of Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
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Louisiana man sentenced for trafficking over 2,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills

A resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Walter Wellington Somers, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.
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Lewiston man pleads guilty to federal firearm charge

A Lewiston man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Texas man convicted for sexual assault on flight to Salt Lake City

A federal jury in Salt Lake City has found a Texas man guilty of sexually assaulting a female passenger on a flight from Chicago to Salt Lake City.
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Ansonia man receives over a decade in prison for drug trafficking

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Everard Boothe, also known by several aliases including "Gordo" and "Unc," has been sentenced to 132 months in federal prison.
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