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A Mexican national residing illegally in Mission, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for cocaine trafficking.
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Honduran national charged with illegal reentry into the U.S

A Honduran national, Junior Alexander Sanabria-Barrera, has been charged with illegal reentry into the United States.
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Fairbanks man receives over 14-year sentence for drug possession with intent to distribute

A Fairbanks resident, Kevin Shank, has been sentenced to over 14 years in prison for possessing and intending to distribute more than 12 kilograms of illegal drugs.
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Washington man indicted for murder and animal cruelty in March 2019 incident

Lamont Stephenson, a 50-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder while armed and cruelty to animals.
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Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal reentry after prior deportation

A Mexican national, Joel Becerra-Cesario, has pleaded guilty to charges of illegal reentry after deportation.
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Eielson airman receives five-year sentence for possession and purchase of child pornography

An Eielson Airman, Kyle Cozens, was sentenced to five years in prison for paying to receive child pornography.
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Chatham County man receives 20-year sentence for bombing woman's home

A man from Chatham County has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for planting and detonating a bomb that caused significant damage to a woman's home.
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Providence woman sentenced for role in Wyatt Detention Center contraband conspiracy

A Providence woman has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention Center.
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Highland woman pleads guilty to selling counterfeit designer items

A Highland woman has confessed in federal court to trafficking counterfeit designer goods and infringing on registered trademarks.
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Dallas man receives over 13-year sentence for $5 million insurance fraud

A Dallas man, Jordan Ford, has been sentenced to over 13 years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme.
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Deltona man sentenced to two decades for drug distribution offenses

Acting U.S. Attorney Sara C. Sweeney has announced that Emmanuel Dourthe, a 26-year-old from Deltona, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
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Bandidos motorcycle gang members indicted for multiple crimes including murder

A significant legal action has been initiated in the Southern District of Texas against 14 members and associates of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and Mascareros Motorcycle Club.
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McAllen resident sentenced for enticement and production of child sexual abuse material

A McAllen man has been sentenced to over 33 years in prison for crimes involving the enticement of a minor and the production of child sexual abuse material. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Christian Hanks, aged 29, pleaded guilty...
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Bradenton man receives over seven years for firearms and narcotics offenses

Terry Lavon McDonald, Jr., a 32-year-old resident of Bradenton, Florida, has been sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison.
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Memphis man sentenced to over two decades for sex trafficking conspiracy

A Memphis man, Maceo Roberts, has been sentenced to 270 months in prison for his involvement in a sex trafficking conspiracy.
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Norfolk woman found guilty of distributing fentanyl causing overdose

Alexzandra Blanco, a 24-year-old resident of Norfolk, Nebraska, has been convicted by a jury for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, resulting in serious bodily injury.
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Gang member receives over six-year sentence for drug distribution conspiracy

A member of the East Side Money Gang has been sentenced to over six years in prison for involvement in a narcotics distribution conspiracy.
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Recidivist drug trafficker sentenced to prison for fatal fentanyl poisoning

Matthew Podolsky, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Raul Silva has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel delivered the sentence for Silva's role in selling...
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New Orleans man sentenced for false statements in PPP loan fraud

Renic Palmer, Jr., a 25-year-old resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on February 13, 2025, for making false statements to the United States Small Business Administration (SBA).
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Tampa man convicted for distributing fentanyl leading to two deaths

Tampa, Florida – A federal jury has found Marquis Lamar McCullough guilty of distributing fentanyl, which resulted in the deaths of two men from Hillsborough County.
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