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A Lowell man, Bill Phim, also known as "Bonez," has pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine pills in a case involving the Asian Boyz gang.
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Middle school teacher arrested for possession of child pornography

Matthew Podolsky, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest of Ross Lanvin on charges of possessing child pornography.
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Arkansas man sentenced for illegal money transmission using pandemic funds

A Northwest Arkansas man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for operating an illegal money transmitting business.
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St. Louis man faces charges for alleged child sex trafficking

A man from Northwoods, St. Louis County, Missouri, has been charged with child sex trafficking.
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St. Bernard man pleads guilty to federal gun and drug charges

A St. Bernard Parish resident, Abe Jyles, aged 44, has pled guilty to federal gun and drug charges in New Orleans.
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Benson man sentenced to ten years for drug possession

A Benson man, Keith Antonio Mcdougald, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a substance containing fentanyl.
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Texas man pleads guilty in meth distribution conspiracy

A Texas man, Leroy Otero, has pleaded guilty to charges related to a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Boston man sentenced to over ten years for bank robbery

A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court for bank robbery and escape charges.
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Man sentenced for sexual assault aboard metro train

Anthony Garner, a 37-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman on a Metro train traveling from Maryland to D.C. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr.
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Las Vegas businessman charged with defrauding investors in $24 million crypto scheme

A Las Vegas business owner appeared in court, accused of falsely presenting his company as a successful artificial intelligence firm involved in cryptocurrency mining and transaction verification.
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Guatemalan national among two arrested for alleged cocaine distribution

Two men have been arrested in Boston for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine.
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Summers County man sentenced for federal gun crimes

Matthew Harris England, a 38-year-old resident of Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, has been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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Texas woman pleads guilty to federal fentanyl distribution charge

A Texas resident has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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Pennsylvania man receives 10-year sentence for fentanyl distribution

A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for drug-related offenses in the Northern District of West Virginia.
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Madisonville man sentenced for conspiracy involving fentanyl distribution

Alvarez Joseph Cyprian, a 23-year-old resident of Madisonville, Louisiana, was sentenced on February 11, 2025.
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Phoenix man sentenced after seizure of large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine

Miguel Angel Gaytan-Ramirez, a 34-year-old undocumented Mexican national residing in Phoenix, has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison.
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Washington DC man sentenced for string of CVS store thefts

Craig Wilson, a 64-year-old resident of Washington DC, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison following a series of retail thefts that occurred over an 11-day period.
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Man receives 21-year sentence for girlfriend's murder

Koran Brown, a 32-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of Cynthia Barringer.
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Staten Island residents charged with trafficking conspiracy involving ghost guns

A federal court in Brooklyn has unsealed a nine-count superseding indictment against four individuals, including three Staten Island residents and one Florida man.
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Mexican national faces illegal reentry charges after prior deportations

A Mexican national, Victor Jesus Apodaca-Gomez, also known as Carlos Alberto Cardenas, appeared in a Las Vegas court to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after being deported twice.
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