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Oklahoma City Man Sentenced to Serve 188 Months in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearms Offenses

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, MARCUS KELLY SMITH, 38, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve more than 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.


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Jury Convicts Pennsylvania Man for Dealing Fentanyl Analogue that Caused Fatal Overdoses in Oregon

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland found a Pennsylvania man guilty today for distributing a fentanyl analogue on AlphaBay, a former darknet marketplace, that caused the overdoses of three people in Oregon, two of whom died.


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Grand Junction Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Sexually Abusing Two Children

News Release: Grand Junction - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces a federal judge today sentenced Michael Tracy McFadden, age 51, of Grand Junction, to life in federal prison after being convicted of crossing state lines with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor under the age of 12, and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity.


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Woodland Hills Man Arrested in Federal Case Alleging He Extorted ‘Protection’ Money from Koreatown Businesses

News Release: LOS ANGELES - Authorities this morning arrested a Woodland Hills man on federal charges that allege he was extorting “protection" money from Koreatown businesses, sometimes using acts of violence against individuals who refused to pay.


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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years for Conspiracy to Import Cocaine

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Miguel Ángel Agosto-Pacheco, a.k.a. “Chino," was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa to 14 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, W. Stephen Muldrow. Agosto-Pacheco pleaded guilty on December 6, 2022.


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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.


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Former New Yorker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Defrauding Purchasers Of Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich," was sentenced today to three years in prison. STOJANOVICH was sentenced for defrauding more than a dozen victims of more than $2 million through fraudulent...


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North Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Letters

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - David Backus, age 40, of North Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to six counts of mailing threatening communications. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) made the announcement.


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Cedar Rapids Man Involved in Shooting at Dairy Queen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Methamphetamine He Intended to Distribute

News Release: A man who possessed methamphetamine he intended to distribute was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison.


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“Logistics coordinator” convicted of drug trafficking

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 33-year-old Houston woman has been found guilty of two counts of drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


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Michigan City Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison

News Release: SOUTH BEND - Cory Thomas, 49 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


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U.S. Coast Guard officer convicted of operating illegal firearms business

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A chief petty officer has been convicted of running a firearms sales business without a license, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


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California Man Indicted for Meth Trafficking

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Compton, California, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after law enforcement officers found more than 18 kilograms of methamphetamine in a suitcase he was smuggling through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus bound for Atlanta, Georgia.


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Kansas Man Sentenced on Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Joined in Pushing Against Officers In Confrontations Inside Capitol Building.


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Columbia Man Sentenced to a Total of 10 Years in Federal Prison on Firearm and Drug Charges

News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Dakota F. Brown, 36, of Columbia, was sentenced to a total of 120 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and fentanyl, a quantity of methamphetamine, and a quantity of amphetamine while on federal supervision.


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Woman who Embezzled $2.2 Million from her Employer Admits to Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion

News Release: A Bixby woman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for committing bank fraud when she embezzled nearly $2.2 million from her employer over a period of nine years, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. She further admitted to failing to pay taxes on the embezzled “income" in 2020.


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West Plains Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A West Plains, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy that distributed 360 kilograms of methamphetamine in southern Missouri over a three-year period.


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Providence Resident Sentenced For Pandemic-Related Benefits Fraud and Aggravated ID Theft

News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who, with others, fraudulently applied for over $90,000 in pandemic-relief unemployment benefits, and who actually received over $30,000 of those benefits, some of which he boasted that he used to purchase firearms, an iPhone and marijuana, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.


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Lenox Man Arrested for Child Exploitation Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A Lenox man has been arrested and charged in connection with attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.


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Honduran National Who Had Been Previously Deported Four Times Sentenced to Time Served For Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - SANTOS RAMOS-CASTILLO, a/k/a “Santos Ramos-Espinoza", age 36, was sentenced on March 8, 2023 for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) on March 8, 2023, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.