Yankton meth dealer gets 10 years in prison

SOUTH DAKOTA – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) was sentenced on December 15, 2020, by U.S.…

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Chicago felon gets 8 years in prison for illegal gun

CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood. MARKELL THOMAS, 35,…

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NJ convicted felon gets 15 extra months leaving halfway house

NEWARK, N.J. –– A convicted felon was sentenced today to an additional 15 months in prison for escaping from a halfway house, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Joseph Reid, 40, previously pleaded…

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Canadian fashion executive Peter J. Nygard charged with sex trafficking

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal…

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Amarillo banker pleads guilty to embezzlement

AMARILLO, TEXAS – A former Amarillo banker pleaded guilty for her role in embezzling thousands of dollars from a local bank, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy…

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Asheville restaurant robber gets 7 years in prison

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Curtis Andrew Wallace, Jr., 30, of Asheville, was sentenced to 84 months in prison today for the armed robbery of an area restaurant, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for…

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Canadian woman sent powder-filled envelopes to Texas, feds say

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A Brownsville federal grand jury has indicted a Canadian woman for prohibitions with respect to biological weapons and making threats via interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick…

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Philadelphia man gets 6 years for 4 bank robberies

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Michael Edmondson, 53, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and…

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St. Francis Man gets 3 years for putting girlfriend in headlock

SAINT FRANCIS, SOUTH DAKOTA – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation was sentenced on December 14, 2020, by…

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McLaughlin woman used her home to sell pot, feds say

SOUTH DAKOTA – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman convicted of Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises was sentenced on December 14, 2020, by U.S. District Judge…

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Randolph County meth dealer faces gun and drug charges

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Melissa Elaine Caprio, of Elkins, West Virginia, is facing firearms and drug charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Caprio, 31, was indicted on one count of “Possession with…

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Catonsville heroin and fentanyl dealer gets 10 years in Baltimore

ALTIMORE, MARYLAND – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Jermol McCoy, age 37, of Catonsville, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy…

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Pine Ridge man indicted in shooting

PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon,…

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Pennsylvania man smuggled endangered parrots into the US

VERMONT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jafet Rodriguez, 40, of Hazleton Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions…

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Armed bank robber gets 8 years in jail

PITTSBURGH , PENNSYLVANIA – A resident of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of Armed Bank Robbery and Using and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation…

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North Carolina man used Facebook to lure 13-year-old for sex

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS —A North Carolina man was sentenced late Monday after traveling to Arkansas twice to have sex with a minor he enticed over the internet. United States District Court Judge…

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Two defrauded Medicare of $10 million, feds say

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Two home health agency owners are set to appear in federal court on charges they fraudulently billed more than $10 million to Medicare, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.…

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Toms River Mayor Mo Hill Still Working to Reduce Acreage Limit on Religious Housing

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill is working with federal authorities for guidance on how to reduce Toms River’s 10 acre minimum for houses of worship. There is no…

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UF Doctor is first in Florida to get COVID-19 vaccine

JACKSONVILLE, FL A group of 10 front-line health care workers at UF Health Jacksonville are believed to be the first in Florida, and possibly the Southeast, to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine…

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Rittman bank branch manager stole money from client with dementia

RITTMAN, OHIO – U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced today that Audrey Ivers Whitworth, 26, of Rittman, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Donald C. Nugent to 36 months of prison and…

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