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News Release: Colorado Springs - The Denver FBI Field Office, the ATF Denver Field Division, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, National Security Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado are aware of the situation regarding the shooting in Colorado Springs at Club Q, and we will review all available facts of the incident to determine what federal response is warranted. The FBI is providing assistance to the Colorado Springs Police Department.
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North Mississippi Murder Suspect Apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Memphis
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Sekete Lerotholi, a 44-year old Brooklyn man with no fixed address.
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Jake’s Fireworks Owner Sentenced to 15 years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Violations
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas- The owner of Jake’s Fireworks has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
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Coventry Woman Admits to Fraudulently Applying for and Receiving COVID Unemployment Benefits
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Coventry woman today admitted to a federal judge that she fraudulently applied for and received more than $17,000 in unemployment benefits provided for by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.
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Former Political Staffer Admits Role in Scheme to Defraud Campaigns and Political Action Committees
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County man who previously served as a staff member in the New Jersey Senate today admitted his role in a conspiracy to falsely inflate the invoices that a political consultant submitted to various campaigns, political action committees, and IRS 501(c)(4) organizations, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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Honduran Man Sentenced to Prison for Document Fraud
News Release: A man who used a false identification document and a false social security number was sentenced today to more than two months in federal prison.
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Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Drugs Which Cuased Serious Bodily Injury
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Bradley D. Knapp, 43, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
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McNary Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On November 7, 2022, Keenan Sherman Johnson, 26, of McNary, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Steven P. Logan to 180 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Johnson, an enrolled member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, previously pleaded guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child.
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Homicide Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals
News Release: Concord, NH - Late this afternoon, “Fugitive of the Week", Amanda Lee Tappan, 31 years-of-age, surrendered at the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. Tappan had been wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued on Sept. 24, 2019 for bail violations and failing to appear on an original charge of sales of the synthetic narcotic - Fentanyl.
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Miami Man Indicted for Laundering Millions in Health Care Fraud Proceeds
News Release: MIAMI - A federal magistrate judge has unsealed an indictment charging Miami resident Julio Arsenio Rodriguez, 61, with running a money laundering operation involving millions of Medicare and Medicaid health care fraud proceeds.
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Justice Department Secures Agreement with University of California, Berkeley to Make Online Content Accessible to People with Disabilities
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a proposed consent decree in federal court to resolve allegations that the Regents of the University of California on behalf of the University of California, Berkeley (collectively, UC Berkeley) violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
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Jury convicts out of state woman in murder for hire case
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury sitting in McAllen has convicted a 52-year-old woman for conspiracy to commit murder for hire, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
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United States Repatriates More Than $20 Million in Assets Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has transferred over $20.6 million to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) in accordance with an Aug. 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets the United States forfeited that were traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.
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U.S. Marshals Return Mexico Murder Suspect
News Release: San Antonio, TX - Joel Francisco, alleged murder suspect, was arrested today by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) in New Braunfels, TX.
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Former New Orleans Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Offense for Sexually Assaulting a 15-Year-Old Crime Victim
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in violation of her constitutional rights.
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Using Violence Against Witnesses with Knowledge of the Disappearance, Murder of a Joplin Woman
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Another defendant has pleaded guilty to using physical force against two individuals to stop them from communicating with law enforcement about the kidnapping and murder of a Joplin, Missouri, woman, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
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Compton Man Sentenced to Over 9 Years in Prison for Targeting and Robbing Gay Men He Met on the Grindr Online Dating Application
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Compton man was sentenced today to 111 months in federal prison for targeting and robbing Los Angeles-area gay men he met on the Grindr online dating application.
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Fall River Man Charged with Bank Robbery
News Release: BOSTON - A Fall River man has been charged in connection with robbing a TD Bank branch in downtown Boston.
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Arcadia Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Targeting Investors in Coachella Valley Development
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Gabriel Valley woman was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison for causing tens of millions of dollars in losses to investors who provided funds intended for a hotel and condominium complex in the Coachella Valley, and then using the money to finance her lavish lifestyle.
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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Cocaine
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert “Bobby" Ingrao, age 75, of Lodi, New Jersey, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute cocaine, and to possessing 9 kilograms of cocaine and intending to deliver it to co-conspirators in Schenectady, New York.
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