State Department Partners With Refugee Coalition Groups Supporting Organizations With Alleged Terror Ties

The U.S. State Department joined an initiative to welcome Afghan refugees into the country that is sponsored by organizations supporting groups with possible ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, a Daily Caller News…

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School District Bans Man From Its Property For A Year For Refusing To Wear A Mask

A man from Rochester, Minnesota, was reportedly banned from all school district property for a year after refusing to wear a mask at a school board meeting Tuesday, the Post Bulletin reported.…

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Biden to Pay $450,000 To Illegal Immigrant Families Separated At Border: REPORT

The Biden administration is considering paying illegal immigrant families who were separated at the border under former President Donald Trump’s policies up to $450,000 per person, The Wall Street Journal reported on…

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Broward School Takes Elementary Students To Gay Bar

Wilton Manors Elementary School brought students to Rosie’s, a local gay bar, for a field trip, a school board member announced Wednesday. Broward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi attended the field…

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Former Monroe Police Officer Indicted for Assaulting an Arrestee and Attempting to Cover it Up

MONROE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Douglas…

Federal Indictment Returned Charging Ruston Man with Making Threats Against Member of Congress

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Chase Levi Thibodeaux, 38, of Ruston, Louisiana, with threatening a…

Monroe Man Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds and Money Laundering

SHREVEPORT, La. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Monroe, Louisiana man with fraudulently obtaining more than $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster…

Lost Creek Man Charged With Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Prostitution And Sexual Activity

WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Frank A. Nork, age 47, of Lost Creek, Pennsylvania, was indicted today by a federal grand jury…

County Councilman Sentenced to a year and a half in Federal Prison for False Statements While Trying to Buy a Firearm

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Kerry Trent Kinard, 50, of Bamberg, was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison after…

Jury Finds District Man Guilty of Child Exploitation and Child Sexual Abuse Offenses

WASHINGTON – A 62-year-old man, of Southeast Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of federal child exploitation offenses, including production of child [censored]ography,…

Selma Duo Convicted in Federal Gun, Drug, and Witness Tampering Trial

MOBILE, AL – A federal jury convicted a Selma, Alabama man and woman today for witness tampering and the man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine…

Selma Man Sentenced to 112 Months for Gun Crime

MOBILE, AL – A federal judge sentenced a Selma, Alabama man today to 112 months in prison for possessing a firearm while being a previously convicted felon. According to court documents…

Houma Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STEVE C. MERGEY (“MERGEY”), age 52, of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty today to Production of Child Pornography, in violation of…

Two Men Indicted for Firearms Trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today against Juan Manriquez, 20, of Antioch, and Andrew Tuma, 19, of Sacramento, charging them with unlawful manufacturing and dealing in…

Second Former State Employee Pleads Guilty in $2 Million Scheme to Defraud the Office of AIDS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Christine M. Iwamoto, 47, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to a scheme to divert funds from the California…

Great Falls woman admits methamphetamine conspiracy

GREAT FALLS – A Great Falls woman accused of working with others to bring methamphetamine from Las Vegas, Nevada, back to Montana for distribution admitted to a drug trafficking crime on Oct.…

Seven Defendants Sentenced Resulting from Drug and Firearm Trafficking Investigation at Motels

ALBANY, Ga. – Seven defendants guilty of various crimes related to a multi-agency drug and firearms investigation at several Southwest Georgia motels were sentenced for their crimes this week in federal court.…

Honduran National Charged with Transnational Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Extradited to the United States

Miami, Florida – Fredy Donaldo Marmol Vallejo (Marmol), 40, will make his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida today after being extradited from Honduras, his country of origin. An indictment…

Gadsden Man Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A tax preparer pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns on behalf of himself and his clients resulting in a tax loss to the U.S. taxpayer of more…

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Hardin woman who burned down house on Crow Indian Reservation sentenced to prison

BILLINGS — A Hardin woman who admitted to burning down a house on the Crow Indian Reservation in 2020 was sentenced on Oct. 27 to 30 months in prison to be followed…