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Jacksonville Man Sentenced To More Than 13 Years For Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Gregory James White (45, Jacksonville) to 13 years and 9 months in federal prison for attempted coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The Court also ordered White to serve a 10-year term of supervised...
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Activity in the U.S. Attorney’s Office
News Release: Firearm Offenses. Christopher Leroy Gaiter, age 34, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced on May 4, 2023, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced Gaiter to 57 months in prison with three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. The ...
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Sioux Falls Man Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
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North Carolina Man Arrested, Charged With Threatening To Carry Out Shootings At A Church And Grocery Store, And To Attack A Family
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced that Daniel Parson, 33, of Charlotte, NC, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with making threats in or affecting interstate commerce. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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Drug Testing Companies Agree To Collectively Pay $1.7 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two Kentucky-based businesses involved in performing urine drug tests for the family court system have agreed to collectively pay $1,740,620 to resolve civil allegations that they improperly billed those tests to Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid.
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center doctor accused of sexually assaulting female veteran patients
News Release: ATLANTA - Rajesh Motibhai Patel, a primary care physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, has been indicted on multiple counts of violating his patients’ constitutional right to bodily integrity while acting under color of law and for engaging in unwanted sexual contact.
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U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Allocation Of New Positions To Advance Public Safety And Promote Community Engagement
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that new positions for Assistant U.S. Attorneys and support personnel have been allocated to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, to advance the Office’s work in promoting public safety, Department of Justice initiatives, and community engagement.
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Maryland Man Found Guilty in Scheme that Bilked Benevolent Donors of Charitable Contributions
News Release: Defendant Pretended to Collect for Charities But Only Paid Himself.
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Essex County Man Convicted of Being Member of Newark Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible for the Distribution of Over One Kilogram of Heroin
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey man was convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Selling announced.
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Webster Man Charged in Connection with Two Pipe Bomb Explosions
News Release: CONCORD - A man has been charged in connection with two pipe bomb explosions in Weare, New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
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Armed Heroin Dealer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A 35-year-old Providence man for whom court records indicate multiple previous state court convictions for similar conduct, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for being an armed drug dealer, a felon in possession of firearms, and for trafficking heroin, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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Savage Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Machine Gun
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Savage man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Camden County Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining 30 Loans Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 60 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $3.18 million in restitution and forfeit $1.03 million for conspiring to fraudulently obtain 30 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic...
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Middlesex County Man Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Perpetrating Murder-for-Hire Plot
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County man was sentenced to 97 months in prison for plotting to pay a purported hitman to kill his ex-wife and her daughter, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
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Russian National Charged with Ransomware Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
News Release: The Justice Department today unsealed two indictments charging a Russian national and resident with using three different ransomware variants to attack numerous victims throughout the United States, including law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey, as well as victims in healthcare and other sectors nationwide.
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Holyoke Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
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Mattawamkeag Man Sentenced to 4+ Years for Role Methamphetamine Trafficking, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Mattawamkeag man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
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Atlanta drug trafficking organization has been successfully dismantled
News Release: ATLANTA - Esteban Niere has been sentenced for conspiring to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine. Niere was a member of a drug trafficking organization operating in southwest Atlanta that was successfully disrupted following a federal, state, and local law enforcement investigation.
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Keshena Man Indicted for Aggravated Assault on Menominee Indian Reservation
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that a on May 9, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Edmund Broeffle (age 29), a Keshena resident and enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(6) and 1153(a).
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Transporting Victim for Prostitution
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - May 12, 2023.