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An Irving couple has been convicted in federal court of charges related to a multi-million-dollar fraud conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
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Four members of the Paterson based neighborhood street gang known as “4K” were sentenced for their roles in a shooting.
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HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Eric Wade Thompson, 36, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, also known as “crack.” According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 26, 2026, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Thompson’s apartment in Huntington and seized approximately 123.5 grams of fentanyl, approximately 92 grams of crack, and $1,763. As part of his guilty plea, Thompson admitted…
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, returned a four-count indictment charging an Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Inspector General (USDA-OIG), with defrauding the United States out of more than $50,000 in disability pay. USDA-OIG
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Brad Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 25, 2026, Coran D. Smith (age 47) was sentenced to 36 months’ incarceration for committing a scheme to attempt to negotiate two stolen checks, with a total value of nearly two million dollars. One of the checks was a U.S. Treasury check, and the other was a State of Illinois check. Both had been stolen from the mail. According to court records, in March 2023, Smith participated in a bank fraud…
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BOSTON – A Roxbury, Mass. man has been charged with kidnapping a victim from their home in Rhode Island. The defendant allegedly led police on a chase on I-93, crashing into other vehicles and fleeing on foot.
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Ocala, Florida – Dontai Lamont Johnson (37, Ocala) has been charged by indictment with distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. If convicted, Johnson faces an enhanced minimum penalty of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison due to having a qualifying prior conviction for a serious violent felony offense. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
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Mercedes Henry, a former banker at Ameris Bank, was arrested last week on federal charges of bank fraud, access device fraud, and bribery after she allegedly defrauded Ameris Bank out of more than $900,000.
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The United States has reached agreements with KDHK, Inc., Kenneth Flores, Irma Flores, and Christopher Flores to resolve allegations they defrauded the United States
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Ocala, Florida – Ervin Jones, III (36, Ocala), a/k/a “Downy,” has pleaded guilty to five counts of distribution or possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. He faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
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A Mexican national who was trafficking cocaine in Billings and illegally owned a pair of handguns was sentenced Friday to two years in prison, after which he will be remanded to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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A Billings woman who stole a handgun from an unlocked pickup truck was sentenced Friday to three years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison for abusing his law enforcement powers to threaten and intimidate a now-imprisoned, self-styled cryptocurrency businessman’s perceived adversaries, to advance that criminal’s interests, and for concealing from the IRS more than $373,000 in income he obtained from that criminal.
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BRIAN RODRIGUEZ illegally sold a handgun, ammunition, and components to assemble “Glock switches.”
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FRESNO, Calif. — On Friday, Sept. 25, after a four day trial, a federal jury found Andrew Madrid, 27, of Modesto, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and distributing fentanyl in Stanislaus County, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents and evidence produced at trial, Madrid was involved in two drug deals that took place in a shopping center parking lot in Turlock. In March 2023, Madrid and others provided another individual with two firearms…
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BOSTON – A former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) employee pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2026 in federal court in Boston to multiple conspiracies, including conspiring to falsify Red Line track inspection reports as well as committing overtime fraud.
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Today, the Justice Department announced charges and guilty pleas involving 12 individuals, including three illegal aliens, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship to register or vote, false statements on citizenship applications, and the alleged disposal of approximately 300 mail-in ballots by a former postal carrier.
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U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Timothee Tidwell, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to commit mail theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action to recover 110,270 USDT (Tether), alleged to be proceeds of a fraud scheme in which a Massachusetts victim was deceived into providing account login information to scammers, who then removed funds from the victim’s account. The cryptocurrency currently has an estimated value of approximately $47,000.
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BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Kendall Liberty, 25, of South Burlington, Vermont, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Liberty appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle on Friday, September 25, 2026, who ordered that Liberty be detained pending further proceedings in the case. According to court records, on November 27, 2025, a woman reported to the Burlington Police Department…
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Malik Strodder, age 25, of Flint, Michigan, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, and Dondrell Smith, age 25, of Mount Morris, Michigan, was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison for their roles in a scheme to defraud Walmart using fraudulent cash cards to obtain merchandise which they then subsequently returned for cash.
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PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois man, Dione D. Alexander, 37, was sentenced on September 18, 2026, to 120 months’ imprisonment for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), to be followed by 5 years of supervised release.
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BOSTON – An Arlington, Mass. man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a year-long drug conspiracy.
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Greenbelt, Maryland – A former federal senior official, who pled guilty to theft charges, received a federal sentence, today, in connection with a timecard scheme. Chief Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan sentenced Evester Edd, 64, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to two years of supervised probation, including three months of home confinement on electronic monitoring, for theft of government property.
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