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News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Feb. 21, 2023, Tyler Orvis, 40, of Milton, Vermont, was arrested in connection with an indictment charging violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act for drug trafficking and related activity.


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Two Nigerian citizens living in Toronto have been indicted by a federal grand jury for an alleged scam to steal U.S. tax refunds and COVID-19 pandemic benefits, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance today awarded $4 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program. The three training and technical assistance providers will support grantees selected through...


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News Release: BOSTON - A former Methuen man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a Lawrence-based drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and cocaine.


Two Columbia Residents Plead Guilty to $1.2 Million Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
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News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Two Columbia, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents.


Co-Leader of COVID-19 Loan Fraud Ring Extradited from Montenegro to Begin Serving Prison Sentence
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News Release: A California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fugitive.


USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP grant application closes on April 19
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OJJDP FY 2023 Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care grant opened on March 1.


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News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, former legislator Nestor Alonso-Vega was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach to serve 63 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On June 6, 2022, Alonso-Vega was found guilty of nine counts of Federal Funds Theft, Kickbacks, and Honest Services Wire Fraud.


West Warwick Man Sentenced in Unemployment Fraud Scheme
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News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A West Warwick man who admitted to a federal judge that he participated in a conspiracy to use the stolen identities of others to gain COVID related unemployment insurance benefits was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.


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News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced that Heather Dubeau, 38, previously of Lebanon, was sentenced to 40 months of imprisonment today following her conviction for participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.


USDOJ-OJP-OVC offers new grant application process starting March 1
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OVC FY 2023 Building Capacity of National Crisis Hotlines grant opened on March 1.


BJS Releases Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016
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News Release: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016.


Laconia Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy and Firearm Charges
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News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Jane E. Young announces that Dylan Miles, 29, previously of Laconia, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment today following his sentencing for participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and for his unlawful possession of firearms.


Man Sentenced to More than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Supplying Heroin to Waterbury Drug Ring
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News Release: WATERBURY, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS NIEVES, also known as “Pop," 39, formerly of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for supplying heroin to a member of a Waterbury-area drug trafficking ring.


Washington, Illinois, Woman Sentenced to 44 Months in Federal Prison for Making False Statement During Purchase of Firearm Later Used in a Violent Crime
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News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington, Illinois, woman, Kirstin Sue Jackson, 40, of the 300 block of North Summit Drive, was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2023, to 44 months in federal prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. Upon release from imprisonment, Jackson will serve a three-year term of supervised release.


Chugiak Man Indicted for Sexually Exploiting Children
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News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Feb. 23, 2023, charging Jeremy Scott Daniels, 37, of Chugiak for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.


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News Release: BOSTON - A former nurse has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital.


Nigerian Man Sentenced for Mail Fraud Against a Dickinson, North Dakota Company
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News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Feb. 23, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Kolawole Bamidele Akande, age 37, from Nigeria, to serve 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $348,000 in restitution for committing the offense of Mail...


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News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, Kenneth Cherden Glasgow, also known as “Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow," 57, from Dothan, Alabama, pleaded guilty to tax evasion, mail fraud, and drug conspiracy charges, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.