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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A construction company owner became the third person to plead guilty for his role in a bid-rigging and bribery scheme involving California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) improvement and repair contracts.
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

News Release: Denver, CO. - On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country.
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CityXGuide Owner Sentenced to 8+ Years in Prison for Reckless Disregard of Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: The owner of CityXGuide.com - a leading source of online ads for sex trafficking victims - was sentenced today to more than eight years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit more than $15 million in assets, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
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Liverpool Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Dominic Zampini, age 27, of Liverpool, New York, was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2022, to 84 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Matthew Scarpino, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo, New York Field Office, and New York State Police Acting Superintendent Steven A. Nigrelli.
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Riverhead Man Sentenced to 27 Years' Imprisonment for Firearm Related Murder

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jason Langhorn, an associate of the “Red Stone Gorilla" subset of the Bloods, a violent criminal enterprise based in Riverhead, New York, was sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Joanna...
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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun, Drug Crimes

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Austin Bruce Jeffreys, 28, of Chesapeake, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to crimes arising from a drug-related June 2021 shootout in Huntington.
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Gloster Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Gloster, Mississippi man was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette, III, to 70 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Search Warrants Executed in Cook and Tift Counties

News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Federal search warrants were executed at 13 locations in Cook and Tift Counties this morning in a joint law enforcement operation involving FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, GBI, Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office, Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, Adel Police Department and Hahira Police Department.
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Man who stole revolver sentenced to 8 years in prison for illegally possessing firearm

News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A convicted felon was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 96 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm that he stole.
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Logan County Felon Sentenced to 92 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: Bowling Green, KY - A Logan County man was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
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Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act on Nov. 14

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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744 press releases published in September by U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

There were 744 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in September.
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Marrero Man Indicted for Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CHRIS BAO NGUYEN (“NGUYEN"), age 30, of Marrero, Louisiana, was indicted on Nov. 10, 2022 for receipt of child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1). If convicted, NGUYEN faces a mandatory...
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Middlefield Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding State Jobs Programs

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID KANIA, 63, of Middlefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to two months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from his fraud against several state-run wage subsidy and job training programs.
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Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Bribery

News Release: A construction company owner became the third person to plead guilty for his role in a bid-rigging and bribery scheme involving California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) improvement and repair contracts.
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Convicted Felon Charged with Federal Firearms Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted felon was indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester today for allegedly manufacturing and selling firearms - including ghost guns - and unlawfully possessing ammunition.
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Federal Jury Finds Grand Junction Truck Driver Guilty of Sexually Abusing Two Children

News Release: Grand Junction - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces a federal jury today found Michael Tracy McFadden, age 51, of Grand Junction, guilty of crossing state lines with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor under the age of 12, and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity.
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Investigation of prolific fentanyl distribution ring recognized as “Outstanding” work by Director of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF)

News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Nick Brown today congratulated law enforcement partners and members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its work being named the outstanding OCDETF investigation in the eleven district Pacific Northwest region. The investigation and prosecution of drug ring leader Bradley Woolard...
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Española man sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Douglas Smith, 71, of Española, New Mexico, was sentenced on Nov. 10 to two years and three months in prison. On June 18, 2021, a federal jury convicted Smith of involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country.
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Lehigh Acres Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Straw Purchasing Firearms For A Mexican Drug Cartel

News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Gabriel Acosta, Jr. (28, Lehigh Acres) to 3 years and 1 month in federal prison for falsifying records relating to firearms purchases. Acosta had pleaded guilty on May 25, 2022.
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