Michigan City Man Sentenced to 292 Months in Prison

SOUTH BEND – Opediah Barnett, 31 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to two counts of production of…

December 15, 2023

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Former Owner of Plymouth Restaurant Sentenced for Tax Evasion

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BOSTON – The former owner of a beachfront restaurant and bar in Plymouth was sentenced today for concealing business income from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and paying restaurant employees under the…

December 15, 2023

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Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

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BOSTON – A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to leading a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Estarlin Ortiz-Alcantara, 37, pleaded guilty…

December 15, 2023

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Sudbury Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

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BOSTON – A former bookkeeper for a Lexington interior design firm pleaded guilty today to bank fraud charges in connection with her embezzling more than $180,000 from her former employer. Christina Iannelli,…

December 15, 2023

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Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Charges

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced yesterday to five years in federal prison for possession of a firearm a felon and possession of cocaine and marijuana with the…

December 15, 2023

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Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Two men were sentenced yesterday for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl which resulted in serious bodily injury to two victims. According to public court documents,…

December 15, 2023

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District Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Felony Second Degree Theft For Stealing from CVS after Multiple Prior Theft Convictions

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WASHINGTON – Jamal Calloway, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to sixteen months incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release for felony second degree theft by the…

December 15, 2023

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Recovery of Nearly a Kilo of Fentanyl in Scarborough Leads to 13 Year Sentence for Massachusetts Man

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PORTLAND, Maine: A career offender from Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for possessing 400 grams or more of fentanyl with intent to distribute. Chief Judge Jon D.…

December 15, 2023

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Former L.A. Resident Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Prison for Running Cons Targeting Members of Orthodox Jewish Community

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LOS ANGELES – A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 80 months in federal prison for defrauding investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community,…

December 15, 2023

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Former Edinboro Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Receipt and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

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ERIE, PA – A former resident of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to…

December 15, 2023

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Two Men Sentenced for Fraudulent Rural Hospital Billing Scheme

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Two Florida men were sentenced today for their roles in a multi-state scheme to defraud insurance companies by using rural hospitals to bill for urine drug testing that was not reimbursable and…

December 15, 2023

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Cape Girardeau Man Sentenced to Serve 7 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm Later Used in Bar Shootout

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CAPE GIRARDEAU – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Jeremiah R. Twiggs, age 40, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced Friday to 7 years in federal prison following his guilty plea to the…

December 15, 2023

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Nash County Duo Sentenced After Theft of Nearly Sixty Firearms Leads to Their Arrest

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Nash County man who bought and sold stolen guns from a Nashville resident was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of…

December 15, 2023

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Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Assault of Federal Agent and Brandishing Firearm in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

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Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Ivan Carmona (also known as “Flacco”), 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced in the United States District…

December 15, 2023

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Farmington Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DENIS MURTIC, 38, of Farmington, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to…

December 15, 2023

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Activist Pleads Guilty to Defacing a Degas Exhibit at the National Gallery of Art

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WASHINGTON – A New York woman pleaded guilty today to one count of causing injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit in the May 26,…

December 15, 2023

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Mount Dora Man Arrested For Possession Of Child Sex Abuse Material

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Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Brett Baldwin (43, Mount Dora) him with possession of child sex abuse material. …

December 15, 2023

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Four Men Charged with Allegedly Running Drug Trafficking Ring that Shipped Wholesale Amounts of Narcotics to Indo-Pacific Region

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LOS ANGELES – Two Orange County men have been arrested on a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a transnational drug trafficking organization that exported wholesale amounts of cocaine and…

December 15, 2023

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Lodge Grass meth trafficker sentenced to more than five years in prison for role in large conspiracy based on Crow Indian Reservation

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BILLINGS — A Lodge Grass woman who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine as part of a large-scale conspiracy based on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced on Dec. 14 to five years and…

December 15, 2023

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Maryland Man Receives 41-Month Sentence for COVID-19 Relief Fund Fraud

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NEWARK, N.J. – Today, a Maryland resident was sentenced to 41 months in prison for fraudulent activities involving over $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the…

December 15, 2023

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