West Falls Man Pleads Guilty To Child Exploitation Charge At Start Of Federal Trial

CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that, as jury selection was scheduled to get underway in his federal trial, Nicholas Turnquist, 36, of…

July 7, 2022

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

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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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Clay County Convicted Felon Arrested On Federal Drug And Firearm Charges

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Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Shawntae Jamell Clark (41, Clay County) with possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more…

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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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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Hampton Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Loan Fraud While in BOP Halfway House

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Hampton man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for falsely applying for loans intended to grant COVID-19 relief to small businesses. According to court documents,…

July 7, 2022

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The Justice Department announced today that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, 46, was sentenced to serve 252 months in prison with credit for time served for depriving George Floyd Jr. and…

July 7, 2022

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Three Plead Guilty to Straw Purchasing Multiple Firearms

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BECKLEY, W.Va. – Three Beckley-area residents pleaded guilty today to federal charges involving multiple straw purchases of firearms. Jaleel Delaney, 27, and Dejaha Morris, 23, pleaded guilty to making false statements in…

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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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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Former Mayor of Guayama, Puerto Rico Sentenced for Accepting Bribes

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The former mayor of the Municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico, Eduardo Cintrón-Suárez, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his involvement in a bribery scheme…

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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Iowa Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

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United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Waterloo, Iowa, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 5, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E.…

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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Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Assault on Federal Law Enforcement Officer

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Jackson, Miss. – A Jackson man pled guilty to assault on a federal law enforcement officer, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal…

July 7, 2022

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Bridgeport Man Charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm

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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that…

July 7, 2022

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