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A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment charging a North Carolina man with possession with intent to distribute cocaine two kilograms of cocaine.
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Dorothy Mae Neeley pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced that AARON TEROD JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”), age 38, from New Orleans, was sentenced today to 33 years imprisonment before United States District Judge Lance M. Africk.
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An Albany, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison today for attempting to receive child sexual abuse material from an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing as a child online.
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United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Dallas, Texas, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Money Laundering. The sentencing took place on August 14, 2026.
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Deron Lewis-Payne, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 13, 2026, in federal court in Omaha for one charge of bank robbery and a second charge of brandishing a Llama Mini-Max .45 handgun during a crime of violence.
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Katie Shameka Williams, 33, and Kenneth Darnell Smith Jr., 32, both of the District of Columbia, were arrested yesterday after being charged in an indictment in connection with running an alleged fentanyl trafficking operation from their apartment in the District’s Congress Heights neighborhood, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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Richland, Washington – First Assistant United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on August 13, 2026, a jury found David Mendoza Ayala, 30, guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke presided over the trial and set sentencing for November 12, 2026. Mendoza Ayala faces a sentence of at least 10 years, and up to life, in prison followed by no less than 5 years, and up to life of supervised release. According to court documents…
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BOSTON – A Lowell man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to of possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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CONCORD — The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Erin Creegan announces that Jean-Paul Karangwa and Caring Bees Healthcare, Inc., (Caring Bees) have paid $1,200,000 to resolve allegations that Karangwa and Caring Bees violated the False Claims Act by misusing Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Congress created the PPP and EIDL programs to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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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 restoring transparency in public schools across North Texas.
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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 Chinese money laundering organization (CMLO) that laundered over $92 million in illicit funds, including proceeds from the importation and distribution of illegal drugs into the United States, primarily through Mexico.
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Summer Gomes, 44, of Bolivar, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for her illegal possession of a firearm.
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ST. PAUL – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Michael Salas, 52, of San Antonio, was sentenced to 256 months in prison for his role in the production and attempted production of child pornography. According to court documents, in March 2025, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and law enforcement received anonymous information that an eleven-year-old girl was being blackmailed over social media into sending sexual photographs of herself. The internet account was traced back to…
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Memphis, TN – Clayton Bratcher, 25, has been sentenced to fourteen years and one day in prison following his convictions for multiple armed robberies of fast-food restaurants in Memphis. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, of the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. According to court documents, officers with the Memphis Police Department Safe Streets Task Force responded to three separate armed business robberies at fast food locations (two McDonald’s locations and a Taco Bell) in…
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WILMINGTON, Del. (August 14, 2026) – A Wilmington man pleaded guilty on August 14, 2026 to illegally possessing two firearms as a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall accepted the plea. According to court documents, Randy Wright, 44, was caught with distribution quantities of marijuana, cocaine, and fentanyl during a vehicle stop in October 2024. A subsequent search of his apartment revealed a tight crawlspace adjacent to Wright’s bedroom, inside of which investigators found additional fentanyl, a…
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The robbery occurred earlier this month in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Costa Rican national was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison terms imposed, Ronald Corrales-Arrieta, 48, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release after he is released from prison. According to court documents and proceedings, Corrales-Arrieta operated a car repair business…
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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 Chinese money laundering organization (CMLO) that laundered over $92 million in illicit funds, including proceeds from the importation and distribution of illegal drugs into the United States, primarily through Mexico. “Chinese money laundering networks have become a key enabler to the Mexican cartels,”…
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BOSTON – The owner and operator of two Massachusetts restaurants has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to paying employees in cash over the course of seven years without withholding and paying federal employment taxes.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ronald Dale Lynn, 58, formerly of Gaston County, was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for interstate transportation of stolen property, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Lynn was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release. According to filed documents, from 2019 to 2025, Lynn operated a fencing scheme in which he purchased stolen and fraudulently obtained retail merchandise and resold it for a profit through online marketplaces…
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ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Houston, Texas, inmate was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment today and a lifetime of supervised release after he attempted through threats and intimidation from behind bars to transport a victim from Utah to Texas to engage in prostitution while receiving the proceeds.
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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 by Senior United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion for distribution of cocaine and fentanyl and carrying and using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, on multiple occasions between July 18, 2024 and November 19…
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The owner of a company that produces charcoal pleaded guilty to fabricating data relating to the air emissions from his charcoal production facility. According to court documents, Nicholas Upchurch, 46, owned Rebel Smoke, a company in Burkesville, Kentucky, that used kilns to convert wood to charcoal. The air emissions from the facility were to be routed through emissions control facilities to reduce the air pollution released into the environment. However, as part of his plea agreement, Upchurch admitted to…
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