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A Kings Mountain, Kentucky man, Zackary Keith Jones, 35, has been sentenced to 194 months in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity. U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom...
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Russell Lucius Laffitte, a former banker from Estill, South Carolina, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and three...
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A Manchester resident, Anthony Clagon, 36, has been sentenced to 23 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
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A Portland resident, Tomas Plancarte-Benson, 37, appeared in federal court following allegations that he assaulted a federal law enforcement officer near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland.
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An Akron man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for drug and firearms offenses.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada has reached an agreement with Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, LLC, to improve accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing patients and their companions.
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Three businessmen from the Washington, D.C. area have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a federal initiative designed to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On September 19, 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Jentonia Williams, a 39-year-old resident of New Orleans, for bank robbery.
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Two residents of East Pierce County, Washington, have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to charges related to distributing fentanyl pills through a dark web marketplace.
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A major law enforcement operation in Laredo, Texas has led to the arrest of 28 individuals for alleged immigration violations across Webb, La Salle, McMullen, Jim Hogg and Zapata Counties.
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Timothy Antonio Flanagan, a 38-year-old resident of Lancaster, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine.
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Multiple inmates at the Federal Correctional Center (FCC) Allenwood in Pennsylvania have been indicted on charges of assault, conspiracy, and weapons offenses.
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Carlos Arturo Aparicio Hernandez, also known as Raiza Daniela Yasira Aparicio Hernandez, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
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Two brothers from Maryland have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in an odometer rollback scheme that defrauded used car buyers.
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Between September 19 and 25, authorities charged 511 individuals in the Southern District of Texas with immigration and related offenses as part of ongoing border enforcement actions, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Several individuals were recently sentenced in federal court for crimes prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming, according to announcements from the office.
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Federal and local law enforcement officials announced the outcomes of Operation Take Back America and Project Safe Neighborhood Initiatives, coordinated by the Eastern Oklahoma Violent Crime Task Force (EOVCTF), aimed at addressing violent crime...
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Carlos Alexis Olivares-Taveras, a 34-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic, has been ordered detained pending trial after his arrest on federal drug and immigration charges in St. Thomas, according to an announcement from Acting United States...
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A Wilmington man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison after being convicted of multiple fraud schemes that netted over $900,000.
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Francisco Villa-Garcia, a 68-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for importing more than eight kilograms of fentanyl from Mexico into South Carolina.