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Clarksville Man Sentenced to Over 23 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
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News Release: FORT SMITH - A Clarksville man has been sentenced to federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes, III, presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.


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News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Duncan, South Carolina man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.


Michigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime
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News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Darion D. Jackson, also known as “D," 23, of Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.


Leader of bulk fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, meth & marijuana distribution operation pleads guilty
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News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The lead of 11 defendants charged as part of a national narcotics distribution operation bringing drugs into Central Ohio from California pleaded guilty in federal court here today.


Michigan Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses
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News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Her Tou Yang, age 42, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2023, to 60 months and 1 day in prison following his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After he is released from prison, Yang will serve two years of supervised release.


Memphis Man Convicted of Several Armed Robberies and Conspiracy to Commit Four Additional
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News Release: Memphis, TN - After a six-day jury trial, Randy Readus, 36, has been convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery, two counts of aiding and abetting robbery, one count of aiding and abetting attempted robbery, and one count of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty verdict today.


Seven Defendants Charged With Million-Dollar Identity Theft And Fraud Scheme
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News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (“TIGTA"), Francis J.


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News Release: MIAMI - Staff from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida recently held a Re-Entry Simulation at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce to give community stakeholders a better idea of what former prisoners face when attempting to reintegrate into society.


FBI Director Visits Norfolk Field Office, Addressing Violent Crime and Community Partnerships
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News Release: FBI Director Visits Norfolk Field Office, Addressing Violent Crime and Community Partnerships.


Madison Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Cocaine Conspiracy
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News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Hall, 27, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Hall pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 31, 2022.


South Texas Supplier in Interstate Narcotics Distribution Network Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
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News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court in Austin last week to 14 years in prison for his role in a narcotics distribution network that spanned the U.S.


Five Idaho Men Indicted for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl
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News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury in Boise returned an eight-count indictment on Feb. 15, 2023, charging five Idaho men with distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl, aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine, and conspiracy to do the same, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.



Houston-Area Woman Sentenced to 24 Months' Imprisonment for Obstructing the Enforcement of Federal Criminal Sex Trafficking Statute
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News Release: NEW ORLEANS - DAJANAE DRAKE, age 29, from Missouri City, Texas, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 24 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00 after previously pleading guilty as charged to a one-count...


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News Release: A former salesman pleaded guilty today for his leading role in a bid rigging scheme involving the sales of certain brands of digital interactive whiteboards to the New York City Department of Education Public Schools (NYCDOE).


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News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CALLEIGH AMOS, age 30, a resident of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, pled guilty on February 9, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Assaulting Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
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News Release: Defendant Threw Object at Officers in One Incident, Poured Bucket Filled With Liquid on Officers in Second Confrontation.


Former Direct Support Professional Sentenced  For Financial Exploitation of Three District Vulnerable Adults
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News Release: WASHINGTON -Joseph Oluwatobi Adebanwo, 26, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 90 days in prison, suspended, three years of probation and $1,700 restitution on one misdemeanor count of exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Inspector General for the District of Columbia Daniel W. Lucas.


Businesswoman Sentenced for Facilitating Unregistered Lobbying Campaign in Exchange for Approximately $3 Million
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An American businesswoman with international ties was sentenced in the District of Hawaii yesterday to two years in prison for her role in facilitating an unregistered lobbying campaign of the Administration of the former President of the United Sta


Former Contractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
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A dual citizen of the United States and Syria who evaded arrest for over two decades pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay gratuities to a federal public official.