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News Release: Concord, NH - A four plus month search for “Fugitive of the Week", Charles Wilson Fowle, 40 years-of-age, ended this morning in Manchester, NH. Mr. Fowle had been wanted on outstanding federal supervised release violations stemming from his original conviction and sentence in U.S. District Court for distribution of oxycodone and marijuana.
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Political Consultant Convicted for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign

News Release: A federal jury today convicted a political consultant for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian foreign national to a 2016 presidential campaign.
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U.S. Marshals Offer up to $10,000 for Information on Conover Murder Suspect

News Release: Kansas City, MO - United States Marshal Mark S. James announced today the recovery of 3 abducted children from Saline County in Texas.
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US Marshals return Georgia man who fled to Jamaica to avoid child molestation charges

News Release: Waco, TX - The U.S. Marshals and Navasota Police Department arrested a 17-year fugitive in Navasota on Tuesday.
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As Fentanyl Crisis Continues to Take Lives, Federal Law Enforcement Responds with Multi-Faceted Approach

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities today held a news conference to inform the public of their ongoing efforts to stem the widespread damage caused by fentanyl, the extremely dangerous synthetic opioid that has contaminated nearly every corner of the illicit drug market and is killing Americans at an unprecedented level.
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Fayette County Attorney Sentenced To Probation With Home Detention For Defrauding Clients

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 16, 2022, John William “JW" Eddy, age 40, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to five years of probation, including 21 months of home detention with electronic monitoring, for misappropriating funds from clients of his law practice between 2016 and 2020.
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Modesto Man Indicted for Sexual Exploitation of Numerous Children Using Snapchat

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment yesterday against Jacob Jacobsen, 27, of Modesto, charging him with four counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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Two Estonian citizens arrested in $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme

News Release: Seattle - Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia Nov. 20, 2022, on an 18-count indictment charging conspiracy, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in the Western District of Washington on October 27 and unsealed today following the arrests.
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Drug Distributor in Fidelis Way Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

News Release: BOSTON - A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) pleaded guilty yesterday to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine).
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Member of Large Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 360 Months in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Charges

News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced the sentencing of Travis R. James, age 38 of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge.
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Mother of Fresno County Jail Inmate Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Smuggle Heroin and Methamphetamine into the Jail

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Eva Dolores Romero, 55, of Fresno, was sentenced today to four years and two months in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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Defense contractor pleads guilty to providing fraudulent parts to military

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A California man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus to crimes related to supplying the military with faulty parts.
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Cleveland Murder Suspect Arrested After Fleeing From Troopers

News Release: New Orleans, LA - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force (Eastern District of LA) will be partnering with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Sex Offender Registration Unit, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO) Sex Offender Registration Unit, Louisiana (LA) State Police...
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O’Fallon, Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Yesterday afternoon, in federal court in East St. Louis, IL, Emmitt T.
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Pennsylvania Woman Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
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Two Estonian Citizens Arrested in $575 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, yesterday on an 18-count indictment for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
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Tucson Couple Sentenced to 5 Years for Stealing $5 Million from Investors

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Nov. 15, 2022, Michael Feinberg, 73, and Betsy Feinberg, 80, both of Tucson, Arizona, were sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In April 2022, a jury found the Feinbergs guilty of multiple counts of securities and wire fraud.
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Waterloo Felon Sent Back to Federal Prison for Possessing Firearm

News Release: A Waterloo man who possessed a firearm less than a year after he was released from federal prison for possessing a firearm illegally was sentenced today to more than two additional years in federal prison. Dereon Equwan Davenport, also known as Dereon Galloway, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 18, 2022 guilty plea to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
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U.S. Marshals Arrest 2 Tied to January Homicide

News Release: Fort Smith, AR - On Monday evening, Oct. 21, 2019, Shamale Guy and Latrice Ford were arrested near Towson Avenue and Fresno Street in Fort Smith. Both Ford and Guy were wanted on the charge of Armed Robbery with a knife in Clive, Iowa for an incident that occurred approximately a month prior to the...
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Huntington Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melissa Dawn Lockhart, 49, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
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