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A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 221 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon under the Armed Career Criminal Act. “Gun violence poses a significant danger to the...
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Ten people have been arrested and a total of eleven are in custody following the unsealing of a federal indictment charging Ryan James Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national, with running a drug trafficking organization and...
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that federal agencies are required to use the FOIA.gov Annual Report Tool to submit their Fiscal Year 2025 Annual FOIA Reports.
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Abdullah Haji Zada, a 19-year-old Afghan national and lawful permanent resident of the United States, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in plotting a terrorist attack on Election Day in November 2024.
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On September 30, the United States extradited three individuals to Chile who are accused of being members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-based transnational criminal organization.
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On September 30, the United States extradited three individuals to Chile who are accused of being members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-based transnational criminal organization.
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Marek Cherkaoui, a 21-year-old resident of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was arrested on charges of cyberstalking in connection with the network known as 764.
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On November 17, the Justice Department announced that Marieva Briceno, a native of Venezuela, has been stripped of her U.S. citizenship after being found guilty of defrauding Medicare and concealing her crimes during the naturalization process.
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Zhi Dong Zhang, also known by several aliases including “Brother Wang,” was arraigned in the Eastern District of New York on charges related to international drug trafficking and money laundering.
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The final defendant in a large drug trafficking conspiracy that operated across Alabama’s Wiregrass region has been sentenced, according to an announcement by Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has ended the consent decree that placed the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) under federal oversight since 2013.
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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Thomas Ray Kelso, the former owner and manager of Briarwood Apartments in Searcy, Arkansas, and Avatar Investments LLC, the company that owned the property during Kelso’s management.
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KBWB Operations LLC, also known as Atrium Health and Senior Living, and its former chief executive officer Kevin Breslin were sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin after pleading guilty to health care fraud and...
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Hanover Foods Corporation has agreed to pay a $1.15 million civil penalty and take corrective actions to address violations of the Clean Water Act at its wastewater treatment facility in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
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On November 18, a federal grand jury in Phoenix indicted Everardo Gregorio, 31, of Casa Grande, Arizona, on a charge related to the destruction of Khal Chasidim synagogue.
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A federal jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, has convicted Cory Lloyd, president of an insurance brokerage firm from Stuart, Florida, and Steven Strong, CEO of a marketing company from Mansfield, Texas.
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The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of California, Governor Gavin Newsom, and Attorney General Robert Bonta, challenging two recently enacted state laws known as the “No Secret Police Act” and “No Vigilantes Act.” The...
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Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher,” and “Butcher,” pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting hate crimes and sending instructions for making...
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The Department of Justice has released its 2025 Annual Report to Congress, outlining the agency’s ongoing efforts to address elder fraud and abuse.
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Isaiah McCoy, a 37-year-old resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, has been sentenced to life in prison following his conviction on multiple federal charges related to sex trafficking.