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Department of Justice Press Releases
Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Ammunition Offense
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Nicholas Mendes, 40, pleaded guilty to one …
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Franklin County Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressHARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that March 22, 2022, Adam Neftali Santana, age 37, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 …
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Fayetteville Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Contract Fraud Schemes
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressRALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville woman was sentenced today to 108 months in prison. On September 30, 2021, Stephanie Dianna Elliott pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire …
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Delaware County Attorney Sentenced To 36 Months’ Imprisonment For Bank Fraud And Identity Theft Offenses
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressSCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 22, 2022, Dory L. Sater, age 47, formerly of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was …
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Correctional Officer At FCI Dublin Charged For Abusive Sexual Contact With Female Inmate
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressOAKLAND – Enrique Chavez appeared yesterday in federal court to face an indictment charging him with two counts of abusive sexual contact against a prison inmate at the Federal Correctional …
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Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressA Fort Worth man who allegedly sold fake Percocet pills laced with fentanyl has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas …
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Maine Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $500,000 From New Hampshire Company
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCONCORD – Jessica Pechtel, 35, of Springvale, Maine pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. …
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Toledo Business Owner Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than 1.1 Million in Restitution After Pleading Guilty to Evading Income Taxes
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressActing U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Michael Meridieth, 41, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay 1,125,268.84 …
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Livingston man who possessed stolen firearm sentenced to two years in prison
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBILLINGS — A Livingston man who admitted to possessing a stolen firearm after a traffic stop led to his arrest was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be …
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Sanford Foster Parent Indicted For Child Exploitation Offenses
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressOrlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Justin Dwayne Johnson, Sr. (47, Sanford) with 12 counts …
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Serial Armed Bank Robber Sentenced to Over 25 Years after Attempting to Murder Pennsylvania State Trooper During Arrest
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christopher Larue, 44, of Lansdale, PA, was sentenced to 25 years and one day in prison, five years of supervised …
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Bronx Man Charged with Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Cocaine
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – A New York man was arrested today on charges of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. David …
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Alleged Carroll County Drug Dealer Arrested on Federal Charges, Second Defendant Remains a Fugitive
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBaltimore, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging two defendants in connection with a drug distribution conspiracy operating in the Westminster area of Carroll County, Maryland. Approximately …
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Madison Resident Sentenced to 108 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Illegally Possessing Firearms
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andre L. McClinton, 50, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge …
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Lawrence Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl. Junior Turbis, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard …
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Essex County Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Role in Armed Carjacking
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, U.S. …
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Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty in Insider Trading Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty today to trading on inside information about a Massachusetts company’s planned acquisition of a California semiconductor company. John Younis, 59, of Bristol, …
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Montgomery Man Charged As Leader Of Organized Armed Robbery Conspiracy With Six Other Defendants
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of …
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FBI Foils Delaware Man’s Murder-for-Hire Plot
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressWILMINGTON, Del. – A Wilmington man was arrested today on charges of devising a plot to engage in interstate murder-for-hire. According to court documents, Javier A. Rodriguez, age 47, hired …
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Peabody Construction Company Owner Sentenced for Tax and Workers’ Compensation Fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – The former owner of a Peabody construction company was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to defraud the IRS of payroll taxes and to defraud his workers’ …
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Midland Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Gun Charges
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressALPINE – A Midland man pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess fentanyl and one count of illegal possession of a firearm. According to court documents, between …
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Jury finds local man guilty of shooting, killing former girlfriend’s ex-husband in front of victim’s children
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDAYTON, Ohio – A federal jury has convicted a Dayton man of traveling interstate to murder the former husband of his then-girlfriend after cyberstalking the victim. Sterling H. Roberts, …
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Four Men Indicted for $16 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressFAYETTEVILLE – Four men were charged in an indictment unsealed today in the Western District of Arkansas for an alleged $16 million wire fraud and money laundering scheme involving fake …
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Second Co-Conspirator Federally Indicted in Kidnapping Resulting in Death of Wilmington Resident
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressWILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment yesterday charging an additional Wilmington man …