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Bryan Wesley Edison, a 32-year-old resident of Carver, Minnesota, has been indicted on sixteen federal counts related to animal crushing.
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Missouri man sentenced for transporting minor across state lines for prostitution

A Missouri man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for transporting a minor across state lines for prostitution. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark handed down the 152-month sentence to JoeMarius Green, 25, on Friday.
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Canadian woman sentenced for firearm offenses in Eastern District of Texas

A Canadian citizen has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas.
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President of Queens construction firm sentenced for $12 million NYC shelter contract fraud

Liaquat Cheema, president of AFL Construction Co. Inc., was sentenced to four years in prison for leading a scheme that defrauded New York City out of millions intended for homeless shelter maintenance.
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California man sentenced for mailing methamphetamine packages intercepted in Guam

Anthony Kenneth Johnson, a 68-year-old resident of Merced, California, has been sentenced to 55 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine hydrochloride.
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Kentucky man sentenced in Guam for methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute

Joshua Sharp, a 43-year-old resident of Louisville, Kentucky, was sentenced to five years in federal prison by the District Court of Guam on September 10, 2025.
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Two Mexican nationals sentenced for repeated illegal entry into U.S., face removal

Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced to prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported multiple times, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
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U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton outlines priorities at Police Athletic League luncheon

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton addressed the Police Athletic League (PAL) New York Luncheon, highlighting law enforcement collaboration and outlining key priorities for his office.
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Florida man convicted in $2.99 million mass-mailing scam targeting small businesses

A Florida man has been convicted of mail fraud after running a mass-mailing scam that targeted small businesses across the United States.
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Man sentenced for ATM card-skimming scheme targeting Chicago and New Jersey

A man has been sentenced to more than six and a half years in federal prison for his role in an ATM card-skimming operation that targeted machines in Chicago and New Jersey.
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Philadelphia correctional officers indicted over alleged inmate assault cover-up

Four individuals, including three correctional officers and their former supervisor, have been indicted in Philadelphia on charges related to the violation of an inmate’s constitutional rights and subsequent efforts to conceal the incident.
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Former Des Moines schools chief charged with illegal firearm possession

The former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, Ian Andre Roberts, appeared before a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Iowa on Wednesday.
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Stillwater man sentenced to over five years for methamphetamine distribution

A Stillwater man, Flint Donavan Luster, 37, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill also ordered Luster to serve four years of...
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Lancaster man sentenced for armed robbery of Chester County convenience store

A Lancaster man has been sentenced to 106 months in prison for robbing a Chester County convenience store at gunpoint earlier this year.
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Man pleads guilty to arson attacks on two Minnesota mosques

Jackie Rahm Little, 38, has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property.
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Poplar men plead guilty to sexual abuse charges on Fort Peck Reservation

A federal case in Great Falls has resulted in guilty pleas from two Poplar men accused of sexual abuse on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced that Chandler Duran Longtree, 19, and Payton Robert Richard Montclair,...
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Dominican national sentenced for running fentanyl ring supplying Massachusetts and Northeast

A man from the Dominican Republic living in the Bronx, New York, was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a fentanyl distribution operation that supplied drugs to Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York.
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Rhode Island business owner receives four-year sentence for laundering $35 million

A Rhode Island business owner has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in laundering more than $35 million from internet fraud schemes.
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Semler Scientific settles false claims case over PAD device billing

Semler Scientific Inc. has agreed to pay $29.75 million, and Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc., along with its related companies, will pay $7.2 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing false claims to be...
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Tohono O’odham man indicted on sex trafficking and related charges involving minor

A federal grand jury in Tucson has indicted Allman Rivas, 36, of Menagers Dam on the Tohono O’odham Nation, on four counts involving alleged criminal conduct with a minor.
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