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A federal court in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has permanently enjoined two New Orleans-area tax return preparers from preparing returns for others and from …

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Charles Scott, age 61, of Syracuse pled guilty yesterday to distributing cocaine and heroin, possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm as a …

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in 31 federal districts across the United States …

For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Peter Ko (619) 546-7359 and Shane Harrigan (619) 546-6981   John T. Earnest of Rancho Penasquitos pleaded guilty in federal court today …

DUBLIN, GA:  A key figure in a Laurens County-area drug trafficking conspiracy has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison. Rodney Jarrod Denson, a/k/a “RD,” 45, of …

SOUTH BEND – Bradley Burns, age 33, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty upon his pleas of guilty to conspiracy to …

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Gretchen Buselli (a/k/a “Gretchen Yarbrough”), 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was arrested yesterday on a charge of Use of Interstate Commerce Facility in the Commission of Murder-for-Hire. Jason …

  ST. LOUIS – On September 16, 2021, federal charges were filed against Christopher Franklin and Kaniya Sloan. 19-year-old Christopher Franklin and 18-year-old Kaniya Sloan are accused of aiding and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Georgia man is facing federal charges for an illegal kickback scheme that has defrauded the North Carolina Medicaid program of more than $4 million, announced William …

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced that Willie Franklin Evans, 59, of Columbia, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, after earlier pleading …

Note: A trial exhibit of dashcam video of chase can be viewed here.   BILLINGS — A federal jury convicted a Lame Deer man today of multiple assault and firearms …

Oxford, Miss. – A former bail bondsman from Boyle, Mississippi was sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison on Wednesday in the United States District Court in Greenville …

LEXINGTON, Ky.— A Richmond, Kentucky, man, John William Lawson, 57, was sentenced on Thursday to 240 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for distribution of more …

BOSTON – An Auburn man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for filing a false personal tax return. Stephen Hubley, 64, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge …

DES MOINES –On September 10, 2021, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Ceeron Tearrence Williams, age 29, formerly of Des Moines, to 120 months in prison for …

FORT SMITH – A Van Buren man was sentenced yesterday to 360 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release on one count of Transportation of a Minor …

JACQUON BENEJAN, also known as “Blick,” 19, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a racketeering offense stemming from his participation …

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Paul A. White, age 52, a former federal agent with the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau in Omaha, Nebraska, pleaded guilty on September 14, 2021, …

ST. LOUIS – On September 17, 2021, a jury found Briran Blake, 30, of Jefferson County, Illinois guilty of two counts of bank robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm in …

FAYETTEVILLE – A Marvell man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Cocaine …

A man who sold three deadly doses of opioids in April and May of 2019 was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison. Travis Gordon Jones, age 40, from …

PITTSBURGH, PA – A South Hills pharmacist pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of obtaining controlled substances by fraud, misbranding of drugs, and health care fraud conspiracy, Acting United …

BOSTON – A Dudley man pleaded guilty today in connection with his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and misuse COVID-19-related unemployment assistance. Norman Higgs, 34, pleaded guilty to …

BOSTON – A Lynn man was sentenced today for illegally possessing ammunition as a previously convicted felon. Paul Votano, 38, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Mark L. …

RALEIGH, N.C. – The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an order on Thursday, September 16 dismissing an appeal filed by convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald.  As …