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A St. Clair County resident, Mel Stackpoole, pleaded guilty to a felony charge in federal court for falsifying records related to a maritime training course intended for merchant mariner credentials.
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Nathanael Michael West, 28, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for threatening a federal judge and a federal prosecutor.
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An indictment was unsealed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., charging Jimmy Cherizier, known as “Barbecue,” and Bazile Richardson with conspiring to transfer funds from the United States to support gang activities in Haiti.
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A Guatemalan national, Geremias Josue Sanchez-Velasquez, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for illegally reentering the United States after removal.
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A Ferguson man has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing the identities of 13 people to apply for loans and obtain other items of value. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey handed down the sentence on Tuesday and ordered Deleon Ford,...
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A Schenectady man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a straw purchase of a firearm and for firing shots outside Temple Israel, a synagogue in Albany, New York.
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A Trinidad and Tobago resident, Shurlan Guppy, also known as Shurlan Gorin, Rafael Oquendo, Christopher Hughes Matthews, and Marc Roman, has been extradited to the United States to face federal drug charges. U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced...
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Rena Barrett, a former loan officer with the Small Business Administration (SBA), pleaded guilty on August 11, 2025, to making false statements to the SBA related to over $550,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic loans. “The Economic Injury...
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A New York man has been sentenced to five years of probation for making numerous harassing and threatening communications to a Connecticut resident.
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A Waterbury resident was sentenced to five years in federal prison for a drug-related firearm offense, according to an announcement from David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
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Five individuals have been charged in a federal investigation into alleged human trafficking, labor trafficking, and related crimes at several hotels in the Omaha area and central Nebraska.
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An Ellsworth resident was sentenced in federal court for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering operation that took place in Downeast Maine.
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Lawrence Nathanial Harris, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with fraudulent CARES Act unemployment insurance claims.
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Former Dover Interfaith Mission employees admit embezzling federal funds meant for homeless servicesKaren D. Wilder and Renwick L. Davis, both former employees of the Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing (DIMH), pleaded guilty on August 8, 2025, to charges of theft of public funds.
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A federal court in Miami has sentenced Dustin Sean McCabe, 50, to 100 months in prison following his conviction for seaman’s manslaughter, making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard, and fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 relief funds. U.S....
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Robert Lee Taylor, 44, of Huntington, has been sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for violating the terms of his supervised release.
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A Mechanicsville-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Daniel Jacobsen, has agreed to pay $449,014.93 to settle civil fraud claims after being convicted of criminal health care fraud.
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A Guatemalan national has been indicted for illegal re-entry into the United States, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson.
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Two Indianapolis men have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in fentanyl distribution in separate cases.
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A federal appeals court has upheld the 108-month prison sentence for Jaquan Bridges, a Memphis resident convicted of possessing a machinegun.