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            WASHINGTON – After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) shift commander Willie M. Burks III, 42, of failing to stop an officer under his…

FORT WAYNE – Brian Nordan, 44, and Dustin Coleman, 43, both of Cassopolis, Michigan, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty upon their pleas of guilty to wire…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 12-count indictment was unsealed today charging West Sacramento residents Kimberly Acevedo, 50, and Philip Rich, 49, with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, possession of stolen mail, and unlawful…

FRESNO, Calif. — Michael Shafer, 33, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute…

COUNCIL BLUFF, IA – On Friday, July 23, 2021, Hershal James Ratliff, age 71, long time businessman and owner of Jimmy’s All American Malt Shop and Grill in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Terry William Jimenez Morales, of Strasburg, Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Morales, 26, pleaded guilty today to one count…

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police…

BOSTON – A Stoughton man with ties to the Orchard Gardens housing development in Roxbury was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on drug trafficking charges. Dashawn Matthews, 31, was sentenced…

HOUSTON – Three illegal aliens from Central America have been ordered to prison following their multiple convictions involving conspiracy to rob a drug dealer, drug trafficking, as well as firearms and immigration…

AUGUSTA, GA:  With the sentencing of the lead defendant, the prosecution of a major Richmond County drug trafficking conspiracy has resulted in convictions of all eight defendants – including a man and…

A Texas man was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the…

A former IRS officer was sentenced today to three years in prison for obstructing federal tax laws, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah. Former Revenue Officer Sonya Vivar, 55, pleaded guilty in…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Las Vegas resident was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for robbing two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers while they were delivering the mail. According…

Greenville, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that three South Carolinians have been sentenced by a federal judge after pleading guilty to bank fraud charges in schemes…

WAYCROSS, GA:  A former prison guard has admitted participating in a drug trafficking operation in south Georgia that included smuggling contraband to inmates. Jessica Azaelae Burnett, a/k/a “The Madam,” 41, of Douglas,…

CHICAGO — A Chicago man was sentenced today to more than a year in federal prison for participating in an illegal gambling business that involved wagers on professional and collegiate sporting events.…

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on July 22, 2021, Bridgette Lawlor, 34, of Bellows Falls, Vermont, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington,…

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a money laundering conspiracy. Jose Ernesto Pujols, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy…

LAFAYETTE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury has returned 11 separate indictments charging 11 individuals with fraudulently applying for and receiving disaster…