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News Release: A former supervisory correctional officer at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for his role in the assault of an inmate and his leadership of a multi-year conspiracy to cover up the abuse.
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News Release: Memphis, TN - Daruis Withers was captured today in the New Orleans metropolitan area by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
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News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - FBI agents have arrested a Centerville, Ohio, man on federal charges related to online threats to commit a mass shooting at a California school.
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News Release: Yakima, WA - United States Attorney General William Barr is praising law enforcement after authorities in the Yakima, Washington area who recently completed a 15 week-long joint federal, state, local and Tribal law enforcement initiative named Operation Invictus Civitas, “Undefeatable Community", that resulted in the arrest of 246 fugitives and violent offenders in the Yakima County area.
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News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the seizure of seven domain names used in a recent cryptocurrency confidence crime, known as “pig butchering.".
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News Release: SOUTH BEND -Santana Miller, 37 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
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News Release: Natchez, Miss. - A Wilkinson County man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette, III, to 168 months in federal prison for participation in an interstate drug trafficking operation distributing kilogram quantities of illegal drugs in the Natchez area from 2016 through 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico announced that after a five-day jury trial, a federal jury convicted Jorge L. Armenteros-Chervoni on Friday, Nov. 18, for attempting to provide contraband in prison and for making false statements on federal agency forms. Armenteros is a licensed attorney at both the federal and state levels. United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias-Marxuach presided over the trial.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - An Alabama man was found guilty today in the District of Columbia of felony charges 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 presidential election.
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News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Due to the efforts of federal and local law enforcement agencies working together over the course of the past 18 months on an investigation targeting local criminal street gangs in Bakersfield, 12 defendants were indicted for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Excelsior Estates, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
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News Release: BOSTON -The leader of a local MS-13 clique was sentenced on Nov. 8, 2022 in federal court in Boston.
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News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Edward T. Buford III, age 70, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and healthcare fraud. Judge Chuang also ordered Buford to pay $1,267,630 in restitution.
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News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Bernard Lewis - a 36-year old man with no fixed address.
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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 of the Southern District of Indiana announced that Jacob Wall, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
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News Release: For the first time, a Mexican court has invoked its new civil forfeiture law to authorize the forfeiture of real property located in and around Guadalajara, Mexico pursuant to a request for mutual legal assistance from the United States. The forfeiture represents the United States’ groundbreaking use...
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News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Jacob Wall, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
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News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Lladira Hernandez, 23, of Fresno, was arrested today on charges that she stole over $70,000 from multiple customers’ accounts at a Fresno-based bank where she was previously employed, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker sentenced Treshawn Kalian Bible, age 23, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, to 125 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. This is the third time in four years...
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Santa Clarita resident who invested in real estate and sold “coupon bonds" that promised regular interest payments on top of principal repayment was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison for defrauding investors out of more than $1.7 million.