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FBI Deputy Director Highlights Bureau's New FISA Query Accountability Procedures

News Release: FBI Deputy Director Highlights Bureau's New FISA Query Accountability Procedures.


U.S. Marshals Elevate Capital Murder Suspect to 15 Most Wanted Status

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) added an Indiana man wanted for capital murder in Alabama to its 15 Most Wanted fugitives list, offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information leading to his arrest.


MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy Involving a Violent Murder and for Drug Distribution and Firearms Violations

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced El Salvadoran national Jose Lopez Rivera, age 27, of Elmont, New York, formerly residing in Maryland, to 26 years in federal prison for a racketeering conspiracy involving a violent murder connected to his participation in La Mara ...


New Jersey Man Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Jersey man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Great Falls Woman Sentenced to Five Years for Dealing Meth and Heroin

News Release: GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A Great Falls woman who admitted to dealing methamphetamine and heroin for a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release.


New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking and Weapons Charges

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that FURRELL JOHNSON, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Lance M. Africk to a two-count indictment charging him with Carjacking and violating the Federal Gun Control Act.


Public press releases: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service publishes 28 in March

There were 28 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service in March.


Man Pleads Guilty to Running Child Sexual Abuse Website

News Release: An Alabama man pleaded guilty yesterday for his involvement with a website dedicated to the advertisement and distribution of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse.



Justice Department discusses Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Pistoia Alliance, Inc. on June 13

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Missouri man pleaded guilty to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.


Jefferson Parish Man Sentenced for Violating Federal Gun Control Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SHAWN RABATHALY, age 22, of Harvey, Louisiana, was sentenced on June 6, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan to 46 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee after previously pleading guilty to being ...


Four Indicted For St. Petersburg Drug Conspiracy

News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Eric L. Lemon (44, New Port Richey), Eric Lekent Lemon, Jr. (20, St. Petersburg), Dominic Giannantonio (46, St. Petersburg), and Tryon Metteria Byrd IV (43, St. Petersburg) with conspiring to possess ...


Shasta County Man Sentenced for Black Market Firearms Trafficking

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brian Scheckla, 65, of Burney, was sentenced today to two years in prison for unlawful dealing in firearms, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Court Sentences Mobile Man to Ten Years’ Imprisonment for Armed Robbery of Dollar Tree Store

News Release: MOBILE, AL - On June 1, 2023, United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced Carlos Dominick Balams of Mobile to 120 months’ imprisonment for robbery and brandishing a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.



Three Albuquerque Men Charged for Shootings Targeting the Residences of Elected Officials

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that an indictment ...


Illegal Possession of Drugs and Guns Lead to Years in Prison for Three Men

News Release: LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA, La. - Three defendants have been sentenced in the Lafayette and Alexandria Divisions in the Western District of Louisiana today for drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown.


Cleveland Man Sentenced in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

News Release: AKRON - Devonn Fair, 31, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, June 1, 2023, to 420 months or 35 years in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, money laundering, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.


Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.