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Massage parlor owner arrested for prostitution, human trafficking

BROWARD COUNTY, FL – The Broward Sheriff’s Office Organized Crime Unit, in conjunction with detectives from the Hollywood Police Department, arrested a Miami woman on Thursday for operating four massage parlors in…

January 20, 2022

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FBI conducts search at Democrat Senator Henry Cuellar’s home as Dems plan to primary him

Featured News·Politics·US and World News

Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar said through a spokesperson that he would fully cooperate with the FBI after it conducted a “court-authorized” search of his home Wednesday. “The FBI was present in…

January 20, 2022

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Ex-Pro Skateboarder Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison for Selling Methamphetamine and Laundering Bitcoin Drug Proceeds

Department of Justice Press Releases

SANTA ANA, California – A former professional skateboarder was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for selling nearly two pounds of methamphetamine and laundering Bitcoin for the darkweb operations of…

January 20, 2022

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Defendant Charged In $1.9 Million Covid-19 Fraud Scheme

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Labor Office…

January 20, 2022

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Springdale Man Sentenced To 50 Years in Federal Prison for Multiple Child Sexual Abuse Offenses

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

FAYETTEVILLE – Matthew Ray Lawson, 34, was sentenced today to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole and ordered to pay $30,000.00 collectively in fines and restitution on three counts…

January 20, 2022

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ICE HSI investigation leads to conviction for harboring undocumented workers

Government News

COVINGTON, Ky. — Following a three-day jury trial in federal court, an Alexandria, Kentucky, couple was convicted of harboring undocumented workers. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Carlton S. Shier,…

January 19, 2022

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Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 57 Months’ Imprisonment For Methamphetamine Trafficking

Department of Justice Press Releases

SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Richard Notarfrancesco, age 30, formerly of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 13, 2022, to 57 months’ imprisonment…

January 18, 2022

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Bakersfield Resident Sentenced to over 16 Years in Prison for Trafficking Narcotics

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

FRESNO, Calif. — Jorge Chavez, 36, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 16 years and eight months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana, U.S. Attorney Phillip…

January 17, 2022

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Sioux Falls Men Charged with Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Drug User in Possession of a Firearm

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that two Sioux Falls, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Drug User in…

January 17, 2022

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Universal Aryan Brotherhood Member Who Killed a Man in 2017 Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy

Department of Justice Press Releases

Universal Aryan Brotherhood member Dylan Rose, 30, pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. As part of the conspiracy, he admitted to…

January 17, 2022

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Westampton man charged for distribution CSM

Burlington County News·Police Blotter

WESTAMPTON, NJ -Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Westampton Township Police Chief Stephen Ent announced that a 35-year-old Westampton Township man has been charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.…

January 14, 2022

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Erie Man to Sentenced 8 Years in Prison for Receiving Child Sex Abuse Materials

Department of Justice Press Releases

ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 8 years in prison and ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution on his conviction of violating federal…

January 14, 2022

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Members of Retail Theft Organization Face Federal and State Charges

Department of Justice Press Releases

Members of a large-scale theft ring have been charged by Federal and State prosecutors for their roles in an organization whose operations crossed state lines and caused more than $10 million in…

January 13, 2022

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ICE HSI, partner, child sexual abuse investigation leads to life sentence for North Dakota man

Government News

BISMARCK, N.D. – A southwestern North Dakota man was sentenced in federal court Monday to life in prison for transporting a minor for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The case was investigated…

January 13, 2022

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Clearfield County Woman Pleads Guilty in Meth Distribution Conspiracy

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Clearfield County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Amber Gallaher,…

January 13, 2022

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Indiana man sentenced to 18 years in prison for sex trafficking conspiracy

Department of Justice Press Releases·Government News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Matthew “Stacks” Woods, 32, of Indiana, was sentenced in federal court on Jan. 10 to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by means of force, threats, fraud and coercion and…

January 12, 2022

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Sinaloa Cartel Drug Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison

Department of Justice Press Releases

Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Roberto Gallegos-Lechuga, a drug trafficker and money launderer for the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced…

January 12, 2022

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Leader of multimillion-dollar tobacco tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy sentenced to prison

Department of Justice Press Releases

Seattle – A leader of a scheme to cheat Washington State out of more than $10 million in tobacco excise taxes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 26…

January 12, 2022

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U.S. Attorney’s Office Recognizes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Department of Justice Press Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina reaffirms its commitment to combating all forms of human…

January 11, 2022

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Peoria Man Sentenced to 190 Months in Prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute

Department of Justice Press Releases

PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dustin R. Test, 39, of the 1900 block of South Stanley Street, was sentenced on January 6, 2022, to 15 years and 10 months’ imprisonment,…

January 10, 2022

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