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ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Carrie A. Aughtry, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Aughtry, also known as “Corey Aughtry,”, 43,…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Reston man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to create counterfeit Economic Impact Payments,…

A Grand Prairie man was convicted yesterday of trafficking a 16-year-old girl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. After a two-day trial, a federal jury in…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Frederick M. Hilliard, of Charles Town, West Virginia, has admitted to a sex offender registry charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Hilliard, 66, pleaded guilty…

HOUSTON – A 40-year-old Houston resident has admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm while on supervised release from a previous conviction of the same crime, announced Acting U.S.…

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was…

LAREDO, Texas – A Laredo federal jury has convicted a 32-year-old Mexican citizen for conspiracy to import and importation of meth, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. The jury deliberated for…

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Chonnathason Has, a/k/a Bora Has, age 54, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years…

A man who fired a handgun into the air at an apartment complex while children were playing nearby was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. Sedrick Mac Johnson, Jr., age…

LONDON, Ky. – A Frankfort, Kentucky man, Patrick Baker, 43, was convicted on Wednesday, by a federal jury sitting in London, of first-degree murder committed during a drug trafficking crime.     …

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TORREL KNOX (“KNOX”), age 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on August 19, 2021 by U.S. District Court…

The inventor of cryptocurrency AriseCoin was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for duping investors out of more than $4 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of…

A man who received over $13,000 in fraudulently obtained CARES Act unemployment funds was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison.  Brian Lynn Whorton, age 55, from Marion, Iowa, received the…

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Robert Hardin, age 75, of Michigan, was charged today with interstate travel with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with a minor.  The announcement was made by…

BILLINGS — A Billings man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine after law enforcement officers seized about eight pounds of the drug and three loaded handguns from his vehicle during a stop near…

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NEWARK, N.J.  – A Newark man was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for his role in the September 2017 armed robbery of a jewelry exchange in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Acting…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Las Vegas tax preparer was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing fraudulent tax returns for her clients over approximately five years, causing a total…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Sedalia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for tax evasion. Duane Dixon, 59, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to three years…