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A Utah man has been sentenced to 364 days in prison followed by one year of supervised release for assaulting a U.S. Forest Service employee.
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Lincoln County man sentenced for illegal gun possession

Michael Allen Kenney, a 54-year-old resident of Hamlin, West Virginia, has been sentenced to six years and eight months in federal prison.
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Seattle man sentenced for drug trafficking and firearm charges

A Seattle man, Phuong Nguyen Le, aged 50, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison by the U.S. District Court in Seattle for drug trafficking and carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
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South Dakota man sentenced for failure to register as sex offender

A South Dakota man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender.
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Ohio man sentenced for exploiting minors via social media

A man from Waterville, Ohio, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for his involvement in the sexual exploitation of children through social media.
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Newark man convicted for robbing Laurel bank

Justin Cabot, 52, of Newark, was found guilty of bank robbery after a two-day federal trial in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Oklahoma man receives 40-year sentence for child sexual abuse

A man from Kansas, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing three children. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced that Sequoyah Jo Hinzo, aged 30, was convicted on charges including two counts of Aggravated Sexual...
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Newport Beach man indicted for alleged tax evasion using gambling losses

An Orange County resident is set to appear in court following a federal grand jury indictment.
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Morgantown business owner sentenced for broadband funding fraud

Timothy Chad Henson, the owner of Clearfiber, Inc., has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for money laundering.
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Fresno man pleads guilty to exploiting minor through online platforms

Peter Yang, a 34-year-old resident of Fresno, has entered a guilty plea to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.
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Flat Rock man pleads guilty after explosive device causes home explosion

A Flat Rock man, Steven Marchbanks, 58, has pleaded guilty to charges of illegally transporting and receiving an explosive device.
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Huntsville man indicted for series of bank robberies in Madison County

A Huntsville man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly committing multiple bank robberies in Madison County. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples announced the charges.
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Mexican national sentenced for methamphetamine distribution conspiracy

A Mexican national has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in federal prison for his involvement in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Chicago businessman indicted on charges of immigration fraud

A businessman from suburban Chicago has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly providing false information to U.S. authorities to secure immigration benefits for his clients.
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Timothy Gabriel sentenced to five years for firearm possession

Timothy Gabriel, a 31-year-old resident of the Rutland area, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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Sioux Falls man sentenced for illegal firearm possession

A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier handed down the sentence to Caesar Valle, aged 22, on March 3, 2025.
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Pharmacist sentenced for defrauding Department of Labor; ordered to forfeit millions

Texas pharmacist Dehshid “David” Nourian has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison for his involvement in a $145 million scheme to defraud the Department of Labor.
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Spencer woman faces federal charges for alleged Social Security benefit fraud

A Spencer woman has been charged in a federal court in Worcester for allegedly scheming to fraudulently obtain Social Security benefits.
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Mansfield man sentenced for tax and PPP loan fraud; ordered to pay $10 million

A former tax preparer from Mansfield has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for his involvement in tax and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud schemes.
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Iowa man sentenced for illegal firearm possession

An Iowa man, Ian Jon Duffy, has been sentenced to over seven years in federal prison for illegal possession of multiple firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun.
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