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BOSTON – A Lakeville man was charged in federal court in Boston with drug trafficking, following the search of a commercial office building in Lakeville last week.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nathaniel Willard Byrd, 38, a youth coach from Hudson, N.C., was sentenced to 121 months in prison today for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM), announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Byrd will serve 30 years of supervised release. “Of all people who should not be fueling the trade of videos depicting the torture of children, a youth coach should be at the top of the list,” said U.S. Attorney Russ…
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BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced on Aug. 6, 2026, in federal court in Boston for depositing stolen and altered U.S. Treasury checks into shell company bank accounts that he controlled and then withdrawing the stolen money to conceal its origin.
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SOUTH BEND – Santos Duron Cisneros, 36 years old, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to assault of a federal officer, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Duron Cisneros was sentenced to 8 months in prison. “An violent illegal alien who assaulted a federal officer was sent to prison for his inexcusable acts. Duron Cisneros violated our nation’s borders, laws, and sovereignty when he entered the United States illegally and doubled down…
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A man who escaped from custody was sentenced today to more than a year in federal prison. Nicholas Robert Campbell-Scott, age 29, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 4, 2026, guilty plea to escape from custody. Information at sentencing showed that, in January 2026, Campbell-Scott cut his ankle monitor and fled from the Gerald R. Hinzman Center, a residential re‑entry center in Cedar Rapids. Law enforcement officers arrested Campbell‑Scott six days later in Coralville, Iowa. At the time of…
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HAMMOND – Hector Manuel Retana-Garcia, 29 years old, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Gretchen S. Lund after pleading guilty to felony Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Retana-Garcia was sentenced to 8 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release. Because he has no legal status in the United States, Retana-Garcia will be subject to a separate and immediate removal process upon his release from prison. The supervised release term…
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A man who tried to enter a city council meeting armed with a gun was convicted by a jury on August 11, 2026, after a one-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Austin Andrew Goodman, age 42, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted of possessing a firearm while prohibited after he had been committed to a mental institution. The evidence at trial showed Goodman entered a building in Dubuque, Iowa, on March 3, 3025, while wearing a suit, an American flag on his shoulders, tape over his mouth, and a loaded firearm on…
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U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Yelso Ollyder Castro-Licona, 38, a citizen and native of Honduras, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to reentry of a removed alien subsequent to an aggravated felony conviction, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Shayne M. Hildreth, 46, of Bliss, NY, who was convicted of transportation of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 117 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. 60 months of his federal sentence will be served consecutive to a sentence he received in New York State Court after being convicted in Wyoming County following a jury trial of use of a child in a sexual performance as a sexually motivated felony, unlawful surveillance in the second…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Junction City, Ky., man, Darion Ford, 26, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. In December 2024, law enforcement began investigating that Ford had recently re-upped a large supply of narcotics from Lexington. On December 18, 2024, Ford was observed leaving his residence and was stopped by law enforcement. When law enforcement…
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Antonio Ray Ramirez, 35, of Susanville, pleaded guilty today to one count of distributing methamphetamine.
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U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Jamarr A. Cunningham a/k/a Grass, 31, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams of methamphetamine, cocaine, and 40 grams of fentanyl, which carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life.
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NASHVILLE – Brandon Wesley Rogers, formerly of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material, announced U.S. Attorney Braden H. Boucek for the Middle District of Tennessee. Chief U.S. District Judge William L. Campbell, Jr. also ordered Rogers to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term, pay $14,000 in restitution, and forfeit the electronic devices used to commit the offenses. “Every time child sexual abuse material is…
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United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of five charges of Abusive Sexual Contact. The sentencing took place on August 3, 2026.
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BOSTON – A Somerville, Mass. man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The defendant possessed more than 100 privately made firearms (PMFs), more commonly known as, “ghost guns,” at his residence – including machine guns and firearm silencers, as well as a 3D printer and ammunition in varying calibers. Robert Butland, 39, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. Senior District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton who…
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A Tulsa man was indicted for sexually abusing and assaulting two victims under 16 years old.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal jury has convicted Stephen Sullens, 29, of Columbus, on all counts as charged, finding him guilty of three drug and gun crimes.
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BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Lawrence, Mass. has been indicted for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.
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Enrique Lopez-Mejia injured the officer attempting to arrest him following his eighth illegal reentry into the United States
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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today investigative findings that Duke University School of Law (Duke Law) intentionally discriminated based on race in granting and denying admission to its 2023, 2024, and 2025 incoming classes. Duke Law’s discriminatory conduct violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), which…
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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Lomere Holliman, 23, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced July 8th 2026, to 75 months in prison for possessing and distributing fentanyl and carrying a firearm during those crimes. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Bryan DiGirolamo and Syracuse Police Chief Mark Rusin made the announcement.
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MATTHEW S. MEYERS conspired to make false statements in connection with the acquisition of five firearms.
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William Edwin Allaun IV, 44, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison in connection with his possession of child sexual abuse material depicting images of the rape and torture of young children, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – John Burgos, 30, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced July 9th, 2026, to serve 77 months in prison following his conviction for possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Bryan DiGirolamo, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III and Syracuse…
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