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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Quadri Garnes earlier today on charges of transmission of threats to injure after a five-day trial before United States District Judge …

WASHINGTON — Travon Eliy, also known as Travon Jackson, 38, was sentenced to 26 years in prison on Monday for assault with intent to kill a senior citizen in a …

Pittsburgh, PA – A Wilkinsburg man admitted in federal court to illegally possessing firearms and trying to obstruct their seizure after investigators uncovered multiple weapons inside a local residence, prosecutors …

RICHMOND, Va. — A 31-year-old New York man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to interfering with a flight crew after his threats and disruptive behavior aboard a May 2023 flight forced …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A federal grand jury has returned a 53-count indictment charging Renata Walton, 44, and Nicole Jones, 36, both of Olive Branch, Mississippi, with orchestrating multiple schemes to …

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Jamar Deontae Barnes, 42, of Stockton, admitted Tuesday to his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs, U.S. Attorney Phillip …

lbuquerque woman pleads guilty to selling illegal machine gun devices ALBUQUERQUE—An Albuquerque woman admitted in federal court to selling illegal machine gun conversion devices and conducting firearms transactions without a …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—A Rochester man was arrested and charged with transmitting interstate threats and stalking after allegedly threatening a police officer involved in his earlier arrest, U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment charging nine individuals with operating a money laundering network responsible for laundering millions of dollars obtained from internet fraud schemes, including business email …

MIAMI—A federal jury has convicted Gabriel Donato-Mendez, 48, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., on charges of conspiracy to export U.S. defense articles and attempted smuggling of defense articles, officials announced …

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Mason Neck, 35, of Rapid City, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, …

BALTIMORE — Idrissa Bagayoko, 58, owner of Maliba Trading LLC, has been convicted in federal court of selling an unregistered pesticide and recklessly transporting a probable carcinogen without proper documentation, …

MIAMI — Julian Flores, 25, and his mother, Lourdes Diaz, 56, both of Naples, Florida, have pleaded guilty to charges related to the violent armed robbery of $750,000 worth of …

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Sound Community Services, Inc., a behavioral health provider based in New London, has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of …

MINNEAPOLIS — Ricardo Rydell Walker, Jr., 21, of Ramsey County, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of carjacking and illegal possession of a firearm, according to U.S. Attorney …

WASHINGTON — Kenneth Josiah Hampton, 26, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty of drug trafficking and firearms offenses following a six-day jury trial in U.S. District Court, prosecutors announced …

NORFOLK, Va. — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to distribute fentanyl and other drugs by mail from California to Virginia, according …

URBANA, Ill. — Brett Michael Bartlett, 37, of Fountain Valley, California, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $22.5 million investment fraud scheme that defrauded …

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Evan Bobzin, 39, of Chester, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Wednesday for stealing nearly $2 million from his employer, Hoffman’s Gun Center in Newington, …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Travis Morgan Slaughter and Tripp Charles Slaughter, owners of multiple Jacksonville roofing businesses, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to …

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Arkady Malakhov, 52, of New York City, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully converting government funds, admitting to misusing $200,000 from a federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) …

BALTIMORE — Stephen L. Snyder, a prominent medical malpractice attorney from Baltimore, was found guilty by a federal jury of attempted extortion and seven counts of violating the Travel Act …

DES MOINES, Iowa — Carl Dale Markley, a former nurse practitioner and business owner from Ames, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of sex trafficking by fraud and coercion, admitting to …

NEW YORK — Thirteen individuals, including high-ranking officials in the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) and Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), have been charged with conspiring to import cocaine into …

HOUSTON — Dr. Rajesh Bindal, a 53-year-old neurosurgeon from Sugar Land, has agreed to pay $2,095,946 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to federal health care programs, the …