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Six Additional Oath Keepers Members and Affiliates Found Guilty of Charges Related to Capitol Breach

Five Defendants Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Obstruct of the Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election


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Zachary Louisiana Man Indicted for Gun Offense

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - TERRANCE PICKETT, age 27, a resident of Zachary, Louisiana, was charged on March 24, 2023, in a one-count indictment for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.


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Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years for Trafficking Nearly 150 Pounds of Drugs, Including Heroin, Fentanyl, and Marijuana

News Release: WASHINGTON - Linwood Douglas Thorne, 51, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in one of the largest seizures of heroin in the District of Columbia’s history. The sentence, handed down March 31, 2023, by U.S. District ...


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Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

News Release: HAMMOND- Antonio Joel Ortiz, 25 years old, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


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Detroit Rapper Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms

News Release: DETROIT - Detroit rapper Marcellus Wallace, a/k/a “Baby Grizzley," was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison based on his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


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147 press releases published in March by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

There were 147 press releases published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in March.


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Cass County Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of an Unregistered Firearm

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Cass County man has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a short-barreled shotgun, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


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Lincoln Man Sentenced for Unlawful Possession of Ammunition

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Bukjiok Dobuony, 30, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for felon in possession of ammunition. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Dobuony to 30 months’ imprisonment.


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U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Yonkers Man For Threatening To Kill Yonkers Police Officers

Ridon Kola Threatened to Kill Yonkers Police Officers and the Mayor of Yonkers in Online Messages While Expressing His Support for Radical Islamic Extremism and Terrorist Attacks


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Kittrell Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years For Multiple Armed Bank Robberies

Cameron Evans, 27, of Kittrell was sentenced today to 185 months in prison for charges related to two bank robberies in Raleigh and Greenville.


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Federal Arrest of an Undocumented Non-Citizen for Assault on a Federal Officer

On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Venezuelan national, 19-year-old Jhon Rincon-Teran for assaulting a federal officer in El Paso, Texas.


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Former Memphis Attorney Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Scheme

Former Memphis attorney, Leigh M. Chiles, 49, pled guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud an estate over which she was appointed to serve as executrix


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Informational: Federal Court arraignments

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints.


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Rockford Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Banks in Rockford and Belvidere

A federal judge has sentenced a Rockford man to a total of 10 years in federal prison for robbing banks in Rockford and Belvidere in 2021, and for violating his terms of supervised release.


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Superseding Indictment Charges River Falls Man With Sex and Labor Trafficking, Production of Child Pornography & Money Laundering

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging a River Falls, Wisconsin man with labor and sex trafficking, production of child pornography, and money laundering.


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Texas Man Sentenced For Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach

Defendant Spent 37 Minutes Inside Capitol Building, Rifled Through Papers on Senators’ Desks


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Atlantic City Councilman Charged with Submitting False Voter Registrations, Making False Statements, and Fraudulently Obtaining Unemployment Benefits

An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man has been charged with falsifying voter registrations, making false statements to the FBI about interactions with prospective voters, and submitting false unemployment benefits claims with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


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Ten Members and Associates of Marion Gardens Jersey City Gang Charged for Drug Trafficking Activities

Ten members of the Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were charged today for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


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Large-Scale Cocaine Supplier Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester for his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.