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Hartford, Vermont Man Sentenced to 24 Months’ Imprisonment for Possession of Unregistered Silencer
BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 18, 2026, Joseph Vaillancourt, 43, of Hartford, Vermont, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina...
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Ohio Man and Texas Woman Sentenced Collectively to More Than 56 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Offenses
TOLEDO, Ohio – Two people have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to produce child pornography by sexually exploiting two children. Chaz Jacob, 36, of Toledo, and Amy Fountain, 51, of McDade, Texas, were sentenced...
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Project Safe Schools initiative debuts as U.S. Attorney moves against Forney ISD and former educators for reporting failures
DALLAS — United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced today the launch of Project Safe Schools, a federal initiative aimed at protecting students, enforcing accountability and...
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Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Violations
SCRANTON - United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Fernandito Arroyo, age 28, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 18, 2026, to 180 months’ imprisonment...
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Jefferson County Man Charged with Preparing False Tax Returns and Filing False Tax Returns
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment today charging a Jefferson County man with preparing false and fraudulent tax returns for others and filing false and fraudulent tax returns for...
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Honduran National Sentenced to Two Years for Immigration Crimes
Tampa, Florida – Yelson Zachary Matamoros Quinonez (32, Honduras) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara to two years in federal prison for illegal reentry by a deported alien. Matamoros Quinonez...
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Previously convicted sex offender sentenced to life in prison for sexually exploiting two minors
RICHMOND, Va. – A Gum Spring man was sentenced today to life plus ten years in prison for production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), possession of CSAM, attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and...
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Man Charged in Federal Court With Robbing Victim at Gunpoint During Facebook Marketplace Meeting in Chicago
CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today charged a man with robbing an individual at gunpoint of his laptop computer during a Facebook Marketplace meeting on the city’s North Side. The robbery occurred on...
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Federal Jury Finds New Braunfels Man Guilty of Trafficking Thousands of Firearms to Mexico
SAN ANTONIO – Demonstrating the continued effectiveness of the Homeland Security Task Force, a federal jury convicted a New Braunfels man on Monday for seven counts related to the smuggling of firearm parts into Mexico...
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Former Senior NIAID Official Pleads Guilty to Charges Connected to Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic
Greenbelt, Maryland – A former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) employee pled guilty in federal court, today, to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to evade Freedom of Information...
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Prolific Chinese Money Launderer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Drug Trafficking Proceeds Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
ARLOTTE, N.C. — A Chinese national was sentenced today in the Western District of North Carolina by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Rodriguez to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $25 million for his role in a...
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Senior Director Of Operations Charged With Insider Trading
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Brett Skiles, announced today the...
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Savannah man sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison
SAVANNAH, Georgia: A Savannah man has been ordered to be confined in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge R. Stan Baker and announced by...
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Tallahassee Man Indicted for Possession of a Machine Gun & Postal Crimes
Tallahassee, Florida – Yasir Jaimon Za’Quis Hawkins, 20, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal possession of a machine gun, possession of Postal Service key, and possession of stolen mail. John P....
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United States and State of Illinois File Complaint in Intervention in False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Chicago-Area Medical Practice and Billing Company for Allegedly Submitting Fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid Claims
CHICAGO — The United States and the State of Illinois have filed a joint complaint in intervention alleging that a Chicago-area medical practice and billing company knowingly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid and...
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Bronx Man Charged With Federal Hate Crimes For Attack At Manhattan Synagogue
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Director in Charge of...
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17 Iranians Charged With Conducting Massive Cyber Theft Campaign On Behalf Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps And Other Iranian Entities
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, John A. Eisenberg, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the...
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Second Suspect In August 2025 Mount Vernon Gunpoint Robbery Located In Poconos, Arrested, And Charged
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), James C. Barnacle, Jr.,...
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Lakeville Man is 23rd Defendant to be Sentenced in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir, 34, of Lakeville, Minnesota, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a $250 million fraud scheme that...
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Manhattan Man Charged With Distributing Narcotics That Caused The Death Of Resident At Transitional Facility
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the filing of a Superseding Indictment...
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Baltimore Felon Sentenced for Drug-Trafficking and Firearm Possession Charges
Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man learned his fate in federal court, today, in connection with drug-trafficking and firearm charges, stemming from a local drug-trafficking investigation. U.S. District Judge...
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Massachusetts Woman Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For Trafficking In Stolen Human Remains
WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Katrina Maclean, age 47, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced on August 18, 2026, to 24 months in prison by...
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Nash County Career Offender Draws 15‑Year Federal Prison Sentence
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Trimaine Rshad Williams, age 35, to 15 and half years in federal prison for Interference with Commerce by Robbery. On February 20, 2026, Williams pleaded guilty in federal...
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Arrest Warrants Issued for Six Current and Former MPD Members of the Fifth District for Overtime Fraud
WASHINGTON – On August 18, 2026, a judge of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia signed arrest warrants for current and former MPD members Peter Sheldon, Frantz Fulcher, Thomas Krmenec, Bernadette Richardson,...