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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DONTRELL MATHEWS, age 42,  a resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a one-count superseding bill of information charging …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man was sentenced today to five years in prison for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.  According …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former Overland Park, Kansas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling $3.1 million from his employer and failing to pay nearly $1 million …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Denzil Weatherspoon, 29, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An Auxvasse, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for growing marijuana and illegally possessing dozens of firearms. Darrin Dale Smithee, 56, was sentenced by …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Columbia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to meet a law enforcement officer, posing online as a 14-year-old girl, for illegal …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man, Trevor Davis, 29, pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made during the plea hearing, on January 9, 2020, …

BAY CITY – A Harrison man was sentenced to 480 months (40 years) in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and for engaging …

            WASHINGTON – Danielle Bartley, 26, a former Capital One Bank employee from Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for …

Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale has sentenced three South Florida residents to prison terms for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the State of …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A Virginia man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for possessing images of the sexual abuse of children.  Ian Andrew Zearley, 40, of Louisa County, …

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Joshua David Harrington, 35, of Modesto, charging him with one count of being a felon in possession …

  FRESNO, Calif. —Four defendants who were Sureno gang members and associates have been indicted today by a federal grand jury in Fresno, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Jonathan …

DAYTON, Ohio – A federal jury has convicted a Dayton businessman of crimes related to the fraudulent diversion of funds from an insurance claim.   Brian Higgins, 50, was found …

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Desmond Lamar Divine, 20, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A man who sexually exploited two girls and committed child [censored]ography offenses was sentenced January 18 to 140 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Immigration and …

Two Children and Two Adults Tragically Perish PEMBINA N.D. — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Grand Forks Sector stopped a smuggling attempt yesterday near Humboldt, Minnesota, rescuing five …

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station encountered a convicted felon in possession of a loaded firearm, Jan. 19. Agents assigned to …

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

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner denounced Gov. Phil Murphy’s latest executive order eliminating a Covid-19 testing option for unvaccinated health care workers as it puts the state’s …

EVANSVILLE – An Evansville man was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child in his care and creating images of the abuse. According to …