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News Release: A former chief financial officer for a company with offices in Oklahoma pleaded guilty in federal court after failing to pay over to the IRS $3.6 million in income and FICA tax withholdings and for embezzling more than $130,000 from the company.
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Helena Man Suspected in Threat To Damage Helena Public Schools Building With Pipe Bombs Arraigned on Charges

News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Helena man accused of attempting to damage a Helena Public Schools building with pipe bombs was arraigned today on federal charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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New Jersey Man Sentenced For Assaulting Officers And Other Charges

News Release: Defendant Confronted Officers Outside Capitol Building.
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Michigan Man Convicted on Charges of Providing Material Support To ISIS

News Release: DETROIT - A Dearborn resident was convicted by a federal jury today in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attending an ISIS training camp.
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Michigan Man Convicted on Charges of Providing Material Support To ISIS

News Release: A Michigan man was convicted by a federal jury today in the Eastern District of Michigan on charges of providing, attempting to provide, and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in connection with his support for ISIS in Syria from 2015-2018. He was also convicted of receiving military-type training from ISIS while in Syria.
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Houston Homicide Suspect Captured by U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Denver

News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Marshals are intensifying the manhunt for a former Marine turned murder suspect.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Coercing and Threatening Children into Producing Images of Child Sexual Abuse

News Release: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty today to coercing and threatening multiple minors into creating videos of themselves engaging in sexual activity.
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Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Access Device Fraud in Connection with Transfer of Stolen Data

News Release: CONCORD - David Wiley, 53, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court to access device fraud, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
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U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Local, State, And Federal Partnerships Combating Violent Crime In Ocala And Marion County

News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results of a more than four-year gun violence reduction initiative between local, state, and federal law enforcement in Marion County. Since July 2018, the Ocala Division of the United States Attorney’s Office has partnered with ...
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Five Individuals Indicted for Child Abuse on the Red Lake Reservation

News Release: BEMIDJI, Minn. - Five members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians have been indicted for multiple child abuse charges including child torture and child neglect on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Passaic County Man Arrested for Attempt to Firebomb Synagogue

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for attempting to firebomb an Essex County, New Jersey, synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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Pauls Valley Man Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Federal Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter From Collision Causing Deaths of Two Children

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today, WILLIAM AARON DAVID PATCHELL, 26, of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve sixty months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in Indian country, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
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Lee’s Summit Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Cell Phone Store

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Kansas City, Mo.
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Man Charged with Hate Crime and Obstruction and Second Man Charged with Obstruction Offenses Following Murder of Transgender Woman in South Carolina

News Release: A five-count federal indictment was unsealed charging two South Carolina men with hate crime and obstruction offenses.
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Sacaton Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Shooting Death

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Jordan Antonio Sullivan, 24, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to a total of 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sullivan previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
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Phelps Man Arrested, Charged With Production, Receipt, Distribution, And Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Eric Passalacqua, 36, of Phelps, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production, receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
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ATF Industry Operations Investigators to conduct compliance inspections at 'The Mill'

News Release: Boston - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced today they have deployed the agency's Major Inspection Team to assist Boston Field Division Industry Operations Investigators in conducting compliance inspections of Federal Firearms Licensees using the "The Mill" in the 400 block of Great Road, Littleton, as their licensed business premises.
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North-Central Florida Blimp Company Executive Sentenced To Over Five Years In Federal Prison For COVID-19 Relief Fraud

News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Patrick Parker Walsh, 42, Williston, Florida, was sentenced today, after previously pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection to COVID-19 pandemic relief. Walsh was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
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North Liberty Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: Davenport, IA - Jacob John Preuschl, age 28, of North Liberty, was sentenced on Jan. 25, 2023, to 300 months in prison for production of child pornography and transfer of obscene material to minors. Preuschol was also ordered to pay a $10,000 special assessment under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking...
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Jury Convicts Depew Man for Sexually Abusing a Minor, Enticing Two Others

News Release: A federal jury today found a Depew man guilty of sexually abusing a child younger than 12 years old and sexually propositioning and inappropriately touching two teenagers.
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