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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of holding counterfeit drugs for sale and possession of equipment for manufacturing counterfeit substances, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois man, Samuel M. Powell II, 28, of the 1000 block of West Butler Street, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for theft of government money.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Long Beach Police officer was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for distributing sexually explicit images of children, including when he was on duty.
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News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield for illegal firearm possession.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JARRETT SCURTO, age 35, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty on Aug. 3, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Donald Robert Smith (27, Tampa) with two Hobbs Act robberies and brandishing a firearm during the commission of those robberies. If convicted, Smith faces up to 20 years for each robbery. The firearm charges will carry a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 7 years, and up to, life in prison consecutive to any other term of imprisonment.
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News Release: A 72-year-old El Paso man was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for attempted bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LARRY WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS"), age 49, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of a staged automobile accident with a tractor-trailer occurring in New Orleans. Thus far, the total number of defendants convicted in “Operation Sideswipe" is thirty-eight (38).
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News Release: Defendant Used Stun Gun Against Officers, Accosted Photographer.
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News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that CHRISTOPHER RAY EDWARDS, age 37, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, was charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition and possessing a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Edwards appeared...
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News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Darrius Jaques Garrett (33, Orlando) with two counts of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Garrett faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. The indictment also notifies Garrett that the United States intends to forfeit all firearms and ammunition recovered as a result of the offense conduct.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh of cyberstalking, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Francisco Chanes, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today to 188 months of incarceration for his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Pukwana, 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: EL PASO - A Louisiana man was sentenced today to life in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12.
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News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Robert Morgan, 65, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to time served and fined $2,000 by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. As part of his plea agreement, Robert Morgan agreed to pay $16.27 million dollars, which the Government alleged was the proceeds of other financial fraud, to settle the civil forfeiture case brought against him.
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News Release: Gulfport, Miss. -- A Lemon Grove, California man pled guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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News Release: TERRE HAUTE - Adam Moore, 39, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Justice Department announced today that former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao, 36, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison, and former Minneapolis Police Officer J. Alexander Kueng, 28, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison, for depriving George Floyd Jr. of his constitutional rights.
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News Release: High on methamphetamine and armed with 14 firearms, he made statements about “revolution" beginning on Olympic Peninsula.