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News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Paul Emerson, 38, of Groton, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday in Rutland, Vermont by Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont to time served to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for his possession of three items of child sexual abuse materials (formerly called “child pornography").
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News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 19, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier.
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News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on Aug. 22, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as an Armed Career Criminal, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Edwin Agbi, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for mail fraud, use of a fictitious name in furtherance of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Agbi was found guilty on March 2, 2022, following a three-day federal jury trial.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GREGORY BUTLER, age 38, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2022 before Chief U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to conspiring to transport and sell stolen cars across state lines in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy).
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The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Timothy Paul Jones (59, Orlando) with two counts of bank robbery. If convicted, Jones faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Jones that the United States intends to forfeit $80,000, which is alleged to be traceable to proceeds of the offense.
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News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the Department of Justice is now accepting nominations for the Sixth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. Through this award, the Department of Justice honors the incredible work our nation’s law enforcement does to keep our communities and our country safe.
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News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -Dominican authorities extradited Consolidated Priority Organizational Target (CPOT) Julio De Los Santos-Bautista, also known as “Julito Kilo," to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the District of Puerto Rico.
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News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAIME HOLT, 39, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 76 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.
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News Release: Tampa, FL - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg for the Middle District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge David Walker of the FBI Tampa Field Office announced that a federal jury in Tampa, Florida, returned a guilty verdict against Jordan Patrick Leahy, 29, for a racially-motivated attack against a Black man who was traveling down a public roadway with his family.
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News Release: MISSOULA - A Billings man who admitted to possessing images and videos of child pornography was sentenced today to three years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Krista Sparks, 28, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and money laundering. Sparks pleaded guilty to these charges on May 24, 2022.
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News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Former New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) employee Wendell Giles, age 52, of Albany, pled guilty today to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.
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News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte-based BSN Medical Inc. (BSN) has agreed to resolve allegations that it marketed and promoted various products that did not meet the Medicare or Medicaid program’s reasonable and necessary requirements, thereby causing the submission of false claims for payment to the health care programs, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. BSN agreed to pay $785,672.14 to resolve the allegations.
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News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Red Scaffold, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
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News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced today that Idaho Power Company, a Boise, Idaho-based utility that provides electricity to several states, including Oregon, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations by the United States relating to the May 2014 Powerline and August 2015 Lime Hill fires in Baker County, Oregon.
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News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Gabriel Almenas Carrasquillo (34, Orlando) with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Almenas Carrasquillo faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Almenas Carrasquillo that the United States intends to forfeit the cellphone used to commit the alleged offense.
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News Release: The defendant attempted to steal drugs from houses in 2015 and 2016; Two victims killed and a third shot during home invasion on June 5, 2016.