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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A member of the Miccosukee tribe has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison for shooting and seriously injuring an unarmed man on the reservation.
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A California company, Advoque Safeguard LLC (ASG), along with its owners and managers, pleaded guilty to charges related to the sale of misbranded facemasks during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sharon Denise Ross, a 54-year-old resident of Willernie, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 43 months in prison for her involvement in a $250 million fraud scheme that misused funds from a federal child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Devan Green, a 30-year-old resident of Washington DC, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend multiple times.
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A Baltimore man, Alexis Perez Suarez, is facing federal felony charges for allegedly flying a drone over M&T Bank Stadium during an NFL Wild Card Game on January 11, 2025.
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A citizen of El Salvador, previously convicted of double homicide and sentenced to 50 years in prison in his home country, has been charged with illegally reentering the United States.
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A resident of Shelton, Washington, Michael Warren, aged 65, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison by the U.S. District Court in Tacoma for his involvement in a drug trafficking operation linked to Aryan prison gangs.
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U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Kyle Garrett Prevatt, a 24-year-old resident of Orange Park, to four years in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
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A federal jury in Newport News, Virginia, has convicted a Hampton man on charges related to conspiracy, mail theft, and the illegal receipt of a firearm while under indictment.
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A man from Little Rock, Arkansas, has been sentenced to federal prison for possessing a machinegun conversion device.
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A Honduran national, Eliseo Garcia Gordillo, also known as Julio Antonio Caceres Morales and Julio Caceres-Antonio, has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally reentering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender.
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On February 5, 2025, United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Zachary Peter Timm, a 32-year-old resident of Spokane, Washington, to 15 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material.
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United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. has announced that Lionel Haile of St. Francisville, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison.
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Brandon Salyers, a 31-year-old resident of Columbus, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his involvement in the distribution of methamphetamine.
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John Joseph Weikel, a 50-year-old resident of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for possessing an unregistered firearm.
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Burlington, Vermont – An Ecuadorian man, Alex Patin-Patin, 28, has been charged with being unlawfully present in the United States after having been previously removed by immigration officials.
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A Winona resident, Valentin Silva Quintana, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for his involvement in an online sextortion scheme.
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A Rumford resident has been sentenced in U.S. District Court for evading employment taxes.
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An Orleans man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for child pornography offenses, as announced in federal court in Boston.
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U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Dedric Dwayne Rivers, a 52-year-old resident of Moscow, Idaho, to 18 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony.