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Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the sentencing of Curtis White III, a 21-year-old resident of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
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Bloods gang member sentenced to life plus 20 years for racketeering and firearms offenses

Desean Solomon, a member of the Bloods gang, has been sentenced to life imprisonment plus 20 years following his conviction on racketeering (RICO) and firearms charges.
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Mexican national receives 27-year sentence in Texas drug trafficking case

A Mexican national has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Brooklyn gang associate convicted of racketeering and drug trafficking

Earlier today, a federal jury in Brooklyn found Demetrius Johnson guilty on all counts, including racketeering, drug trafficking, and discharging a firearm in relation to these crimes.
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Ashland man sentenced to over 12 years for meth trafficking on Cheyenne Reservation

An Ashland man, Joe Vega, has been sentenced to 151 months in prison and an additional four years of supervised release for methamphetamine trafficking on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, as announced by U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
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Attorney's office presses weapons charges against 24 defendants in April

The U.S. Attorney's Office has brought federal firearms charges against 24 individuals during the month of April, more than doubling the usual monthly average since January 2021.
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Houston man pleads guilty in electricity fraud scheme involving fake utility company

A Houston man has admitted to participating in a fraud scheme involving electricity theft, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Nicholas J. Ganjei, announced.
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Mississippi man sentenced for possession of machinegun at high school football game

A man from Meridian, Mississippi, named Demetriz Romelo Hopson, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for the possession of a machinegun.
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Cincinnati man faces life sentence after federal drug conviction in Kentucky

A Cincinnati man has been convicted on charges related to drug trafficking.
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Arizona man sentenced to prison for COVID loan and tax fraud

Roy Lane, a 44-year-old man from St. David, Arizona, has been sentenced to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for filing false tax returns and loan applications to obtain COVID-19 disaster relief.
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Pharmacy owner pleads guilty to filing false tax returns, faces over $1 million restitution

Moshe Gabay, a 54-year-old Baltimore pharmacy owner, has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Boise man receives nine-year sentence for Mountain Home bank robbery

Leon Jason Fortner, a 57-year-old resident of Boise, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for robbing a bank in Mountain Home.
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Taylor sentenced to 72 months for firearm possession and PCP distribution

Timothy Eugene Taylor, 36, of the District of Columbia, received a 72-month prison sentence in U.S. District Court for illegal possession of a semiautomatic pistol and distribution quantities of phencyclidine (PCP), as announced by U.S. Attorney...
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Sioux City man sentenced for fleeing traffic stop with stolen firearm

A Sioux City man has been sentenced to over nine years in federal prison following a guilty plea for possession of a firearm by a felon.
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Santa Clarita man to plead guilty in Disney computer hacking case

A Santa Clarita resident, Ryan Mitchell Kramer, has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to hacking into a Disney employee's personal computer and illegally downloading confidential company data.
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St. Louis man sentenced to life for murder-for-hire plot

U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp has sentenced Moreion Lindsey, 35, of St. Louis County, Missouri, to life imprisonment for his involvement in a murder-for-hire scheme culminating in the murder of Titus Armstead in 2022.
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Former Louisiana wildlife secretary Jack Montoucet indicted on federal charges

Jack Montoucet, the former Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), has been indicted on federal charges.
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Mercer County man sentenced for drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession

A man from Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Wayne Jerome Johnson, aged 46, received a 300-month prison sentence on Monday, as ruled by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove.
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Amtrak officials and vendors charged in alleged bribery scheme

United States Attorney David Metcalf revealed charges against Richard Thompson, 57, Shaun Hanrahan, 66, and Darren Hannam, 57, all residents of Virginia, for alleged involvement in a bribery scheme targeting Amtrak.
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Maryland man receives 20-year sentence in federal prison for assault on cruise ship

A Maryland man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for committing sexual assault on a cruise ship in Baltimore.
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