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News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Nov. 21, 2022, Deamontae Luchie, 29, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss to 31 months’ imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release for distributing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine base between December 2019 and January 2020.
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News Release: MOBILE, AL - The Hon. Callie V. S. Granade has sentenced Christopher Porter Seals to 97 months’ imprisonment in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy. The sentence consists of a five-year mandatory minimum for the amount of fentanyl involved and an additional 37 months resulting from Seals’ violation of his supervised release conditions from a prior federal conviction.
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News Release: GRAND RAPIDS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan filed a criminal complaint to arrest and charge Tyrone Henderson, 50, of Kalamazoo, Michigan for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine; felon in possession of firearms; and possession of...
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News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg along with Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Tampa Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge David Walker, FBI-Tampa Division, announces the arrest and extradition from Spain of Alexandru Habasescu (30, Moldova).
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News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - On Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, a federal jury found Michael A. Ferris, 44, of.
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News Release: MISSOULA - A Belgrade woman who admitted to stealing more than $800,000 from her employer while she worked as an accountant and controller was sentenced today to 16 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
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News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jason David Willis, 50, of Gasport, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography following a prior conviction, was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
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News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Nelson Argueta-Quintanilla, also known as “Mendigo", a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13," was sentenced by United States District Judge Gary R. Brown to 327 months in prison for his...
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News Release: BILLINGS - A Birney man suspected of killing another man near Lame Deer, on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, in June was arraigned today on murder and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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Fairhope Man Sentenced to 30 Months and Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million in Restitution in PPP Fraud CaseNews Release: MOBILE, AL - The Hon. Terry F. Moorer has sentenced Jason Carl Pears of Fairhope, Alabama, to 30 months’ imprisonment following his August 2022 guilty plea to two counts of Wire Fraud and one count of Money Laundering. The sentence arises from Pears’ abuse of assistance programs provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man who was the subject of an undercover investigation in the United Kingdom has been sentenced in federal court on child sexual exploitation charges.
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News Release: After a two-week jury trial, a federal jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, found defendants Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki Jr., 33, guilty of a hate crime for their racially motivated attacks on C.K., a white man who was attempting to move into their Native Hawaiian neighborhood of Kahakuloa on Maui.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Florida resident has pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
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News Release: Seattle - A 31-year-old Renton, Washington man was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for his role in a violent, cartel connected drug distribution ring, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Benjamin Fuentes was indicted in July 2020, along with more than a dozen...
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News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Al-Salaam I. Hale, age 46, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for distributing heroin.
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News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the November 2022 Federal Grand Jury B.
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News Release: An Iowa nurse who stole fentanyl from elderly patients pled guilty on Nov. 21, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Ryan William Thornton, age 27, from Clear Lake, Iowa, was convicted of acquiring fentanyl by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge.
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News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that William M. Putnam, 53, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with transmitting in interstate commerce communications containing threats to injure another person. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - A New York man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
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Toledo Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years in Prison for Receipt and Distribution of Thousands of Files of Child Pornography