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News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Michigan man was sentenced today to three years and five months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, STEPHEN LEE MARTIN, 31, of Verden, Oklahoma, entered a plea of guilty on federal charges of being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for scheming to steal more than $250,000 in unemployment insurance (UI) funds by making false claims of COVID-related job losses and for stealing UI debit cards intended for other people on his mail route.
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News Release: CHICAGO - Two Indiana men have been charged with federal firearm violations for allegedly trafficking ten guns, including four semiautomatic rifles and two “ghost guns," from Indianapolis to Chicago last week.
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News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Theresea Walker (30, Fairburn, GA) to three years and six months in federal prison for wire fraud. She was also ordered to pay $1,757,082.73 in restitution and forfeited $934,885.65 that was seized by the FBI from various accounts held by her or in her control. Walker had pleaded guilty on March 29, 2022.
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News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. Attorney Dena J. King swore in Annabelle Chambers as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (SAUSA) for the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Asheville. Ms. Chambers is a state prosecutor with North Carolina’s 43rd Prosecutorial District which serves the Counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain, Haywood and Jackson, under the leadership of District Attorney Ashley Welch.
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News Release: 27 Indictments Announced as Part of Raleigh Area Violent Crime Strategy.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, waived prosecution by Indictment and pleaded guilty to an Information in federal court to violations of Coercion and Enticement of Any Individual to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity and Conspiracy to Commit the Offense of Coercion and Enticement of an Individual to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced that Terie Smith, 42, of Wingate, N.C., was sentenced to 188 months in prison and five years of supervised release in prison for armed bank robbery.
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News Release: McALLEN, Texas - An Edinburg man has been ordered to federal prison for receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
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A Georgia man was been convicted for his role in a drug trafficking network responsible for bringing more than 150 kg of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and other illegal substances into southwest Georgia in 2019.
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News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 151 months for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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News Release: GREAT FALLS - An employee of a Helena pawn shop was sentenced today to three years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and lying during a firearm purchase at the business, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On July 7, 2022, United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced ALTON COOKS to 115 months in the Bureau of Prisons for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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News Release: Allegedly used authority and access to conduct unauthorized transactions.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KASSEM HIJAZI, a citizen of Brazil, was extradited to the United States from Paraguay on July 8, 2022. HIJAZI was extradited on charges of money laundering and operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, for his involvement in a cross-border money laundering operation.
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News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Thursday, Kyle Devan Cachora, 28, of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 25 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Cachora previously pleaded guilty to Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.
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News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Wilson man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On April 7, 2022, Cody Allen Driver, 32, pled guilty to the charges.
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News Release: Defendant Admitted to Committing Robberies at Commercial Businesses in Baltimore, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, including at Fast-Food Restaurants, Video Game Stores, Cell Phone Stores, and Discount Stores.
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News Release: Greenbelt, Md - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Darick Knighton, age 44, of Alexandria, Virginia, to five years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance. The sentence was imposed on July 7, 2022.