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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –Chenmin Xie, 25, formerly of the 500 block of West Herndon Street in Springfield, Illinois, pleaded guilty on February 22, 2022 to the charge of  knowingly using a …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that CHRIS HABISREITINGER, 51, from Jefferson Parish, pled guilty on February 23, 2022 to conspiracy to distribute and possess …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.  – A Charlottesville woman pleaded guilty today to altering and forging checks she obtained without the consent of the check owners. Samantha Leigh Thomas, 38, pleaded guilty to …

ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke man was sentenced last week to 14 years in prison for conspiring with others to traffic dangerous drugs from sources across the country into the …

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the guilty pleas of two former U.S. Coast Guard employees in a test score-fixing scheme. U.S. Attorney Evans also announced additional …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury last week indicted a convicted felon on a drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge …

PITTSBURGH – Harold Hooten was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine base in 2021, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Hooten, age 44, …

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was charged today with carjacking in Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Andy Cook, 23, of Newark, is …

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Lagardo Wright, 21, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison today for orchestrating a large-scale bank fraud scheme. From at least …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand today indicted a convicted felon on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special …

Memphis, TN – Jemel Jackson, 41, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United …

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Harrison Holland Frith (40, Ponte Vedra Beach) to 7 years and 11 months in federal prison for receiving a …

PITTSBURGH – Two Pittsburgh-area residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. The three-count …

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Newark woman pleaded guilty February 24, 2022, to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection …

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty February 18, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Armando Silva Reyes, 55, from Spencer, Iowa, was convicted of one count …

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – On Saturday temperatures were frigid and the Atlantic Ocean was even colder, but that didn’t stop members of the Toms River Police Department’s plunge team from …

A man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced February 25, 2022, to more than 3 years in federal prison. Stephen Bryant, 52, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison …

SCRANTON, PA – A Pennsylvania man is heading to prison for 180 months after being found guilty for trafficking drugs and humans out of two hotels in the Poconos. Faizal …

MINNEAPOLIS – A Rochester man who fled to Mexico to evade apprehension, and was later located and returned by Mexican authorities, has pleaded guilty to arson of two retail stores …

PITTSBURGH, PA — A former resident of North Versailles, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced …

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Joseph Wayne Dadisman, of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Dadisman, 49, pleaded guilty today to one …

Miami, Florida – The Department of Justice today reported a Miami-Dade resident Elisa Rivera,50, pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham to a felony Information charging her …

            WASHINGTON – Mason Binion, 35, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for a 2008 murder in Northwest Washington, announced …

Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Korey K. Moody, 36, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to 12 years in prison …

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Amisial Elveus, 31, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on February 23, 2022, by a …