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Sex Offender Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offense

A Green Forest man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Transportation of Child Pornography.


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Middleburg Man Arrested For Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Videos

United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Sam David Harris, Jr. (37, Middleburg) with possession of videos depicting the sexual abuse of young children.


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Former Teacher Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Norman Merrill II, 46, of Chester, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday to serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material, previously referred to as child pornography.


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Taunton Man Sentenced to Twenty-Five Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Toddler in His Care

A Taunton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for sexually exploiting an 18-month-old toddler in his care and for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).


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Retired CHP Officer Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography

Timothy Allen Horwath, 53, formerly of Redding, pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


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Schenectady Man Pleads Guilty to Failing to Register as a Sex Offender

Craig Foley, age 57, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to failing to update his sex offender registration. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and United States Marshal David L. McNulty made the announcement.


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Erie Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Sex Assault Materials

A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months in jail and 10 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.


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Roseville Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography Using App

Pablo Ramos, 50, of Roseville, pleaded guilty today to two counts of distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


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Cecil County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Related to His Repeated Sexual Abuse of a Child From the Age of Approximately Four Months to Two Years Old

Lawrence Aquilla Colby, IV, a/k/a “Buddy,” age 34, of Elkton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges related to his participation in a conspiracy to sexually abuse a child, from the age of approximately four months to two years old, to producing and receiving images documenting the sexual abuse of the child, and to possession of child pornography.


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Fayetteville Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

A Fayetteville man was sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. Steven Luckett, 38, was sentenced earlier today by United States District Court Judge Lee P. Rudofsky.


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Salinas Man Indicted and Arrested for Child Exploitation

On April 20, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Alexander Joel Rivera-Santos, 25, of Salinas, Puerto Rico, with possession and transportation of child sexual abuse material, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.


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Sex Offender Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offense

A Hot Springs man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Transportation of Child Pornography.


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Parker, PA Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Sex Abuse Materials

A resident of Parker, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.


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Veterans Affairs Medical Center Employee Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Offenses

A Royalston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to child pornography charges.


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Castine Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Obscene Images to Minor, Attempting to Possess Sexually Explicit Images of Minor, Obstructing Investigation

A Castine man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to attempted possession of child sexual abuse material, transfer of obscene material to a minor and obstruction of a federal investigation.


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Virginia Homicide Suspect Arrested With Guns and Narcotics

On April 20, 2023, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force ended a violent fugitive’s run from the law.


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Las Vegas Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy To Sell Firearms and Fentanyl

A Las Vegas man charged in a conspiracy to sell firearms and machine guns without a Federal Firearms License, and a conspiracy to sell Fentanyl and Xanax was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 70 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release.


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ATF National Response Team Joins Commercial Fire Investigation

The Seattle Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives requested assets from ATF’s National Response Team join the investigation into a fire that broke out onboard the 276-foot commercial fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprises while docked in Tacoma, Washington.


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Canton Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon

A Canton man was sentenced to 63 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


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Former Lafayette and Vermilion Parish Educator Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint

United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Jacob Conrad De La Paz is in federal custody pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by United States Magistrate Judge David J. Ayo on a federal criminal complaint for attempted production of child pornography