Boston Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Offenses

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for gun and drug offenses. Omari Peterson, 39, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Douglas P. Woodlock to 66 months…

November 15, 2022

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Leader of Warner Robins Meth Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

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MACON, Ga. – The leader of a Middle Georgia methamphetamine trafficking network responsible for the distribution of approximately 16 kilograms of the drug pleaded guilty in federal court today resulting from an…

November 15, 2022

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Inmate Pleads Guilty to Possessing Weapon at FCI McDowell

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BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Artemas Roberts, 42, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McDowell, pleaded guilty today to possession of a weapon by an inmate of a federal prison. According to…

November 15, 2022

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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Possessing Ammunition

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BOSTON – A Cambridge man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing ammunition as a previously convicted felon. Kyle Evans, 36, of Cambridge, pleaded guilty on Nov. 9,…

November 15, 2022

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Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman and Architecture Firm Owner Sentenced in Bribery Case

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BOSTON – The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture-and-design firm in Providence, R.I. were sentenced today for bribery relating to the Tribe’s plans to build…

November 15, 2022

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Previously convicted man from Shiprock sentenced to eight months for escaping custody

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Thomas Navaho, 29, of Shiprock New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo…

November 15, 2022

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Sending meth-laced mail into federal detention center lands Corpus woman in prison

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 54-year-old woman residing in Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison for mailing meth-laced papers disguised as mail to the Coastal Bend Detention Center (CBDC), announced…

November 15, 2022

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Jury convicts local man for possession of a pipe bomb

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A federal jury in Corpus Christi has convicted a 44-year-old man for possessing an unregistered destructive device, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. The jury deliberated for approximately…

November 15, 2022

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Man from Pueblo of Jemez sentenced to three years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Edward Ray Loretto was sentenced on Nov. 14 to three years and one month in…

November 15, 2022

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Pike County Drug Trafficker Sentenced to over Seven Years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Distribution in the Natchez, Mississippi Area

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Natchez, Miss. – A Pike County man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III, to 87 months in federal prison for participation in an interstate drug trafficking operation…

November 15, 2022

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Louisiana Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participating in an Interstate Drug Trafficking Operation

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Natchez, Miss. – A Vidalia, Louisiana man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette, III, to 14 months in federal prison for his participation in an interstate drug trafficking…

November 15, 2022

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Bixby Man Sentenced to Serve Five Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets from Oklahoma City Oil and Gas Company

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, JOSHUA DECKER, 37, of Bixby, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to steal trade secrets, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester for…

November 15, 2022

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Criminals Siphon Money from Local Businesses via Stolen Checks

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DETROIT – Eight people were indicted by a grand jury for a bank fraud conspiracy scheme stemming from checks stolen from the mail, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison…

November 15, 2022

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Drexel Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Failed Bank Robbery, Firearms

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Drexel, Mo., man who shot at law enforcement officers while fleeing from a failed bank robbery was sentenced in federal court today. Jacob Allen Monteer, 30, was…

November 15, 2022

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Michigan Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support To ISIS

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DETROIT – A Michigan man was charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, commonly known as ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and for…

November 15, 2022

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Justice Department Launches Civil Investigation of Worcester Police Department

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BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Worcester Police Department…

November 15, 2022

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Trumbull Felon Admits Possessing Firearms, Including Ghost Guns, and Ammunition

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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that JACK JAKUPS, 39, of Trumbull, pleaded guilty…

November 15, 2022

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Prison sentences for drug trafficker, two ex-prison guards wrap up meth-distribution conspiracy

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WAYCROSS, GA: A South Georgia man who participated in a widespread drug-trafficking conspiracy and two state prison guards who smuggled drugs behind bars are among the final defendants sentenced to federal prison…

November 15, 2022

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Boulder Man Pleads Guilty to Covid Fraud

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DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Russell Bryant Lester, age 41, of Boulder, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for taking money…

November 15, 2022

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Branford Sex Offender Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Possessing & Distributing Child Sex Abuse Images

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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL HOLM, 43, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 156…

November 15, 2022

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