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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAJANAE DRAKE, age 29, from Missouri City, Texas, pleaded guilty on October 6, 2022, before United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to a one-count bill of information charging her with obstruction, attempted obstruction, and interference with the enforcement of the federal criminal sex trafficking statute, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591(d).
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News Release: Ex- Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison in connection with the 2019 overdose death of Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham.
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News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Joseph Ellicott (43, Bradenton) to 15 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, honest services fraud, and distribution of a controlled substance. The court also ordered Ellicott to forfeit $114,747, which are traceable to proceeds of the offense. Ellicott had pleaded guilty on February 9, 2022.
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News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Brookhaven man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
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News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Sept. 29, 2022, Ronald Lee Juan, Jr., 27, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge John J. Tuchi to 204 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Between Sept. 22, 2017, and Sept. 21, 2018, Juan engaged in sexual contact with the victim on multiple occasions. Juan pleaded guilty on June 9, 2022, to Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor.
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News Release: CINCINNATI - A local, self-identified “Incel" pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women.
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News Release: MIAMI - After previously pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Ana Amador and Sunilda Casilla were sentenced in federal court to prison and ordered to pay restitution. Amador was sentenced to 72 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered...
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News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Leon Erick Williams (41, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing cocaine. Williams faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of assault with a dangerous weapon, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
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News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Michael Chester, a/k/a Mikkie, age 24, of Baltimore, to 20 years in federal prison for a racketeering conspiracy, including attempted murder and murder, related to his participation in the violent street gang known as Cruddy Conniving Crutballs or Triple C, that operated throughout Baltimore City.
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Carla Burke, 62, of Anderson, Indiana, has been charged with wire fraud, and will make her initial appearance before a Magistrate Judge in federal court in Indianapolis in the coming weeks.
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News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Five defendants are among those facing federal charges including illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions in U.S. District Court include guilty pleas and criminal sentences related to illegal gun possession.
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News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale.
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News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A La Grande, Oregon man faces federal charges today after he sexually abused and transported across state lines two minors he met on Snapchat.
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News Release: Henderson, KY - A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned a two-count indictment charging a local man with distribution of fentanyl causing two separate deaths in the Henderson area.
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former New Jersey resident was charged with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to misappropriate more than approximately $430,000 belonging to his former New Jersey employer, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Dennis “Denny" Doyle, the former mayor of Beaverton, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in federal court to illegally possessing child pornography.
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News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 27, 2022, Eric Christopher Segundo-Antone, 22, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 33 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Segundo-Antone previously pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
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News Release: DETROIT - A federal inmate was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison yesterday for murdering a fellow inmate at Milan Correctional Facility, in Milan, Michigan, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.
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News Release: HOUSTON ‐ A 23-year-old Pasadena man has admitted to firearm and drug trafficking offenses related to his role in the shooting of a Houston Police Department (HPD) officer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery.