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PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket man who sold a kilogram of cocaine to another person while under law enforcement surveillance was sentenced on Monday to six-and-a-half years in federal prison, announced …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States today announced that it has reached an agreement to resolve civil claims against two Block Island residents: Perry C. Phillips, 31, and Benjamin C. …

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Homestead, Florida man was sentenced to federal prison today for perpetrating a multi-year fraud scheme wherein he filed 745 false tax returns in 19 different states. Damian O. …

COEUR D’ALENE – A Kamiah man pleaded guilty to second degree murder. According to court records, on October 30, 2020, Travis Dewayne Ellenwood, 44, of Kamiah, went out to a …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Logan County man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon …

          LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal securities fraud charge and admitted operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $650 million …

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada announced today that the Department of Justice has recently awarded $21,997,467 in grant funding to improve …

POCATELLO – A Wyoming man pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor child. According to court records, James Colton Giannell, 23, of Sheridan, Wyoming, admitted that he asked Andrew …

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, in partnership with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have entered …

ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey accepted pleas of guilty from Thomas T. Taylor, age 35, on today’s date, for the crimes of conspiracy to …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Massachusetts used car dealer admitted to a federal court judge in Providence, RI, that he led a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in several states …

NEW BERN, N.C. – A Fayetteville man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for a cocaine distribution conspiracy dating back to 2010.  According to court documents and other …

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant HENRY PEREZ pled guilty today to leading a multi-year cellphone account takeover fraud conspiracy.  …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Medo Hallack, of Inwood, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 70 months of incarceration for his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, Acting …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Michael Anthony Parkinson, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 108 months of incarceration for having a large amount of methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Six additional defendants and new charges involving sex trafficking have been added to a case pending against a Columbus man who allegedly provided individuals cocaine and fentanyl …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Richard Gaines, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for opioid distribution, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Gaines, age 46, …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA –Shaquan Osullivan Kelly, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Kelly, 25, pleaded guilty today to …

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that an Illinois man pleaded guilty Friday, October 1, 2021 to conspiring with others to launder, …

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for perpetrating a hoax related to COVID-19 in April 2020. According to court records, a …

NEW BERN, N.C. – A Saint Pauls, North Carolina woman, Stephanie Chavis, was sentenced today to 65 months in prison and three years of supervised release for wire fraud and …

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 1, 2021, Michael Jacob Walczyk, age 41, of Beach Lake, Pennsylvania, was charged …

A Florida man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement with dangerous weapons during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the …

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on October 1, 2021, AUDREY BONET JOHNSON, 34, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty in …