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News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Christoph A. Romero-Gil, 40, of Trenton, New Jersey, appeared today in federal court on a charge alleging that on July 9, 2022, he unlawfully transported individuals he knew to have entered the United States illegally. Romero-Gil pleaded not guilty at his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle and was released pending trial.
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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Jose Angel Chapa-Aguilera has been charged in a federal indictment with drug trafficking and firearms violations in connection to the December 2021 kidnapping and torture of a man, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jayton Gill, 34, of Durham, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and willful failure to file a tax return, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Davion Rivers (27, Bradenton) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Rivers faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not been set yet. Rivers had been indicted on Aug. 27, 2020.
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News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Bradley Loewen, 51, of Genesee, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
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News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing fentanyl that he intended to distribute.
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News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago doctor who specialized in removing moles to screen for cancer was charged today in federal court with submitting fraudulent claims for reimbursement to Medicare and a private insurer.
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News Release: On July 8, after a three-week trial, a federal jury convicted three former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center - Jason Tagaloa, 31, Craig Pinkney, 38, and Jonathan Taum, 50 - for assaulting an inmate in violation of his civil rights and for obstructing justice in attempting ...
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News Release: Defendant Broke Windowpanes Next to Senate Door, Was Among First Rioters Inside Capitol Building.
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News Release: Honored for The Investigation and Prosecution of Nxivm Leader Keith Raniere and Co-Conspirators Who Victimized Women Through Sex Trafficking and Other Crimes.
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News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing fentanyl that he intended to distribute in Springfield, Mo.
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News Release: OMAHA, Neb.-Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division seized approximately 32,000 fake pills in Omaha, some laced with lethal doses of fentanyl, in a two-day span beginning July 8. During the first six months of 2022, DEA investigators seized approximately 151,500 pills in Nebraska, marking an 83 percent increase over the 82,775 pills seized in all of 2021.
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News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS COLON, also known as “Big Lou" and “Hitman," 51, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 32 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and gun possession offenses. Colon must spend the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement.
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News Release: First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that four Canadian men were charged for their roles in an alleged conspiracy that persuaded investors in the United States and Canada to invest in diamonds and other jewelry through false and misleading information.
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News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - A Morehead, Ky., man, and former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Center (EKCC) officer, Derek A. Mays, 32, pleaded guilty to an information on Monday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, admitting to four counts of obstruction of justice.
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News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Shawn Andrew Wilson (47, Fernandina Beach) to seven years and eight months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and for violating the conditions of his supervised release. Wilson had pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2021.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Compton man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for targeting and robbing Los Angeles-area gay men he met on the Grindr online dating application.
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The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “Nomination of Steven M. Dettelbach (Executive Calendar)” on July 12.
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News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Guillermo Inamagua (57, Davenport) to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States and the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, the court entered an...
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News Release: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the recipients for the 69th Annual Attorney General’s Awards, recognizing Department of Justice employees and partners for extraordinary contributions to the enforcement of our nation’s laws. This year, two Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Middle District...