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Jeff Tims (shortened) is the SNN federal news press release curator. Stories published by Jeff Tims are not necessarily written by him, but obtained through government press releases.

Tragic Accidental Shooting Claims Life of 13-Year-Old in Nashville Home

March 26, 2024

NASHVILLE, TN — A devastating incident occurred Saturday night when a 13-year-old girl was fatally shot inside her family’s Edgehill Avenue residence. The girl’s mother has reported to authorities that the shooting…

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Police Blotter

Harassing Missouri Landlord Sued by Feds

March 26, 2024

SPRINGFIELD, MO – The Justice Department has initiated legal action against Jimmie Bell, a Springfield, Missouri landlord, accusing him of sexually harassing female tenants, a violation of the Fair Housing Act. Filed…

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New York News

Defendant Sentenced To 17 Years For Murder-For-Hire Scheme And Related Shooting In Poughkeepsie

March 7, 2023

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…

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Shooting At Drug Deal In Redwood City Results In More Than Seven-Year Prison Sentence For Stockton Man

Government News

SAN FRANCISCO– Khari Moore and Malik Lott were sentenced today to 87 months and 12 months and one day in prison for their respective roles in a scheme to obtain marijuana from…

October 25, 2021

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Chief Financial Officer for Oklahoma Business Found Guilty of Employment Tax Fraud

Government News

OKLAHOMA CITY – On October 22, 2021, a federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted Christina Rochelle Anglin, aka Christy Anglin, of Burnsville, North Carolina, of employment tax fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Bridgeport Gang Member Admits Murder, Role in Courthouse Shooting, Other Violent Acts

TYIESE WARREN, also known as “Loose Screw,” 21, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooly in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from a murder and other…

October 25, 2021

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Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty To $6.9 Million Scheme To Defraud Loan Program Intended To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic

Government News

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARCUS FRAZIER pled guilty to carrying out a fraudulent scheme to obtain $6.9 million in government-guaranteed…

October 25, 2021

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Sequim, Washington, man sentenced to 70 months in prison for dealing methamphetamine while armed with semi-automatic pistol

Tacoma– A 57-year-old Sequim, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 70 months in prison. Kenneth Francis Simmons came to the attention of law enforcement in early…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements About Relationship with Government Official in China

Government News

A civilian professor at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal agent. According to court documents, Xiaoming Zhang,…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Chicago Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraudulent Concert Scheme

A man who fraudulently solicited artist booking deposits and other expenses for concerts that never occurred was sentenced on October 20, 2021, to more than six years in federal prison. Romel Murphy,…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Tennessee State Senator and Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted for Alleged Campaign Finance Scheme

Government News

IndictmentMEMPHIS – A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned an indictment Friday charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey and a Nashville social club owner with violating campaign finance laws as part…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Captain of Vessel is Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling $287,660 in U.S. Currency into St. Thomas Following High-Speed Chase and Apprehension Near Savana Island

Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. – click here – Public Service Announcement from the US Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of the Virgin Islands The Elder Justice Program stems from the…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Atlanta pharmacy to pay $4.6 million to settle False Claims Act allegations regarding compound medications

Government News

ATLANTA – Curant, Inc., which owns pharmacies in Smyrna, Georgia and St. Petersburg, Florida, along with its owners and related entities, agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated…

October 25, 2021

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District Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for 2018 Killing Near Union Station

WASHINGTON – MacArthur Venable, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for killing a man near Union Station in October 2018.…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey And Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted In Campaign Finance Conspiracy

Government News

NASHVILLE – A federal grand jury in Nashville Friday, returned a five-count indictment charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey, 43, of Germantown, Tennessee, and Nashville social club owner Joshua Smith, 44, with…

October 25, 2021

2 mins read

South Florida Resident Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

Miami, Florida – A 29-year-old man has pled guilty in federal district court in Miami to attempting to materially support terrorism, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339A. According…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Tennessee State Senator and Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted for Alleged Campaign Finance Scheme

Government News

A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned an indictment Friday charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey and a Nashville social club owner with violating campaign finance laws as part of an…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

The U.S. Attorney Announces a $400,000 Award from the U.S. Department of Justice in Support of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) in the U.S. Virgin Islands

ST. THOMAS, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice in support…

October 25, 2021

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U.S. Attorney’s Office to Join Federal Law Enforcement Officers for a Press Conference Tomorrow in Myrtle Beach at 10 a.m.

Government News

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney Rhett DeHart announced today that a press conference will be held tomorrow, October 26, 2021, at 10 a.m., at the Myrtle Beach Police…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Fight in Rocky Mount Hotel Leads to Drugs, Gun, and a 16 Year Sentence for Prior Federal Felon

RALEIGH, N.C. – On Friday, October 22, 2021, a Scotland Neck man was sentenced to 192 months in prison for narcotics and firearm violations while on post-release supervision for a prior federal…

October 25, 2021

2 mins read

Mexican National Convicted at Cocaine-Trafficking Trial

MOBILE, AL – A federal jury convicted a Mexican national last week for possessing with intent to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Gilberto…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

South Carolina Man Indicted for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Government News

WASHINGTON — A South Carolina man was indicted today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that…

October 25, 2021

1 min read

Justice Department Obtains Consent Decree in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Owners of Minneapolis Area Rental Properties

MINNEAPOLIS – The Justice Department today announced that it has obtained a consent decree with Reese Pfeiffer and several other defendants to resolve allegations that Pfeiffer violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA)…

October 25, 2021

2 mins read

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