San Diego Resident Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

SAN DIEGO – Kaylar Junior Tawan Beltranlap of San Diego pleaded guilty today to distributing a counterfeit oxycodone pill laced with fentanyl that killed a 15-year-old Coronado High School sophomore, referred to…

July 7, 2022

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Mexican national admits to trafficking 11 kilograms of cocaine through border

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LAREDO, Texas – A 31-year-old man residing in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Sergio…

July 7, 2022

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Fourth Felon Who Possessed Guns Found During a Search of a House in Waterloo Sentenced to Federal Prison

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The final person charged after five guns were found during a search in Waterloo, Iowa, was sentenced July 6, 2022, to more than three years in federal prison. William Rashad Burt, age…

July 7, 2022

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Mexican National Captured On Drug Smuggling Vessel Sentenced To More Than 20 Years After Providing False Information To Law Enforcement During Cooperation

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Tampa, FL – Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Luis Alberto Bran-Lopez (43, Oaxaca, Mexico) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute…

July 7, 2022

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Major black tar heroin conspiracy in Katy lands three men in prison

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HOUSTON – Three men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Esteban Lopez Hernandez, 41,…

July 7, 2022

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Five Alleged Members of Enfield-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Enfield Police Chief Alaric Fox…

July 7, 2022

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Former Contracting Officer for the Department of Defense to Plead Guilty in Conspiracy to Defraud the Government

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BOSTON – An Uxbridge man has agreed to plead guilty to his role in a conspiracy to defraud the government of thousands of dollars from 2014 to 2018. Thomas Bouchard, 59, of…

July 7, 2022

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Three Men Federally Indicted for Insider Trading, Securities Fraud

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MINNEAPOLIS – Three men have been indicted for their roles in an insider trading conspiracy involving a medical device company’s nonpublic business acquisition deal. According to court documents, beginning in January 2018…

July 7, 2022

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Birmingham Store Manager Pleads Guilty to Food Stamp and Tax Fraud

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The manager of a Birmingham grocery store pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to wire and tax fraud for his unlawful manipulation of the Supplemental Nutrition Act Program…

July 7, 2022

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Fourth Circuit Upholds Multiple Life Sentences for Raleigh Gang Leaders Convicted on RICO charges and Gang-Related Murders

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RALEIGH, N.C. – A three-judge panel from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a unanimous, published opinion affirming the trial convictions and multiple life sentences for gang leaders who were…

July 7, 2022

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KC Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime in Attempted Murder of Teen

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court today to committing a hate crime by shooting a local teenager eight times in an attempted murder that was…

July 7, 2022

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Woman admits to $12M drug trafficking conspiracy

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LAREDO, Texas – A 46-year-old out-of-state woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a conspiracy to import over 3,700 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Patricia Pinto, Crete,…

July 7, 2022

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Ford County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Kidnapping

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URBANA, Ill. – A Roberts, Illinois, man, Paul Theesfield, 37, of the 200 block of Maple Avenue, pleaded guilty on July 6, 2022, to attempted kidnapping. Sentencing for Theesfield has been scheduled…

July 7, 2022

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Las Vegas Man Charged with Theft of Firearms from St. George Firearms Dealer

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SALT LAKE CITY – Brett Clinton Combs, 41, of Las Vegas, was charged by a federal grand jury in the District of Utah with theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms…

July 7, 2022

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Weirton Medical Center, a hospital located in Weirton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the…

July 7, 2022

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West Virginia Hospital to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Allegations Concerning Impermissible Financial Relationships with Referring Physicians

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WHEELING – Weirton Medical Center, a hospital located in Weirton, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or…

July 7, 2022

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Cleveland Man Sentenced to Prison for Leading Conspiracy that Purchased Thousands Worth of Jewelry Using Stolen Financial Information

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Hasan Howard, 23, of Cleveland, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi to more than six years in prison and ordered to pay $261,319.28 in restitution…

July 7, 2022

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Arizona Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Obstruction of Justice

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United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Phoenix, Arizona, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Obstructing Justice by Retaliating Against a Witness, Victim or Informant, was…

July 7, 2022

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Jamaican Man Who Supplied Flight Attendant with 60 Pounds of Cocaine to Smuggle at LAX Sentenced to Nearly 14 Years in Prison

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LOS ANGELES – A Jamaican national was sentenced today to 165 months in federal prison for supplying a JetBlue flight attendant with nearly 60 pounds of cocaine that she attempted to…

July 7, 2022

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Oronogo Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping Webb City Woman

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A southwest Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court today to kidnapping a Webb City, Mo., woman and threatening to kill her and her family unless she recanted her…

July 7, 2022

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