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Adepoju Babatunde Salako, a 32-year-old from Pennsylvania, faces multiple charges including six counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and four counts of aggravated...
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Louisville man sentenced for illegal firearm possession

A Louisville man, Caleb Pace, was sentenced to two years and seven months in federal prison for the illegal possession of firearms and a machine gun.
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Washington man sentenced for robbing two Northwest D.C. convenience stores

Kevon Holston, a 27-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., received a seven-year prison sentence in Superior Court for committing robberies at two separate 7-Eleven stores in Northwest Washington, D.C. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney...
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Philippine national indicted for alleged identity theft on Alaskan cruise ship

A Philippine national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Alaska on charges of aggravated identity theft and false impersonation of a U.S. citizen while aboard a cruise ship.
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Huntington woman pleads guilty to federal drug distribution charges

Mikayla Lanay Johnson, a 27-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, has entered a guilty plea to charges of distributing fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly referred to as "crack."
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Huntington man receives over eight-year sentence for drug distribution

Curtis Lavall Capers, a 36-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, has been sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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Slidell residents face federal charges including wire fraud and drug conspiracy

A man and a woman from Slidell, Louisiana, have been indicted on multiple charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud, false statements in loan applications, money laundering, and violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
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Lincoln man receives 25-year sentence for methamphetamine conspiracy

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that William Arthur Parrott, 54, from Lincoln, Nebraska, received a sentence of 25 years in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy.
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Florida man sentenced for wire fraud and tax evasion

Robert Rahrle, a 35-year-old formerly from Florida and now residing in the Northern District of New York, has been sentenced to 100 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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Two Shelbyville men convicted on federal drug trafficking charges

On June 27, 2025, a federal jury in Louisville, Kentucky found two men from Shelbyville guilty of multiple drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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Former Peoria store owner found guilty on multiple felony charges after 15 years as fugitive

A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois, has convicted Jalal Nimer Asad, 61, of Lindenhurst, on twenty-one felony counts related to tax fraud and financial crimes.
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Whatcom County man sentenced for serious assault on intimate partner

A Whatcom County man, Jason Sieber Sr., has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for an assault that resulted in serious bodily injury.
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Brockton man receives seven-year sentence for drug and gun trafficking

A Brockton man, Malcolm Desir, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his involvement in cocaine and firearms trafficking around the Boston area. U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young handed down the sentence, which...
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Former bank teller sentenced for embezzling over $180K

A former bank teller from Saugus, Massachusetts, has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling funds from a Boston branch of a national bank.
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Elizabeth City man sentenced for fentanyl distribution

An Elizabeth City man has been sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for drug-related charges.
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Former fiscal manager sentenced for wire fraud against children’s advocacy center

Angela Saar, a former fiscal manager for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania (CAC/NEPA), has been sentenced to 366 days in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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Ecuadorian man pleads guilty to importing heroin into Maryland

Today, Fabricio Garces-Bedoya, a 53-year-old Ecuadorian citizen, admitted to importing heroin into the United States with the intent to distribute it in Maryland.
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Texas man convicted on drug trafficking and firearm charges by federal jury

Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook has announced the conviction of Charles Logwood, a 34-year-old military veteran from Houston, Texas, by a federal jury in Monroe.
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Former CFO convicted of embezzling over $9 million from San Francisco seafood firm

A federal jury has convicted Antonietta Nguyen, a former Chief Financial Officer of ABS Seafood, on charges related to embezzling over $9 million from the San Francisco-based seafood company.
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Man sentenced to prison for unprovoked attack at Navy Yard Metro Station

Rashad King, a 20-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for an assault that took place at the Navy Yard Metro station in July 2024.
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