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Vincent Deritis, 33, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced today to 50 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Deritis was also ordered to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
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United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Bobby Joe Mincey, 30, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell for sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12.
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A Jamaican man was sentenced yesterday for illegally reentering the United States after two prior removals.
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DR. CHARLES J. SOUTHALL, III, age 65, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jay Zainey to 60 months in prison, followed by a 3-year term of supervised release, after SOUTHALL previously pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds unlawfully obtained from a wire fraud scheme, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1957 and 2 announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Additionally, Judge Zainey ordered SOUTHALL to pay $889,565.86 in restitution to the victims of his offenses and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office unsealed a complaint today charging San Diego resident Edgar Lopez Feliciano with maintaining a steroid distribution center in Spring Valley.
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A Bardolph, Illinois, man, Shawn Thomas Connelly, 48 of the 100 block of Jackson Street was sentenced on February 23, 2023, to 188 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine.
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Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a “grandparent scam” conspiracy that defrauded more than a dozen Rhode Island seniors between the ages of seventy-nine and ninety-four out of more than $300,000, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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A federal jury in Maryland has convicted Diape Seck, age 29, of Rockville, Maryland for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators obtained or attempted to obtain almost $2 million by fraud, including by stealing checks from the mail of churches and religious institutions.
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A Camden County man was arrested for possessing multiple images and videos of child sex abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that the United States has finalized a Settlement Agreement with James L. Luketich, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”), and University of Pittsburgh Physicians (“UPP”), to resolve the lawsuit the United States filed against those Defendants in September 2021.
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United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that Shaheyne Phillip Thomas, 28, from Tuskegee, Alabama, received a 100-month prison sentence.
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A federal jury convicted brothers Julio Garcia, 42, and Juan Garcia, 38, of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict.
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A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with sex trafficking.
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Troy Wilson Wheatley, 42, of Boone County, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Jonathan Wayne Green, 41, of Holladay, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possession of over 50 grams of actual methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.
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On February 27, 2023, David Michael Apps, 50 of Chattanooga, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Apps is scheduled to be sentenced on July 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., before the Honorable Charles E. Atchley, Jr., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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Nearly one in four students ages 12-18 experiences bullying. It can eat away at a student’s self-esteem and make attending school a serious challenge.
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A federal grand jury returned an indictment on February 23, 2023, charging Jeremy Scott Daniels, 37, of Chugiak for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ION VIOREL IONITOIU, a Romanian national who resided in Spain, was extradited to the United States on bank fraud and money laundering offenses arising from a scheme to launder money derived from an online vehicle sale scam that took in at least $5 million from defrauded consumers.
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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.