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News Release: The owner of a South Carolina supplement company was sentenced last week to one day and one year of imprisonment for manufacturing and shipping unapproved drugs and anabolic steroids.
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News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Manuel Lopez Avitia, 45, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 15 years and one month in prison, and five years of supervised release, by United States District Judge Chad F. Kenney for numerous narcotics offenses.
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News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Sherman Michael Puckett (34, Clearwater) to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 10 grams or more of fentanyl analogues, 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, and heroin; and obstructing of justice. Puckett had pleaded guilty on March 14, 2022.
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News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Pensacola has convicted Kenneth Ingram, 62, and Kadeem Ingram, 32, both of DeFuniak Springs, Florida for the offenses of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base and possession...
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News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Texas woman was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in Montana, Idaho and Oregon and was arrested after leading law enforcement on high-speed chase before crashing near Laurel was sentenced today to 15 years and three months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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News Release: ADAIR, Iowa - On Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, federal search warrants were executed at the following locations in West Central Iowa.
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News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Red Lake man was sentenced to 239 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for aggravated sexual assault, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on Aug. 30, 2022, to more than eleven years in federal prison. Jonathan Roy Wright, age 43, from Marion, Iowa, received the prison term after a April 14, 2022 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Los Angeles man was arrested today on a five-count federal indictment alleging he recruited a 15-year-old girl for whom he acted as a “pimp" and advertised on the internet for commercial sex work.
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News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Hector Fabio Garcia Vengohechea (59, Cartagena, Colombia) to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Garcia Vengohechea had pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2022.
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News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Ian Esteban Serrano, 27, and Marco Antonio Romero, 22, both from Nogales, Arizona, were each sentenced by United States District Judge Raner C. Collins to 45 months in federal prison. A sentence of 37 months was imposed for their role in smuggling undocumented noncitizens into...
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News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Florida-based pharmaceutical president has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
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News Release: ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - A Smithfield man was convicted by a jury today for distributing a mixture and substance containing cyclopropyl fentanyl where death resulted. Shamel Nesbitt, 32, faces a minimum of 20 years in prison for this crime, and could receive a life sentence. Nesbitt’s sentencing is scheduled for November.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges, including for cyberstalking two sisters by sending them text messages that threatened them with rape and murder.
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An attorney who participated in a tax fraud scheme with a former Chabad of Poway rabbi in San Diego, Calif., was sentenced to one year and one day in custody.
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A federal judge recently sentenced the 18th and last defendant involved in a large-scale drug trafficking scheme.
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News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Robert Calkins, Jr., 37, of Salamanca, NY, with production, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
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News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Louisville, Kentucky, man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing more than two kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a rental vehicle after he was stopped on Interstate 44 in Jasper County, Mo.
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News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Beyah Islam Basha, 44, of Perry, Florida, of two counts of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute or possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The guilty verdict, returned yesterday, at the conclusion of a two-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.