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News Release: Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases, including “Otoniel," pleaded guilty today to running a continuing criminal enterprise-the Colombian paramilitary and multibillion dollar drug organization known as the “Clan del Golfo" (CDG). Úsuga David also pleaded guilty to related drug distribution...
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Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020

News Release: Defendant Also Mailed Threatening Ricin Letters to Texas Law Enforcement Officials.
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Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. on Jan. 25

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Justice Department Finds Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Violates the Constitution By Incarcerating People Beyond Their Release Dates

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has concluded there is reasonable cause to believe that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) routinely confines people in its custody past the dates when they are legally entitled to be released from custody, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Rust Foundation discussed on Jan. 25 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Fraudulent Nursing Diploma Scheme Leads to Federal Charges Against 25 Defendants

News Release: MIAMI - More than two dozen individuals have been charged in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged participation in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses.
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Sixteen Members Of A Washington Heights Narcotics Crew Charged With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Patrick Freaney...
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Canton Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor

News Release: Training and seminars for Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.
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California Man & Woman Indicted for Meth Drug Trafficking

News Release: WICHITA, Kan. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging two people with transporting methamphetamine across state lines.
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Pittsburgh Felon Indicted for Illegally Possessing Drugs, a Gun and Ammunition

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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Former Prison Guard Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Inmates

News Release: A former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer was arrested today in Oahu, Hawaii, on criminal charges related to his alleged sexual abuse of female inmates.
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Georgia Man Sentenced for Drug Distribution Resulting in Death

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Cartersville, Georgia, man was sentenced today to federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation and the dismemberment of the body of a Fairmont woman to conceal her overdose death.
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Four Men Convicted of Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise for Participation in the “Rapey.su” Website

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal court convicted a Bremerton, Washington, man yesterday on charges of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.
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Ohio Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Sex Offense Involving Minor

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jeffrey Lee Ward Jr., 31, of Bellaire, Ohio, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Information Warfare Research Project Consortium discussed on Jan. 25 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Woman Who Trafficked Guns Is Sentenced

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDI WIGGINS, 36, of Hartford, formerly of Glastonbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven for a firearm trafficking offense. Judge Meyer ordered Wiggins to serve three years of supervised release and pay a $3,000 fine.
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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium discussed on Jan. 25 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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United States Attorney Commends Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office For Combating Violent Crime

News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today the results of the United States Attorney’s Office’s ongoing efforts to fight violent crime through a partnership with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). In 2022, federal prosecutors and HCSO worked together to prosecute ...
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Statement from United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz

News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of.
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Greensburg Police Chief Shawn Denning Charged with Federal Drug Crimes

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Shawn Denning, the Chief of the Greensburg (Pennsylvania) Police Department, has been arrested and charged with violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced.
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