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NEW ORLEANS – CLARENCE “BILLY” BURKETTE, age 55, a resident of Slaughter, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on November 9, 2023, to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to …

The Justice Department announced today that Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has agreed to offer treatment with any Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medication for opioid use disorder (OUD) to all individuals …

ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Charles County, Missouri on Thursday admitted selling firearms without a license, including over 30 that were recovered at or after crimes. Harry Trueblood, …

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Castle Shannon, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and …

MISSOULA—Three Montanans accused of trafficking fentanyl in the Missoula and Helena communities admitted to charges today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Nikolas Loren Pellant, 34, and Lynsi Noel Barnes, 32, …

            WASHINGTON – Marcus Hawkins, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 42-month prison term for burglarizing a home located in the 400 …

A Russian national pleaded guilty today to his role in developing and deploying the malicious software known as Trickbot, which was used to launch cyber-attacks against American hospitals and other …

PORTLAND, Maine: A Berwick man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today to distributing, and possessing with intent to distribute, methamphetamine and fentanyl. According to court records, in January …

A federal judge sentenced a medical clinic owner and a pharmacy technician for their involvement in a clinical trial fraud scheme that included the falsification and fabrication of clinical trial …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – VINH NGUYEN, age 39, of Gretna,  pled guilty on November 29, 2023 to one (1) count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute …

HOUSTON – A 55-year-old Baytown woman has been ordered to prison for wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Judy M. Green pleaded guilty April 27, admitting to embezzling …

           WASHINGTON – Two men from Louisiana have been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol …

LAREDO, Texas – A 39-year-old man has been sentenced for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jose Pedro Garcia pleaded guilty Aug. 8. …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Rubiel Perez, 29, of Allentown, Pennsylvania was arrested and charged by Indictment with two counts of Hobbs Act robbery, one …

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 34-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than four kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. On Oct. …

WASHINGTON – INTERPOL Washington, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France, recently marked the completion of Operation Atlas, a year-long joint operation to find and …

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Allen Lee Glover (25, Orlando) to six years and five months in federal prison for possessing a loaded firearm as …

An indictment was unsealed on Monday alleging that the chief executive officer of a California business caused unauthorized charges to be placed on thousands of consumer credit and debit card …

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thadusse Hartridge, age 22, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, in Minersville, Pennsylvania, …

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Coalport, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 87 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release …

BANGOR, Maine:  A Brewer woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for wire fraud and making false statements to a mortgage lending business. She was also sentenced …

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Floyd C. Hose, Jr., age 38, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 70 months in …

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Des Moines man was sentenced on November 16, 2023 to 13-and-a-half years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. According to public …

ATLANTA – The Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) and Georgia Tech Research Corporation (“GTRC”) have agreed to pay $90,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act …

NEW BERN, N.C. – A federal jury convicted Quillan Inman, 33, this week on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Inman is a previous felon and …