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SAN ANTONIO – A federal jury today convicted 40-year-old Christopher Charles Perez, aka “Christopher Robbins,” with perpetrating a COVID-19-related hoax in April of last year. Jurors convicted Perez on two …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bradley Williams, 35, formerly of Rochester, NY, and now a resident …

BOSTON – A Pittsfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for marijuana and tax offenses.  Jacob Sweener, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. …

BOSTON – A Worcester man was arrested and charged today for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine disguised as counterfeit Adderall pills. Nestiano Kristo, 20, of Worcester, was charged by …

PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Trevon Kendrick, 28, pleaded guilty to …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence, Missouri, man who led police officers on a chase in a stolen car, causing a collision with another vehicle, was sentenced in federal court …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, on June 12, 2019, law enforcement officers executed search warrants at locations …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Florida man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, on January 19, 2021, law enforcement officers were conducting surveillance on a …

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Beckley man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.   Pursuant to the plea agreement and statements made in court, on January 9, 2020, Greg …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Anthony Tevan Tyner, 24, was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.  According to court documents, on …

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Martin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of …

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge man was acquitted of two counts of Sexual Abuse and two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor …

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a wealthy white former Wall Street executive from Massachusetts lives in a mansion built by former slave owner Richard Stockton named Drumthwacket. …

TRENTON, NJ – A new layer of government has been created by New Jersey Phil Murphy, seen as one of America’s most progressive liberal governors, the “Wealth Disparity Task Force”. …

PORTLAND, OREGON – The leader of and final defendant in a darknet drug distribution conspiracy was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in operating a narcotic vendor site …

GILLETTE, WYOMING – Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming has sentenced eight defendants charged in a drug …

LAREDO, TEXAS – A 59-year-old Laredo man has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. On Jan. 22, Barry Terence …

SHALLOWATER, TEXAS – A Shallowater, Texas man was sentenced today to life in federal prison for enticement of an 11-year-old relative, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of …

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA – A Cleveland, Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime.  James Lavan, 45, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin. According to …

NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant …

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that John Geimer, 54, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt, distribution, and …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evansannounced that ASHONTI HALL, 30,of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on March 31, 2021 to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking …

           CONCORD – Andrew Dufresne, 49, previously of Gardner, Massachusetts pleaded guilty in federal court to several violations of his term of special supervised release on Wednesday, …

           CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE – Boaz BenMoshe, 58, of Israel, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for bail jumping and participating in a conspiracy to …

WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Markeese Askew, age 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 192 months’ imprisonment followed …