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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - WAYNE HANDY, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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News Release: POCATELLO - Ernestine Delafuente and Simon Martinez, of Idaho Falls, were sentenced to federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Delafuente to 309 months in federal prison, and Martinez to 264 months in federal prison.
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News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Jamie Vass, 45, of Beckley, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MORRIS SUMMERS, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2023 before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to a one count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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News Release: FBI Media Alert: Have You Seen the Sports Sweatshirt Swindler? He’s Wanted for an Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
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News Release: A former Arkansas State Senator was sentenced today to 46 months in prison in the Eastern District of Arkansas for accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
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There were 34 notices published by the Justice Department in December, according to the Federal Register.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALICE C. “SHANNON" CHABAUD, age 80, of New Orleans, pled guilty on Feb. 1, 2023 to access device fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(2) and (c)(1)(A)(i), in relation to her theft from her former accounting client, a New Orleans-based band named as “Band A.".
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News Release: Gonzalo Ortiz was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II, to 30 months in prison for defrauding an investor of nearly $600,000 by making false representations about Ortiz’s trading expertise and the profitability of various investments. The...
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News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Jordan Antonio Sullivan, 24, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to a total of 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sullivan previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
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News Release: If convicted, WILLIAMS and LONG each face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00.
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News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Shaun Taylor Solem, age 27, of Des Moines, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2023, to a total of 360 months in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses. Following his prison term, Solem will be on supervised release for ten years and required to register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.
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News Release: Des Moines, IA - Russell Glenn Crane, age 44, of Urbandale, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison following his guilty plea to a charge of Possession of Child Pornography. Crane must also serve a five-year term of supervised release following his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
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News Release: Defendant Carried Flagpole Into Capitol, Joined in Confrontations With Officers.
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News Release: A federal jury convicted a Puerto Rican man today of extortion and obstruction of justice related to his involvement in a scheme to obtain money in exchange for preventing the release of chat messages involving senior officials in the Government of Puerto Rico.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -Yesterday, defendant QUENDRICK BAILEY, age 27, resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier to a federal weapons violation of being a felon in possession of a firearm announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DEDRA BRIGHT (“BRIGHT"), age 64, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on Feb. 2, 2023 by an indictment for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
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News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man pleaded guilty today to drug and firearm offenses.
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News Release: Nine Texas individuals were arrested this week in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances.
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...