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News Release: GREENSBORO - Three defendants were sentenced this week in federal court for conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offenses after a major, multi-state organized crime operation, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.
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News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man, Tamar Pope, 36, was sentenced Tuesday to 262 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, as well as aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams of methamphetamine.
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News Release: MISSOULA - A Missoula man who admitted to selling methamphetamine in the community for more than a year was sentenced today to eight years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Dominguez, age 58, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 18 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to evade federal excise taxes on imported large cigars. Dominguez was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
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News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Darius Jamal Scott, age 45, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking offenses involving heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.
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News Release: Carlos Silva Arellano, also known as “Bolas," was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with participating in a large-scale narcotics distribution conspiracy and using one or more firearms in connection with narcotic offenses. The defendant, a Mexican citizen, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Nov. 23, 2022. Silva Arellano was ordered detained pending trial.
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News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Alexander Lesczcynski (24, North Redington Beach) has pleaded guilty in two cases against him. In a case pending before U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven, Lesczcynski pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute.
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News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Jerome Bravo, age 39, of Denver, has pleaded guilty to ten counts of bank robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
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News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Nicholas Turnquist, 36, of West Falls, NY, who was convicted of transportation and attempted transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, was sentenced to serve 156 months in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
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News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal jury has convicted Charles Porterfield, 37, of Springville, NY, of production of child pornography and committing the offense as a registered sex offender. The charges carry a mandatory penalty of life in prison.
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News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ubertino Zavala-Perez (59, Plant City, Florida) to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Zavala-Perez pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2022.
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News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - Brett Michael Dobberke, age 22, of Des Moines, was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it.
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News Release: A Mason City, Iowa man who possessed large amounts of child pornography was convicted by a jury on Nov. 17, 2022, after a 4-day trial in federal court in Sioux City.
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News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Theodore man was sentenced to 92 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm.
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News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Los Angeles, California woman was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to distribute kilograms of marijuana.
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News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Bradley D. Knapp, 43, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward in Laguna Pueblo Homicide.
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California Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison For Conspiring to Send Meth Through the MailNews Release: A California man was sentenced Nov. 17, 2022, to 10 years in federal prison. Wesley Wood, age 43, from San Marcos, California, received the prison term after a May 26, 2022, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.