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News Release: HELENA - U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich today announced the appointment of Mark Steger Smith to serve as Environmental Justice Coordinator for the District of Montana.
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News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Sami Hayyat, 47, of Middlebury, Vermont, was arrested on Wednesday evening and charged yesterday by criminal complaint. Hayyat was charged with possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base on Sept. 28, 2022. Hayyat is scheduled to appear before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle this afternoon.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Kyle Self has been sentenced for defrauding the IRS through the submission of false tax returns on behalf of clients.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Olanta, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics and firearms laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
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News Release: CLEVELAND - Thomas G. O’Lear, 58, of North Canton, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster to 15 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,989,490 in restitution to Medicare, Medicaid and two Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs). Polster pronounced...
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News Release: Seattle - A 31-year-old Federal Way, Washington resident was arrested this morning in Fife, Washington, following his indictment for possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Donald “DJ"...
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News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Mohave Valley, Ariz., resident was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to five years and 10 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for orchestrating a fraudulent adult adoption business scheme which promised U.S. citizenship in exchange for money. In addition to imprisonment, Thayer was ordered to pay $852,355 in restitution to his victims.
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News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Thomas L. Hill, Jr. a/k/a Thomas L. Caschetta-Hill a/k/a Tec, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was convicted of conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing firearms without a license and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
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News Release: The Department of Justice announced today grant awards totaling $100 million to help communities across the U.S. reduce gun crime and other serious violence. The announcement was made during a visit by Department officials to Baltimore, Maryland, home to three community-based organizations receiving funding under the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
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News Release: PHOENIX - Maria Fernanda Granillo-Velazquez, 21, of Mexico, was charged on Aug. 19, 2022, by criminal complaint for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Granillo-Velazquez had her initial appearance on Aug. 22, 2022, before United States Magistrate Judge Michael T. Morrissey. The case is set for trial on Nov. 1, 2022, before United States District Judge John J. Tuchi.
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News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Pennsylvania Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol BreachNews Release: Defendant Accused of Using a Bike Rack to Intentionally Trip Officer.
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News Release: COVA Receives FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award.
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News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 29, 2022, Angel Antonio Anchondo, age 20, an inmate at the Low Security Correctional Institution, Allenwood (LSCI Allenwood), in White Deer, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment by United States Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle for possessing a cellphone in prison.
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News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Reynaldo Vasquez, the former president of the El Salvadorean soccer federation (“the Federation") was sentenced by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen to 16 months’ imprisonment in connection with over $350,000 in bribes that he and other soccer officials...
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News Release: Defendant Was Physically Removed from Capitol Grounds.
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News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Krystle Elaine Cresce, 33, of Glen Morgan, Raleigh County, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine.
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News Release: SIOUX FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota, working alongside the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal partners, seeks to secure environmental justice for all communities. Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all...
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News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania promotes the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative throughout the Middle District, announced U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam. On Sept. 27, 2022, the Middle District partnered with the Federal Bureau...
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News Release: Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco today convened the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force Deputies to accelerate oligarch asset forfeiture efforts in response to Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.