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The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced awards totaling more than $110.7 million to reduce recidivism and support adults and youth returning to their communities after confinement.
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Taylor Energy Company to Pay Over $43 Million and Transfer $432 Million Decommissioning Trust Fund to the United States for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Taylor Energy Company LLC (Taylor Energy), a Louisiana oil and gas company, has agreed to turn over all its remaining assets to the United States upon liquidation to resolve its liability for the oil spill at its former Gulf of Mexico offshore oil production facility — the source of the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history, ongoing since 2004.
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Department of Justice Awards More Than $300 Million to Fight Opioid and Stimulant Crisis and to Address Substance Use Disorders
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling more than $300 million to help combat America’s substance use crisis, which has worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Helena-West Helena man that 'put two hardworking Arkansans in fear for their lives' sentenced to 226 months in prison
An Arkansas man has recently been sentenced to 18 years and 10 months in prison for federal firearm offenses after robbing a Helena-West Helena Dollar General at gunpoint.
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'Repeat violent offenders will be held accountable for their actions': Indianapolis man sentenced to life plus 20 years for series of 2019 robberies
An Indianapolis man with a history of violent crime has been sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison for a series of armed robberies he committed in 2019.
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FBI recovers, returns historic artifacts decades after theft
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Philadelphia Division announced recently that a number of relics stolen during the 1960s and 1970s have been recovered and returned to the respective museums.
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Louisiana Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Hammond Tax Preparer
A federal court in the Eastern District of Louisiana has permanently enjoined a Hammond tax return preparer from preparing federal income tax returns for others and from owning or operating any tax return business in the future.According to the court order entered Dec. 20, Kenisha Callahan consented to entry of the injunction.
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Corpus Christi man sentenced to life in prison: 'Using social media to target children is deplorable'
A federal judge has sentenced a Corpus Christi, Texas man to life prison for using social media to lure young girls into sexual activity, a news release said.
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Puerto Rico government officials arrested on corruption charges failed to serve 'with honesty and integrity,' U.S. attorney says
Two government officials in Puerto Rico, including the mayor of Guaynabo, accused of corruption charges earlier this month betrayed the trust of their constituents, a U.S. Attorney said in a news release.
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Justice Department Obtains Settlement from Kentucky Landlords to Resolve Claims of Sexual Harassment Against Female Tenants
The Justice Department announced today that Chester Gordon Whitescarver and his wife, Betsy Whitescarver, who have owned and managed rental properties in and around Russellville, Kentucky, have agreed to pay $230,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
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South Carolina chiropractor pleads guilty to paying illegal kickbacks, defrauding health care programs, to be 'sentenced at a later date'
A South Carolina chiropractor that plead guilty and was convicted under the False Claims Act has agreed to a $9 million consent judgement, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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'Ensuring economic opportunity and fairness for all': Department of Justice blocks merger between two major southeast sugar suppliers
The U.S. Department of Justice recently filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block U.S. Sugar’s proposal to acquire rivaling company Imperial Sugar, according to a press release.
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U.S. Department of Justice reaches settlement in lawsuit against Massachusetts landlord, employee that sexually harassed tenants
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that it has resolved a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against a Massachusetts landlord and his employee, according to a press release.
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Cameroonian citizen pleads guilty to wire fraud involving fraudulent pet sales
A Cameroonian citizen recently pleaded guilty to his involvement in a scheme using COVID-19 to trick people into paying for pets that never arrived.
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US Marshals Task Force arrests Quindarrius Pitchford for first-degree murder in Sardis, Mississippi
A man accused of homicide on Halloween night 2020 in Sardis, Mississippi was arrested recently in Memphis, Tennessee by the U.S. Marshals Task Force.
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Owner of a Tanker Company Sentenced to Prison for Lying to OSHA, Violating DOT Safety Standards
An Idaho man was sentenced to a month in prison, five months’ home confinement, three years’ supervised release, and a $15,000 fine today for lying to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and for making an illegal repair to a cargo tanker in violation of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. The crimes came to light through the investigation of an explosion.On May 20, Loren Kim Jacobson, 65, of Pocatello, an owner of a tanker testing and repair company, KCCS Inc., pleaded guilty to the above offenses.
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Two Congolese citizens arrested for smuggling elephant ivory, white rhino horn
Two citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo have recently been charged with smuggling elephant ivory and white rhinoceros horn into Seattle.
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Former Kay County Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer with federal civil rights violations.
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ACLU warns of 'serious consequences for press freedom' after FBI raids home of Project Veritas founder
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has cautioned that the Department of Justice's raid on Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe’s home undermines freedom of the press in the United States under the Constitution.
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DOJ releases national crime victimization survey dashboard
The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics today released the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Dashboard (N-DASH).
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