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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for using six stolen identities to fraudulently file 71 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in four states.


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News Release: PITTSBURGH - Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released yesterday. The policy, which is effective immediately, details...


USDOJ-OJP-OVW grant application closes on April 11
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OVW Fiscal Year 2023 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program - Solicitation grant opened on Feb. 24.


USDOJ-OJP-BJA offers new grant application process starting Feb. 24
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BJA FY 23 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program grant opened on Feb. 24.


35-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Attempted Firearms Trafficking into Mexico
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News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Wednesday, Luis Carlos Martinez-Chacon, 35, of Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 24 months in prison, followed by 12 months of supervised release. Martinez-Chacon pleaded guilty to one count of Smuggling Goods from the United States.


Delaware Woman Sentenced to 9 years in Federal Prison for Laundering Drug Proceeds over the Course of Eight Years
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News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that today Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation in the District of Delaware, sentenced Shakira Martinez to 9 years’ incarceration for...


Farmington Man Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking
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News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Farmington man was sentenced today to 162 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, a charging 13 of the highest-ranking MS-13 leaders in the world with directing the transnational criminal organization’s criminal activities in the United States, El Salvador, Mexico, and elsewhere, over the past...


Farley Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting 3-Year-Old Victim to Produce, Distribute Child Pornography
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Farley, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to sexually assaulting a 3-year-old victim to produce child pornography and distribute it to others through the Kik application.


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News Release: A man who sexually abused a 14-year-old victim and later assaulted his then-girlfriend has pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


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News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Pamela McDaniel, 69, of Charleston, was ordered today to pay $17,543.92 in restitution and sentenced to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, for altering a postal money order and embezzling more than $28,000 from the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority (CKHA).


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News Release: MIAMI - Palm Beach art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz pled guilty today to laundering money derived from his scheme to sell counterfeit artwork.


Mexican National Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Meth
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News Release: MIDLAND, Texas - A Mexican national was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Midland to 294 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine.


Fayetteville Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking
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News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Fayetteville man was sentenced yesterday to 140 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today an indictment charging eight people with federal civil rights offenses and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.


New Jersey Doctor Admits Buying and Selling Oncology Medication for Profit
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News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey doctor today admitted using his medical license - and allowing other to use his medical license - to purchase prescription oncology medications under false pretenses for the purpose of selling them for profit, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


KC Woman Sentenced for Carjacking
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a carjacking.


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News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Michael Antony Nelson-Gaet, 34, of Nicaragua, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson, III, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United...


26-Year-Old Sentenced to 24 Months for Attempted Firearms Trafficking to Mexico
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News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Adan Gomez-Lopez, 26, of Nogales, Mexico, was sentenced on Wednesday by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 24 months in prison, followed by 12 months of supervised release. Gomez-Lopez pleaded guilty to one count of Smuggling Goods from the United States.