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Three men from Washington State have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in the activities of La Nuestra Familia (NF), a national prison gang.
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Manchester woman admits guilt in two workplace embezzlement cases

A Manchester resident has admitted to charges connected to two separate embezzlement schemes involving her former employers, federal authorities announced.
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Mexican national charged in Nevada federal court for illegal reentry after felony conviction

A Mexican national, Felipe De Jesus Jauregui-Acosta, 43, appeared in court on Monday to face charges of illegally reentering the United States after having previously been removed.
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Northampton man pleads guilty to firearms and drug charges

A Northampton man has pleaded guilty in federal court to firearm and narcotics charges.
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Seattle man sentenced to over four years for illegal firearm possession

A Seattle man with previous state and federal convictions has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for illegal firearm possession.
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Poplar man pleads guilty to sexually abusing minors on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

A Poplar man, Emmett Alfred Buckles, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in federal court, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
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Former soldier receives life sentences for abusing children at Fort Stewart

A former Army soldier has been sentenced to two concurrent life terms for sexually abusing two children at Fort Stewart Military Reservation in Georgia.
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Brookfield man indicted for alleged role in multi-state elder fraud scheme

A federal grand jury has indicted Ankurkumar Patel, 41, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, on charges of money laundering conspiracy and substantive money laundering.
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Chicago man sentenced to two years for running immigration fraud scheme

A Chicago resident has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in an immigration fraud scheme involving false employment verifications for foreign nationals.
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New Mexico man sentenced for trafficking firearms into Connecticut

A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for trafficking firearms into Connecticut, according to an announcement from David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
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Hartford man receives ten-year sentence for possession of child sexual abuse material

A Hartford man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and 20 years of supervised release for possessing child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver handed down the sentence to Jonathan Williams, 34, following an...
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Two Massachusetts men plead guilty in fentanyl pill manufacturing conspiracy

Two Massachusetts residents, Elmidio Crisostomo of Lynnfield and David Depena of Lynn, have pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy charges related to the manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other...
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Mexican national sentenced for illegal re-entry after removal from United States

A Mexican citizen, Jorge Alfredo Martinez Sanchez, 50, pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry of a removed alien in federal court in Buffalo, New York. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced the plea and sentencing on Tuesday.
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Charlotte man faces federal charge after fatal stabbing on city’s light rail

A Charlotte man has been charged with a federal crime following the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on the city’s Lynx Blue Line light rail system.
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Buffalo man sentenced to probation for role in Cheektowaga mail theft scheme

Eric Michael Robinson, 33, of Buffalo, New York, has been sentenced to two years’ probation, including six months of home detention, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit mail theft.
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Sioux City man pleads guilty to possessing over 7,000 images of child pornography

Daniel Kaler, a 38-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded guilty on September 8, 2025, in federal court to possessing child pornography.
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Georgia woman receives prison sentence for wire fraud exceeding $1 million

Chisom Okonkwo, a 29-year-old resident of Lawrenceville, Georgia, has been sentenced to seven months in prison for her role in a wire fraud scheme involving more than $1 million.
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Colorado man pleads guilty after making violent threats against Cayuga County resident

Jerry Gordon, a 56-year-old resident of Colorado, has pleaded guilty to transmitting threats in interstate commerce with the intent to injure another person.
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Court appoints Theodore S. Hertzberg as U.S. attorney for Northern District of Georgia

Theodore S. Hertzberg will continue to serve as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia following a vote by judges of the United States District Court.
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Three charged with pandemic unemployment fraud involving over $1 million

Three people were arrested in connection with a scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD) of unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Eric Grant.
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