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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) to assess whether the university has violated federal civil rights laws by denying equal treatment based on race or...
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A Mexican citizen, Javier Amateco-Navarrette, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to reentering the United States illegally after having been previously removed from the country twice in 2018.
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A woman from Canton, Mississippi, has admitted to stealing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that are intended to help low-income families purchase groceries.
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Three men have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in the murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermont.
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Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 74 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a series of robberies that took place on August 26, 2024.
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The Office of Information Policy (OIP) has released its summary and assessment of federal agencies’ 2025 Chief FOIA Officer (CFO) Reports.
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Talia Hicks, a 33-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was sentenced to three years’ probation and one month of home confinement for her role in conspiring to distribute controlled substances.
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A federal jury in Ocala, Florida has found Clarence Christofer Ward, also known as Khaled Yaqud Mansur-El, guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, and making a false claim to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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John Kelly, an 83-year-old resident of Rome, New York, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to receive and distribute child pornography and for possessing child pornography.
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Juan Correa Sr., 49, of Lady Lake, Florida, has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for his role as the leader of a cocaine trafficking operation that moved large quantities of the drug from Puerto Rico to Syracuse, New York.
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A Bloomfield resident, Joseph Stevens, 41, has been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses following an investigation by the Region II Narcotics Task Force.
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A Mobile resident, Jason Jones, 46, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison after being convicted of producing child pornography and attempting to entice a child.
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An Akron man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for distributing controlled substances in Northeast Ohio.
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The United States government has obtained a default judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, finalizing the forfeiture of 14 ancient Egyptian artifacts that were illegally smuggled into the country.
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Federal authorities have charged five men in connection with a scheme to steal and resell crude oil from pipelines in New Mexico and West Texas.
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Justin Heath Smith, also known as “Austin Wolf,” was sentenced to 19 years in prison for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
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A Broken Arrow resident, Derrick Carl Andrew Chatman, 24, has been charged with several firearm-related offenses after allegedly providing a machinegun conversion device, known as a “switch,” to a minor while under state supervision for previous...
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Emmitt Renand Richardson, a 52-year-old man from Detroit, Michigan, has been convicted on six charges related to methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking in West Virginia.
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Charlie Javice, the founder and former CEO of the financial aid startup Frank, was sentenced to 85 months in prison after being convicted of defrauding J.P. Morgan Chase (JPMC) in a $175 million acquisition deal.
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Keith Terrell Thompson, a 27-year-old resident of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement in a firearms trafficking conspiracy and for illegal possession of drugs and weapons.