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A man awaiting trial on a federal charge for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon was sentenced Dec. 7 to 84 months in prison for assaulting two federal officers at the federal detention center in Honolulu March 23, 2020.
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Maryland man sentenced for drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dominick Mickens, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced For Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers in Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Swung Open Hand at Police Officer.
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Political Organizer Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $800,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds

News Release: MIAMI - Sean Pierre Jackson, 33, of Palm Beach County, Fla., was sentenced today to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg for fraudulently obtaining more than $800,000 in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) loans. These loans are guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Wetzel County man sentenced for firearms charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Allen Sams, of Jacksonsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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Former Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Charge for Stealing Jobless Benefit Debit Cards from Her Mail Delivery Route

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former United States Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for stealing debit cards containing unemployment insurance benefits while on duty and giving them to an accomplice in exchange for cash payments and gifts.
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FBI Signs Agreement with Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

News Release: FBI Signs Agreement with Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
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Federal Jury Convicts Tennessee Man of First Degree Murder in Death of His U.S. Army Soldier Wife at Fort Campbell

News Release: Paducah, KY - Yesterday, a federal jury convicted a Clarksville, Tennessee man (formerly of Jacksonville, Florida) of first-degree murder, attempted murder, domestic violence resulting in death, violation of a protective order resulting in death, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and two counts of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
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Maryland Security Guard Convicted of Tax Evasion

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Maryland security guard today of tax evasion.
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Justice Department Secures Landmark Agreement with City and Police Department Ending “Crime-Free” Rental Housing Program in Hesperia, California

News Release: The Justice Department announced today it has secured a landmark agreement to resolve a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit against the City of Hesperia, California, and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The department’s lawsuit alleged that the City and Sheriff’s Department ...
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United States Attorney Leigha Simonton Sworn Into Office

News Release: On Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, Leigha Simonton took the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Ms. Simonton was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on Nov. 14, 2022 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 6, 2022.
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Two Memphis Business Owners Charged in Pandemic Relief Fraud

News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal grand jury has indicted two Memphis business owners with conspiring to defraud the Federal Paycheck Protection Program of over $786,000. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the indictment today.
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Nevada man pleads guilty to production of images of child rape and abuse

News Release: Seattle - A 44-year-old resident of Dayton, Nevada, who previously resided in Burlington, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Between 2014 and 2020, John Holcomb made sexually explicit videos of a young...
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Drug trafficker operating out of Alpharetta home sentenced to 25 years in federal prison

News Release: ATLANTA - Giovani Orozco Ramirez has been sentenced for drug trafficking activities that put large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and firearms within reach of his young children.
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Former San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputy Faces Federal Civil Rights Charge Stemming from Alleged Assault of Female Inmate

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on federal criminal charges alleging he abused a county jail inmate by dragging the victim by her hair on the ground from one cell into another jail cell and then obstructing a federal probe into his actions by lying about the incident in an official sheriff’s office report, the Justice Department announced today.
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Former Coast Guard Employee Sentenced in Test-Fixing Case

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former United States Coast Guard employee BEVERLY MCCRARY was sentenced on December 8, 2022 for engaging in a bribery scheme at a Coast Guard exam center. United States District Court Judge Barry W. Ashe sentenced MCCRARY, age 64, to 54 months’...
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Following High-Speed Pursuit on I-75, Metro Atlanta Resident Sentenced to Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: MACON, Ga. - A metro-Atlanta resident who was trafficking nearly one kilogram of methamphetamine through the Middle District of Georgia from an Atlanta source when he attempted to flee police on I-75 was sentenced to serve more than 17 years in federal prison this week for his crime.
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Florida Man Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Posted Video of Himself on His Facebook Page.
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Insider At Major Financial Services Organization And Retired Financial Professional Charged With Multimillion Dollar Front-Running Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that LAWRENCE BILLIMEK, a trader at a major financial services organization...
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Brooke County man sentenced for failure to register charge

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher J. Schragl, of Follansbee, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration for failing to update his sex offender registry, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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