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News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Emmanuel Medina, age 35, of Albany, pled guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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FY23 Microgrants -Community Policing Development Solicitation grant opened on March 8.
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FY23 COPS Hiring Program grant opened on March 8.
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News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Thomas Bellere (40, Pasco), a/k/a Tommy Gunz, has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. Bellere has also agreed to forfeit the firearm, which is traceable to the offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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Watchdog says Frank Biden's involvement in enviro class action raises 'too many red flags to ignore'A federal government watchdog group is investigating whether President Biden's brother Frank Biden is inappropriately leveraging the family name as an advisor to a class action law firm.
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The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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FY23 Implementing Crisis Intervention Teams- Community Policing Development Solicitation grant opened on March 8.
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The US Justice Department published a three page rule on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: HAMMOND- Khalil Swader, 26 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
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U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Monday, February 27, 2023, TYRESE HARRIS, age 19, a resident of Orleans Parish, pled guilty to a five-count superseding indictment for conspiracy, carjacking, and weapons violations. Count 1 charged HARRIS with conspiracy to commit carjackings beginning on August 19, 2021 through February 1, 2022 in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. Count 2 of the indictment charged HARRIS with a carjacking that occurred on August 19, 2021, on Washington Avenue in New Orleans.in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2119(1).
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Defendant Involved in Distribution of Over 500,000 Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Made Using High-Volume Pill Presses; Defendant Showcased and Promoted Violence on Social Media
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Mustafaa Slim, 29 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARQUIS JEROME POLLARD, 42, of Yemassee, South Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses related to an illegal gun trafficking operation.
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United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Gregory Austin Eward (25, Live Oak) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and transfer unregistered firearm silencers. Eward faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for ramming into two law enforcement vehicles while attempting to flee while in possession of methamphetamine and firearms.
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A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on February 23, 2023, against Kelsey Hickman, 31, of Quincy, Ill. for distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine, possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. She was acquitted of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Sentencing for Hickman has not yet been scheduled.
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A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on February 22, 2023, against Aaron Jackson, 30, of Springfield, Ill. for knowingly possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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A Meridian, Mississippi man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Raequin Smith (27, Tampa) to six years and three months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Smith had pleaded guilty on December 1, 2022.
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An Isle of Wight man was sentenced today to 81 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.