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News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging DAVID MARSHALL, also known as “Saint," 37, of Bristol, with sex trafficking and related offenses.
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News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Seven defendants charged in separate and unrelated gun and drug cases appeared in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Katrina Berger.
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News Release: BOSTON - The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture-and-design firm in Providence, R.I. were sentenced today for bribery relating to the Tribe’s plans to build a resort and casino in Taunton, Mass.
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News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - John Nassy, 29, a Nigerian national living in Dumfries, Virginia, was sentenced to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, and ordered to pay $148,000 in restitution for receipt of stolen money in connection with a scheme that defrauded at least 200 victims, many of whom are elderly, of at least $2.5 million. Nassy has already paid $40,000 of the restitution he owes.
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News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas- The owner of Jake’s Fireworks has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
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News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Worcester Police Department (WPD). This civil investigation will assess whether WPD engages in a pattern or practice of excessive force or engages in discriminatory policing based on race or sex. The ...
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News Release: A federal grand jury in Houston has returned an indictment charging a former Department of Transportation (DOT) employee with bribery and extortion.
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News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Drexel, Mo., man who shot at law enforcement officers while fleeing from a failed bank robbery was sentenced in federal court today.
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News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging a Pennsylvania man for his alleged role in an insider trading scheme involving the securities of Mylan N.V. (Mylan), a publicly traded pharmaceutical company.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - Based on the actions of its agents, including its billionaire Chinese real estate developer owner, a downtown Los Angeles-based company was found guilty today of paying more than $1 million in bribes - including luxury trip expenses, casino gambling chips and a sham loan - to then-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar to obtain city approval to build a 77-story skyscraper.
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newburgh, New York, man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for possessing a stolen and loaded firearm that he tried to get through security at Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Nov. 10, 2022, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Keith Parson, age 50, of Stroudsburg, PA, to 24 months’ imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl.
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News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Woody, of Morgantown, West Virginia, weas sentenced today to 136 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
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News Release: BOSTON - A former landlord and associate of the New Bedford Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced today for racketeering and drug offenses.
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News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jeremy Crumbley, also known as “Memphis," 30, of Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl.
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News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Melanie Clodfelter, 41, of Summersville, pleaded guilty today to making a false statement in acquisition of a firearm. Clodfelter admitted to purchasing a semi-automatic firearm that was subsequently used to kill a Nicholas County deputy sheriff in June 2022.
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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason Keith Arnold, 46, of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced today to seven years and three months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and methamphetamine on the dark web, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for gun and drug offenses.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Palestinian national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: CONCORD - Craig Wiggin, 44, formerly of Rochester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to sell fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.