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News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Franklin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment today charging a Nevada woman with assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.
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News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ashley Kawczynski, 32, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that a federal jury has found Rick Coley, 36, of Indianapolis, and David Duggar, 40, of Greenwood, Indiana, guilty on all counts following an eight-day trial.
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News Release: A federal jury convicted two men today for engaging in a scheme to defraud Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans of over $3.8 million.
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News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.
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News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Russell Bryant Lester, age 41, of Boulder, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for taking money from pandemic relief funds by filing false applications. Lester was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $584,851.75.
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News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging two foreign nationals with international methamphetamine and precursor chemical trafficking conspiracies.
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News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Paul LaRocco, 60, of Ocala, Florida, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. LaRocco was also ordered to pay restitution totaling approximately $688,000.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CYNTHIA BOWLEY, age 68, of Meraux, was sentenced on February 7, 2023 after pleading guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2).
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BJA FY 23 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program grant opened on Feb. 9.
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News Release: DETROIT - A Garden City, Michigan man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for attempted sexual exploitation of children based on his request to an undercover federal agent to create child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
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News Release: Court documents were unsealed this week charging 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two illegal schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing Medicare for unnecessary medical services that were never provided.
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News Release: Austin, TX - Members of the U.S. Marshals-led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force last Thursday arrested a man sought for Murder from the New Orleans Police Department that was issued on Nov. 15, 2023, in Louisiana.
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News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
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News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer and Throwing Object at Police.
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News Release: A federal jury yesterday convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, 46, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS; providing material support to ISIS in the form of personnel, training, expert...
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BJA FY 23 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA grant opened on Feb. 9.
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NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grant opened on Feb. 9.
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BJA FY 23 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence grant opened on Feb. 9.