Democrats Announce Crackdown on Illegal Gun Sales

Trenton – In an effort to crack down on illegal gun sales, Senator Troy Singleton, in collaboration with Attorney General Mathew Platkin, today introduced legislation to expand culpability requirements for unlawful firearms…

Security Guard Arrested For Enticing 13-Year-Old To Repeatedly Produce Sexually Explicit Material

Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Brett Avery Tipton (40, Rockledge) on a criminal complaint charging him with enticing a minor to produce child sexual…

Bronson Man Sentenced to more than 10 years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping

A man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend was sentenced today, to more than 10 years in federal prison. Zachary Smith, 21, from Bronson, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 25, 2022,…

Bucks County Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Assaulting a Reproductive Healthcare Clinic Escort

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Mark Houck, 48, of Kintnersville, PA, was charged by Indictment with a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE)…

Philadelphia Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing a Firearm with an Extended Magazine While on Parole for Robbery

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Tyree Little, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty earlier this week, just before trial was scheduled to begin today, to illegally possessing…

KENOSHA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO INJURING POLICE OFFICER DURING AUGUST 2020 CIVIL DISORDER

United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on September 23, 2022, Ashton Howard (age: 29) pleaded guilty to obstructing a law enforcement officer while that…

New Bill Seeks to Protect New Jersey Children from Dangerous Irreversible Gender Procedures

TRENTON, NJ – Senator Ed Durr has introduced legislation to protect children from irreversible treatments and surgeries that would change their sex, prevent or delay puberty, or result in sterilization. “Children do…

Two Maryland Men Charged with Trafficking Thousands of Fentanyl Pills into Connecticut

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal…

IRS Obtains Court Order Authorizing Summons For Records Relating To U.S. Taxpayers Who Failed To Report And Pay Taxes On Cryptocurrency Transactions

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David A. Hubbert, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner of…

Haitian National Pleads Guilty to Firearms Trafficking

Denver – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Haitian national Peniel Olibris, age 32, has pleaded guilty to smuggling goods, specifically firearms, from the United States. According…

Rhinelander Man Sentenced to 25 Years’ Imprisonment for Child Sex Trafficking

United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on September 21, 2022, Paul S. Osterman (age: 36) of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 25 years in…

Sleep and Respiratory Equipment Manufacturer to Pay $1.2 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unlawful Kickbacks

Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics, Inc. (“Respironics”), a nationwide manufacturer of sleep and respiratory durable medical equipment (“DME”), has agreed to pay $1,283,825.40 to settle allegations that it…

Eight Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine in Akron, Portage and Trumbull County Areas

AKRON – First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that eight individuals were charged today in an 18-count superseding indictment with operating a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed methamphetamine throughout the…

Vernon Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Illegal Gun Possession

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONDELL CHAMBERS, 32, of Vernon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33…

First-Ever Paycheck Protection Program False Claims Act Whistleblower Case in Which the United States Intervened Against the Borrower Settles

MIAMI – Pan African Interchange LLC and Stanley Damas have agreed to pay $21,583.31 to resolve False Claims Act allegations arising from their false certifications that Pan African Interchange LLC would not…

Iranian Regime Cracks Down As Protesters Wreak Havoc Across The Country

Iranian Regime Cracks Down As Protesters Wreak Havoc Across The Country Micaela Burrow on September 22, 2022 At least nine people have died in clashes between protesters and Iranian security forces as…

Grand jury indicts 2 Cincinnati-area men of federal charges related to illegally flying drones over professional sporting events

CINCINNATI – Two Cincinnati-area men have been charged with federal crimes alleging they illegally flew drones over professional sporting events in Cincinnati. A federal grand jury has charged the men in…

Straw Purchaser Sentenced To 58 Months In Federal Prison

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — David Tillman Deloach, 39, from Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to serve 58 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for using a stolen…

Harrison County woman admits to firearm charges

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Laken N. Swiger, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to conspiring with another individual to violate federal firearms laws, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Swiger, 28, pleaded…

Grand Jury Returns 17-Count Indictment Charging Gerald Brevard III With Murder, Multiple Counts of Assault, and Hate Crimes

WASHINGTON – An indictment was returned today charging Gerald Brevard III with a total of 17 charges, including first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to…

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