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Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Ice Meth Trafficking

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Keyshawn Q. Banks, 24, of Peoria, was sentenced on March 9, 2023, to 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (“Ice").


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New York City Man Indicted for Drug and Gun Offenses

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rasheed Mingues, 43, a resident of New York City staying in the Utica, NY area, was indicted today for possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them, possession of a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes, and possession of a firearm as a convicted...


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Essex County Corrections Officer and Girlfriend Arrested for Conspiring to Smuggle Contraband into Essex County Correctional Facility

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County corrections officer and his girlfriend were arrested today for conspiring to smuggle contraband into the prison facility at which he was employed to be resold to prisoners, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced.


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Jenks Man Pleads Guilty After Groping a Girl in a Store and Later Following Another Girl and Burglarizing her Home

News Release: A man who restrained and groped a girl at a Dollar General store where he worked and who followed another girl home from a school bus stop then burglarized her family’s home pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


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KC Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Machine Gun Used in Fatal Shooting of KC Fireman

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing the firearm used in the fatal shooting of an Independence, Mo., firefighter during an altercation in a liquor store parking lot.


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St. Louis County Man Gets 8+ Years on Child Pornography Charges

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County, Missouri who served as an administrator in an online meeting room where child sex abuse material was traded was sentenced Thursday to eight years and one month in prison.


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Ferguson Man Caught with Gun After Police Chase Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison

News Release: ST. LOUIS - A felon from Ferguson, Missouri who was caught with a gun after fleeing from police in St. Louis was sentenced to 19 years in prison.


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Former Detroit Police Officer Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Taking Bribes Connected to Towing

News Release: DETROIT- A former Detroit police officer was sentenced to 27 months in prison for accepting bribes in a conspiracy with a Detroit police lieutenant in connection with corruption in the towing industry in Detroit, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.


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Florida Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Using a Minor to Produce Sexually Explicit Material

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A New Smyrna Beach, Florida man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison today for video recording himself sexually abusing a child he met on social media and sharing the abuse video with others online.


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Former DOJ Paralegal Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Witness Retaliation and Obstruction of Justice-Related Crimes

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Tawanna Hilliard was sentenced by United State District Judge Pamela Chen to 33 months in prison. The defendant was previously convicted, following a one-week trial, of witness retaliation, conspiracy to commit witness retaliation, obstruction of justice and...


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Cherokee, Iowa Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

News Release: Dustin Coates, 36, from Cherokee, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced on March 7, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City. Coates was previously convicted of distribution of a controlled substance in the United States District Court for South Dakota in 2013.


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Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 63 months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years’ supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.


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FBI Media Alert: Man Flees in White Truck After Robbing Albuquerque Bank

News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Flees in White Truck After Robbing Albuquerque Bank.


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Springfield Sex Offender Sentenced to 20 Years for Child Pornography

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.


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United States Attorney Young Announces Implementation of New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

News Release: Policy Sets National U.S. Attorney Office Standard for Circumstances Under Which Companies May Receive Credit for Voluntarily Self-Disclosing Criminal Conduct, and Benefits of Self-Disclosure.


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Two Men Plead Guilty in Wide-Ranging Drug Conspiracy

News Release: BOSTON - Two men pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to their roles in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.


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Former President Of International Aircraft Parts Distributor Sentenced To 84 Months In Prison For Role In Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEFAN GILLIER, a/k/a “Stephan Gillier," a/k/a “Stefan R.R. Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Gillier," a/k/a “Roland Van Gorp," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge Paul...


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District Man Sentenced for Killing Man Near Mount Vernon Square Metro Station

News Release: WASHINGTON - William Whitaker 21, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for the slaying of a man in January 2020, near a Metro station in downtown Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Robert J. Contee III, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Whitaker pleaded guilty on Oct. 14, 2022, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before the Honorable Milton C. Lee.


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West Virginia Straw Purchaser Sentenced for Role in Beckley-to-Philadelphia Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Brandon Lawson, 33 of Oak Hill, was sentenced today to 18 months of incarceration, including nine months in prison and nine months on home detention with electronic monitoring, to be followed by three years of supervised release for transferring a firearm to an out-of-state resident. Lawson admitted to a role in a conspiracy to traffic over 140 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia.


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Career Offender Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Selling Fentanyl

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Demetrius Haynes (37, Tampa) to 14 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. Because of Haynes’s lengthy...