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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Fayette County man, Stuart Dotson, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting the destruction of an energy facility.  According to court documents and statements made in …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Dunbar man was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison for a federal gun crime. David Wayne Watson, 37, previously pleaded guilty to …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Alberto Arriaga Velazquez, 40, of North Highlands, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting …

DEL RIO – Federal agents arrested the tenth and final defendant charged in an 11-count indictment involving human smuggling.   The following are charged with one count of conspiracy to transport …

BOSTON – A Rhode Island man was arrested today in Michigan and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain …

BOSTON – A New Bedford man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine. Jaime Torres, 48, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. …

GREAT FALLS – A Wolf Point man admitted to a murder charge today in the November 2020 shooting of a man on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney …

BOSTON – A Lawrence woman was sentenced today in connection with her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Raquel Pena, 40, was sentenced by U.S. Senior …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, NY – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that John Piccarreto, Jr., 38, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy …

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations …

MARSHALL, Texas – A Jefferson man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei today. Beau Daniel Merryman, 20, pleaded …

The president of a motorcycle club involved in a shootout at a Lubbock bar was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for a firearm offense, announced Acting U.S. …

NEWARK, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor was charged today for his participation in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for …

BEAUMONT, Texas – An Indian national residing in Seattle, WA, has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Aakash Gandhi, 28, …

BOSTON – A former Boston Police officer pleaded guilty today in connection with an ongoing investigation of overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) evidence warehouse.  Thomas Nee, 64, …

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Daniel Summers (69, St. Augustine) to 21 months in federal prison for mail fraud.  As part of his sentence, …

BOSTON – A Lawrence man was arrested today and charged with firearms and drug offenses. Miguel Mejia, 35, was indicted on one count of dealing in firearms without a license …

AUGUSTA, GA:  An Augusta woman has admitted participating in a child sex trafficking conspiracy in which her former husband awaits trial. Amanda Gunn, 34, a/k/a “Amanda Howard,” of Augusta, pled …

St. Thomas, USVI – Leroy Henry, Jr., 30, of St. Thomas, was sentenced in District Court on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States …

PITTSBURGH – William Curry Brown, following a guilty plea entered on January 13, 2020, was sentenced in federal court today for terroristic attacks and violence against a railroad carrier and …

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on a charge of obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on November 3, 2021 QUINCY E. IRVIN, age 43 of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to a year …

LOS ANGELES, CA – During a press conference at the Hall of Justice on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, Sheriff Alex Villanueva discussed the imminent threat that vaccine mandates will have …