SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, a federal jury found James Christopher Castle, 57, formerly of Petaluma, guilty of 35 counts in a bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin To Take Part In National Night Out
Detroit, MI – Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin will join law enforcement, community leaders and residents on Tuesday, August 3rd at several locations throughout Detroit to celebrate the National Night …
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Justice Department Settles With Florida’s Volusia County School District To Protect Students With Disabilities From Classroom Removals And Other Discrimination
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with Florida’s Volusia County School District (VCS) to address the district’s systemic and discriminatory practices that punish students with disabilities …
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Baker Man Sentenced to 112 Months in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Charges
Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Brian Spears, age 43, of Baker, Louisiana, to 112 months in federal prison following …
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Albuquerque man charged with drug trafficking and firearms violation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Richard “Fat Jesus” Wheeler, 38, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court on July 29 on charges of distribution of methamphetamine and carrying a …
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Navajo man sentenced to twelve years in prison for sexual abuse of a child in Indian Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Copey Ferlin Henderson, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 2 to twelve years …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Russell Wheeler, 49, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, appeared in federal court today for a detention hearing, charged with being a felon in possession of a …
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Leader of Transnational Money-Laundering Network Pleads Guilty to Aiding Drug-Trafficking Organizations, While Co-Conspirator is Sentenced
A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug-trafficking …
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Paul E. Lubienecki, 63, of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to stalking. …
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Woman, teen shot in parking lot outside Ocala Mall
by Dinesh Patelby Dinesh PatelOCALA, FL – A woman and a teenager were shot outside the Ocala Paddock Mall today. Police received initial reports that there was an active shooter in the mall, however, …
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How the Murphy administration is using rare outbreak in LGBTQ vacation spot to push new mask mandate
by Your Newsby Your NewsNew Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli is the latest health official using a rare COVID-19 in the Massachusetts town of Provincetown as a reason for New Jerseyans to …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
U.S. Attorney’s Statement on Second Anniversary of Walmart Shooting
Ashley C. Hoff, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, releases this statement on the second anniversary of the mass shooting in an El Paso Walmart that …
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Gaithersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $6 Million Taken from Victims of Elder Romance Scheme
Greenbelt, Maryland – Lesley Annor, age 23, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection with a romance scheme in which conspiracy members induced …
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Stonecrest man sentenced to jail for defrauding the USDA COVID-19 relief program
ATLANTA – Christopher Hayes has been sentenced for defrauding the USDA’s Coronavirus Food Relief Program and attempting to defraud the IRS’s COVID-19 relief program. “The government has provided significant relief …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Peoria Man Sentenced to 240 Months for Attempted Enticement of a Minor
Peoria, Ill. – A Peoria, Ill. man, Jimmy Deffenbaugh, 71, has been sentenced to 240 months in prison, to be followed by lifetime supervised release, for attempted enticement of a …
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Stoneham Woman Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
BOSTON – A Stoneham woman pleaded guilty today in connection with her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance using stolen identities. Lilly Nguyen, 24, pleaded guilty …
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Monongalia County man sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking operation
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Andrew Benson, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 16 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former Nike Marketing Manager Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Company
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former marketing manager at Nike, Inc. was sentenced to more than two-and-a-half years in federal prison today for perpetrating a scheme to defraud his former employer and a …
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Ringleader of Schemes to Steal and Sell Construction Equipment, Recreation Vehicles Sentenced
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Cranston man who organized and executed schemes to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, and trailers from dealerships …
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Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl to Canonsburg Resident who Died of an Overdose
PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to serve 84 months of imprisonment for a violation of the federal narcotics …
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Stockton Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Benefits and Identity-Theft Fraud Schemes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hopelyn Rhiannon Ausk, 25, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
SCDC Inmate Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy
Columbia, South Carolina —- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated that Kenneth Bryant Evans, a/k/a “Country,” 38, of Aiken County, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison …
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Couple Sentenced for Feigning Blindness for VA & Social Security Benefits
WICHITA, KAN. – A husband and wife from Hutchinson, Kansas, have been sentenced for deceiving the federal government about a medical condition to receive benefit payments. Addison Lewis, 41, and …
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man who was caught with fentanyl earlier this year pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime. James Lennon Pace, 32, pleaded guilty to possession with intent …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Leader of Transnational Money Laundering Network Pleads Guilty to Aiding Drug Trafficking Organizations, While Co-Conspirator is Sentenced
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf …