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A teacher’s assistant has pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography. Augustus “Gus” Shenker, 22, of Little Rock, who was initially charged in a criminal complaint in May 2021 and indicted in June 2021, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky.
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News Release: CORRECTION: The original press release is corrected to reflect that three U.S. citizens and one legal permanent were arrested today. Defendant Intriago is a U.S. citizen (Venezuelan American), not a legal permanent resident.
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News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL-What starts as a whirlwind online romance could turn into an investment opportunity gone bad for victims of romance scams. Also referred to as confidence fraud, romance scams begin when well-rehearsed criminals build relationships with vulnerable users of dating and social media networking...
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News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A Dayton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 250 months in prison for distributing fentanyl and cocaine that resulted in overdoses in the late hours of New Year’s Eve and into the early hours of New Year’s Day 2019.
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News Release: Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh announced the arrests of 2 residents from Congers, NY for possession of a controlled substance and 2 handguns. The arrests were the result of search warrants...
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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Red Lake man has pleaded guilty to one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Two Columbia, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents.
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News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested an Arecibo man for violation to Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252 (a)(2), which criminalizes the attempted receipt of any visual depiction that involves a minor engaging in sexually explicit...
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - DAJANAE DRAKE, age 29, from Missouri City, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 24 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00 after previously pleading guilty as charged to a one-count...
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News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Grapeland, Texas man, and his girlfriend, have been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
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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: Michael S. Flynn was sentenced on Feb. 10 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to fifteen months’ imprisonment and restitution of $1,062,155 for his participation in bid-rigging and fraud schemes targeting public and private entities in Connecticut. This is the seventh sentencing arising out of the investigation into the insulation contracting industry.
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News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury in Maryland today returned an indictment charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, age 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, age, 27, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. The defendants have been detained since their arrest on Feb. 3, 2023, on related charges.
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News Release: SRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
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News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Massachusetts man who engaged in a series of online communications, often of a sexual nature, with someone whom he believed to be a 12-year-old girl, and then traveled to Rhode Island with the intent of having sex with the girl and sexual contact with her younger sister, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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News Release: CLEVELAND, OH-While Valentine’s Day has passed, FBI Cleveland wants the public to remain aware and prepared when looking for love online.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced that JEFFREY SOBERMAN PARKET, a former bond trader and the former principal of several hedge...
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News Release: A former salesman pleaded guilty today for his leading role in a bid rigging scheme involving the sales of certain brands of digital interactive whiteboards to the New York City Department of Education Public Schools (NYCDOE).
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News Release: Memphis, TN - A former Memphis Police Department (MPD) officer pleaded guilty in federal court in the Western District of Tennessee to one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting an arrestee in January 2021.
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News Release: Memphis, TN - Joel Evan Lattimer, 43, of Bartlett, TN., has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for solicitation of child pornography and attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.