New Orleans Man Sentenced for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The Honorable Sarah S. Vance sentenced ALONZO SMALL, age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, to 49 months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating the Federal Controlled Substances…

Kansas Cattle Trader Fined and Banned for Life After Repeated Violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act

WICHITA, KAN. – The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas fined a recidivist violator of statutory and regulatory federal livestock laws under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The District Court…

New Orleans Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Firearm Violation

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that, CHRISTOPHER ARANA, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced in the United States District Court in connection…

Indictment Charges Two With Violating Federal Drug Laws

ERIE, Pa. – Two former residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung…

Ham Lake Felon Sentenced to Prison for Cocaine Distribution, Firearms Violations

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Ham Lake man has been sentenced to 114 months in prison for illegally possessing multiple firearms and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, announced United States…

New Jersey Lawmakers Violate Styrofoam Cup Ban on Second Day of New Law

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey’s plastic bag and styrofoam ban went into effect on Tuesday. Few at the Statehouse, the state capitol building where lawmakers gather to vote on new laws, violated…

Albuquerque man sentenced to four years and three months in prison for federal firearms violations

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Devan Andrew Martinez, 34, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on May 5 to four years and three months in prison for being a felon in possession of…

Convicted Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – A convicted West Virginia sex offender pleaded guilty today to failing to provide information related to foreign travel as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).…

Two Charged for Illegal Cockfighting in Violation of the Animal Welfare Act in Bakersfield

FRESNO, Calif. — Today, a federal grand jury charged Jorge Calderon-Campos, 41, and Horacio Ortega-Martinez, 35, both Mexican nationals residing in Bakersfield, in separate indictments with unlawful possession of animals for an…

New Orleans Man Indicted For Violation of the Federal Gun Control Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JARON MCCREE, age 27, a resident of Orleans Parish, was charged on April 29, 2022 in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury for possessing a firearm…

Grand Isle Man Indicted for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LA – FLOYD ROBERTSON, age 26, of Grand Isle, Louisiana, was charged April 29, 2022, in a 4-count indictment by a federal grand jury with distribution of fifty (50) grams…

Thermo Fisher Scientific Chemicals Acknowledges Recordkeeping Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

BOSTON – Thermo Fisher Scientific Chemicals, Inc., an affiliate of the Waltham-based Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Thermo Fisher), has agreed to pay $25,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances…

Terrebonne Man Indicted For Trafficking Fentanyl and Firearms Violations

NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSHUA PICOU, age 30, of Houma, Louisiana, was charged on April 28, 2022 in a seven-count indictment by a federal…

KCF Technologies, Inc. To Pay $1.2 Million To Resolve Civil Liability For Alleged Violations Of The False Claims Act

HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that KCF Technologies, Inc., located in State College, PA, has agreed to pay the United States $1,226,436.14 to…

Cadott Pharmacy to Pay Civil Penalty for Controlled Substance Dispensing and Recordkeeping Violations

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Cadott Miller Pharmacy, Ltd., located in Cadott, Wisconsin, entered into a settlement agreement to…

Panamanian National Guilty of East Texas Drug Trafficking Violations

SHERMAN, Texas – A Panamanian national has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations during his federal trial in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Jorge Albeiro Silva-Salazar,…

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Presses Top Biden Climate Adviser Over Alleged Ethics Violations

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Presses Top Biden Climate Adviser Over Alleged Ethics Violations Thomas Catenacci on April 28, 2022 Oversight Committee Republicans sent a letter to White House National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy on…

Louisiana Man Guilty of East Texas Federal Firearms Violations

TYLER, Texas – A Baton Rouge man has been convicted of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Marland Henry Gibson, 52, was convicted…

South Bay Resident Charged With Federal Firearm Violation In The Wake Of January 2020 Shooting Death

SAN JOSE – The Office of the United States Attorney has filed a federal criminal complaint charging Marcus Pardo with a firearm-related crime in connection with a January 2020 shooting death near…

Federal agent charged with violating civil rights

McALLEN, Texas – A 28-year-old former Border Patrol (BP) employee is facing charges that he deprived the constitutional rights of a Honduran teenager, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Authorities took Gregson…

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