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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Lionel Vallo, 39, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on Nov. 14 to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and failure to update his sex offender registration. Vallo will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
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News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging an East Texas law enforcement official with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
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News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Samantha Shader was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 72 months’ imprisonment for using an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail," in an attempt to set fire to a New York City Police Department (NYPD) van occupied by four police officers in Brooklyn on the night of May 29, 2020. Shader pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2022.
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News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Frederick Bush, 44, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced on Monday to 37 months in federal prison after being convicted of escaping from custody at a Tallahassee halfway house, following a jury trial on Aug. 30, 2022. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
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News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Joseph Swansbrough, age 33, of Willseyville, New York, pled guilty today to attempted enticement and coercion of a minor, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today the completion of prosecutions of 20 defendants in a series of DMV corruption cases charged in the Eastern District of California. Charges against the defendants included bribery of public officials, identity fraud, unauthorized access...
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News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that the following three individuals received prison sentences related to an overdose death in Green Bay and a vehicle arson on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute heroin and felon in possession of a firearm.
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News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Crafton, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kyung Min Kong, 55, a citizen and national of South Korea, was sentenced today to seven years and nine months in prison for bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted felon was indicted by a federal grand jury in Worcester today for allegedly manufacturing and selling firearms - including ghost guns - and unlawfully possessing ammunition.
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News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sean Van Demark (619) 546-7657.
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News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in drug distribution and possession of a firearm as a felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - An Athens resident with a violent criminal history who shot at two people attempting to repossess a vehicle and then led police on a high-speed chase was sentenced to the maximum prison term allowed under federal guidelines for illegally possessing a firearm.
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News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit along with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations, DOJ Community Relations Service, and the FBI are convening a United Against Hate meeting on November 17 at the Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho. The event is free and is open to the public. The registration link can be found here: eventbrite.com/e/united-against-hate-tickets-451742934277.
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News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Stearns County man was sentenced to 262 months followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine while incarcerated, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Today a Forestville, Maryland, man pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in dogfighting.
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News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Edward Ray Loretto was sentenced on Nov. 14 to three years and one month in prison for sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country. Loretto, 41, of Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Jemez, pleaded guilty on Aug. 12.