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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A federal judge sentenced a 51-year-old Mexican national to life in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico.
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The Justice Department is forming three COVID-19 Strike Force Teams to enhance the department's fraud-related COVID-19 prevention and detection work.
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A California man pleaded guilty to threatening Merriam-Webster with anti LGBTQ violence, causing the company's headquarters to close in Massachusetts and New York.
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Daniel Lee Burmeister, 37, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to seven years and five months in prison for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
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Johnny George Gonzalez, 35, of Stratford Texas, was found guilty on multiple counts of sexually exploiting a minor and given a life sentence.
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A former criminal defense attorney in Florida has been sentenced to six months in prison for conspiring to bribe a prosecutor.
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An Ohio man and a Huntington, West Virginia, woman were sentenced to prison for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and other illegal drugs in the Huntington region.
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A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to threatening a Massachusetts woman and cyberstalking.
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A Maine man pleaded guilty Sept. 1 to federal child exploitation offenses in a Boston federal court.
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Atlanta rapper Paper Lovee received a federal prison sentence for seven years and four months for firearm possession.
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A Wilmington daycare owner has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
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The U.S. government has obtained a warrant to seize a $45 million airplane owned by Russian energy company PJSC LUKOIL, a news release says.
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A former chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons was sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of California to seven years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the repeated sexual abuse of an incarcerated female and lying about his misconduct to federal officials.
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Clarke: 'This result is a testament to the courage of the victim who came forward to tell her story'A former West Virginia firefighter and police officer was sentenced in Charleston federal court to 14 years in prison, five years of supervised release and registration as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
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Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, joined by federal, state and local leaders, announced at an Aug. 24 press conference that his office will devote more federal resources to fight violent crime in the state.
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Third Illinois prison guard convicted of civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily injury and death, and obstruction charges.
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Two Killeen, Texas, residents have been sentenced for their involvement in armed robberies.
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An attorney who participated in a tax fraud scheme with a former Chabad of Poway rabbi in San Diego, Calif., was sentenced to one year and one day in custody.
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A federal judge recently sentenced the 18th and last defendant involved in a large-scale drug trafficking scheme.
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A Texas-based hospice service provider agreed to pay a settlement to resolve allegations it submitted Medicare claims for non-covered hospice services.