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NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to acquiring over 50,000 dosage units of prescription medications through fraudulent means. “Pharmacy technicians are entrusted with safeguarding and maintaining prescription medications…

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Two New York State prison inmates and two others were indicted last week for conspiring to defraud COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs administered by the New York State…

          RIVERSIDE, California – The former mayor of Adelanto was arrested today by special agents of the FBI on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he accepted more than $57,000 in bribes…

BOSTON – A Lowell man was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 for firearms trafficking related to five separate sales, including the sale of an illegal sawed-off shotgun. Rathsomnang Neth, 24, was…

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Amber Ramos, of Hepzibah, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Ramos, also…

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Antonio Cortez Darden, of Maugansville, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Darden, 44, pleaded guilty this week to one…

SHERMAN, Texas – A Denton man has been indicted on federal sex offender registry violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Chad Allan Titus,…

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – James Matthew Hembree, of Snellville, Georgia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Hembree, 40, pleaded guilty today to one count of…

          LOS ANGELES – A High Desert physician remains in federal custody today after his arrest Wednesday on charges of illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances – including opioid-based medications –…

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Daniel King, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Superseding Indictment with three counts of bank robbery; four counts of armed…

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville, North Carolina woman, Lakisha Victoria McDougald, was sentenced today to 30 months and three years of supervised release for theft of government funds.  McDougald was also ordered…

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Duus, age 35, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 11, 2021, to 120 months’ imprisonment…

BOSTON – A Dracut man was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with the armed robbery of three convenience stores in Lowell and Tewksbury on Christmas Eve 2020. Michael Vangpa, 32, was…