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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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Korea McKay, 44, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing ammunition in connection with a homicide that took place in Tunica County. U.S. District Court Judge Michael P. Mills delivered the sentence, which is the statutory maximum...
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A Florida woman has been sentenced to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay $328,478.38 in restitution after admitting to illegally receiving West Virginia public employee pension benefits over a 15-year period.
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Dwayne Fountain, 54, of Middletown, Delaware, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and multiple counts related to the possession and distribution of drugs.
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Michelle Nicole Marie Brannon, a 36-year-old resident of Lake County, has pleaded guilty to charges related to making false statements and smuggling drugs into a federal prison.
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Derek Somerset, a 46-year-old resident of Tallahassee, pleaded guilty in federal court on August 22, 2025, to escaping from the custody of the Attorney General and their authorized representative.
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Divaunte Kartrell Young, 24, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release after being found guilty by a federal jury of illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.
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A Wise County man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin into Southwest Virginia and for illegal firearm possession.
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A Guatemalan national living illegally in Houston has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling operation, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Brazilian citizen living in Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported.
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A Nicaraguan national has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
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Joseph Harrison, a 36-year-old resident of Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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Jose Paxtor-Oxlaj, a 45-year-old Guatemalan national, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
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A Guatemalan national residing illegally in Port Arthur has been sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully returning to the United States, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.
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A federal jury has convicted Janathian Porter, 27, of Franklin, on a charge of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery.
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A Des Moines man identified as a member of the Black P Stones street gang was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.
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Federal authorities have seized two online marketplace domains and a blog used to sell fake identity documents to cybercriminals around the world, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.
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Nicolae Strava, a 30-year-old Romanian citizen, was sentenced to nine months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed.
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Jonaven Perkins-Sinapati, a 39-year-old resident of Waianae, Hawaii, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute 116 kilograms of methamphetamine and for illegal possession of ammunition and multiple firearms, according to an announcement...
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Daneen Bilodeau, a 50-year-old resident of Rockford, Illinois, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and bank fraud.