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News Release: Defendant Assaulted Police With Metal Flagpole.
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News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment today charging Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, aka Tony Montana, a Mexican national, with international cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
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News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sarah Anne Tischer, 43, Amery, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud. Tischer’s term of imprisonment...
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News Release: WACO, Texas - ELPSS Career Institute LLC, a career school located in Killeen, and its director, Ricky J. Daniels, Jr., were ordered in federal court in Waco on Wednesday, to pay $9,024,886.99 in damages and civil penalties to the United States under the False Claims Act for defrauding the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
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News Release: FBI Charlotte, CMPD Partner to Host Women’s Recruitment Event.
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News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - Robert Clay Smith, age 61, an Alexandria, La., physician was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $800,000 to workers’ compensation insurers, for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, health care fraud, and violations of federal anti-kickback laws. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Alan Scott Lawton, age 42, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2023, to 66 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Lawton will serve three years of supervised release.
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor pleaded guilty today to harboring two undocumented women from India and failing to pay taxes on their wages, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
- Rochester Man Indicted for Attempting to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $1 Million in CARES Act Funds
News Release: CONCORD - Heath Gauthier, 46, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and charged with multiple counts of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who called 911 emergency assistance for his mother pleaded guilty in federal court today after the police officers who responded to his home found illegal drugs, six firearms he illegally possessed, and large amounts of cash.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHN DIGGS (“J. DIGGS"), age 62, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS"), age 68, of Gibson, Louisiana, were both sentenced Feb. 14, 2023 to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk...
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News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Cornelius Lavaughn David, age 35, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2023, to 30 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, David will serve three years of supervised release.
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News Release: A Virgin Islands man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
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News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Springdale woman was sentenced today to 137 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today that a grand jury...
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OJJDP FY 2023 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Support grant opened on Feb. 17.
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News Release: DALLAS, TEXAS - A top source of supply in the Carrollton fentanyl overdoses case has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
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News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: One Defendant Admits Guilt To Felony of Civil Disorder.
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OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Solicitation grant opened on Feb. 17.