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After a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation, five Venezuelan nationals admitted guilt in attempting to steal U.S. currency from automated teller machines (ATMs).
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Dereon Butler, 19, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 16.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to his participation in an armed robbery spree that occurred in December 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered judgment revoking the naturalization of convicted rapist Gurmeet Singh.
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URBANA, Ill. – A Mahomet, Illinois, man, Hans Lee Grotelueschen, 56, has been charged with allegedly failing to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and fraud related to Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) administered through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
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Six individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine.
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HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Darrel Lee Wells, 59, of Barboursville, pleaded guilty today to wiretapping. Wells admitted that he recorded a 17-year-old female foreign exchange student living at his residence using hidden cameras he installed. According to court documents and statements made in court, between in or about January 2022 and on or about April 4, 2022, Wells purchased at least two concealable cameras online, had them shipped in interstate commerce to his Barboursville residence, and secretly installed them in…
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SAN DIEGO – Jose De Jesus Anguiano of San Diego was sentenced in federal court today to 168 months in prison plus 10 years of supervised release for coercing or attempting to coerce at least four children, ages 13 to 17, to engage in sexual activity in exchange for money, marijuana, or alcohol. Anguiano pleaded guilty on February 24, 2026, to one count of Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. According to his plea agreement, Anguiano also admitted similar conduct with three other minors, including that from at least…
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Baltimore, Maryland – A Maryland man pled guilty in federal court, today, stemming from a fatal car crash on the Baltimore-Washington (BW) Parkway that resulted in the death of a 48-year-old father of five. Vincent Antwonn Still, 59, of Hanover, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal crash.
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Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico announced its immigration enforcement statistics.
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Eight U.S. Attorneys and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today joined Secretary Sean P. Duffy of the Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Secretary Markwayne Mullin of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — as well as Administrator Derek Barrs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Vice Chairman Andrew Ferguson of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud — to announce a historic interagency effort to crack down on fraud in the trucking industry. Federal officials were also joined by…
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Tallahassee, Florida – Anthony Wayne Lanier, 33, of Crawfordville, Florida was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Attempted Transmission of Obscene Material to a Minor.
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ALBANY, NEW YORK – David Terrance appeared in federal court on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Homeland Security Investigations Buffalo Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Patrone, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives New York Special Agent in Charge Bryan DiGirolamo, Ontario Provincial Police Chief Superintendent Mike Stoddart, Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service Chief of Police Ranatiiostha Swamp and Saint…
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BOSTON – The former Executive Director of the Watertown Housing Authority (WHA) has agreed to return more than $6,200 to the WHA stemming from his theft of the funds which he used to fund his bathroom renovation.
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Shamarri Tache Brooks, a multi-convicted felon and rapper, was sentenced to federal prison for a fraud scheme involving thousands of checks stolen from the mail.
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A Missouri man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for transporting methamphetamine across state lines.
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FLORENCE, S.C. — Ramsey Adam Currie, 43, of Columbia, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine.
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MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jade McClaren, 42, Rock Springs, Wisconsin, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge William Conley to one year and one day in federal prison for lying on a form during the purchase of a firearm. McClaren pleaded guilty to this charge on April 20, 2026. “Straw purchasing” is when a gun buyer lies to a firearms dealer to purchase a gun for someone else. Most often straw purchases occur either…
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BECKLEY, W. Va. – Deandre Jomar Harris, also known as “Dre,” 33, of Beckley, was sentenced on Friday, August 28, 2026, to three years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September 10, 2024, Harris sold approximately 7.22 grams of a substance containing fentanyl to a confidential informant. As part of his guilty plea, Harris admitted that he conducted the transaction and that it…
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Myra Paule Schulenburg, 46, was charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. Her nephew, John Paule Rivera, 30, was charged with conspiracy to commit immigration fraud, making false statements under oath on immigration documents, making false statements to a federal agency, unlawfully procuring citizenship, and misuse of citizenship evidence.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court here today to threatening on social media to kill federal immigration agents.
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CONCORD – Rye man Frank Nappo, 56, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud today, admitting to participating in an international scheme to sell fabricated market survey data, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. U.S. District Judge Landya B. McCafferty scheduled sentencing for December 17, 2026. According to the public record, Op4G and Slice were market research companies based in New Hampshire and Illinois, respectively. Clients would hire the companies to conduct market research surveys. As part of…
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RUTLAND – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 27, 2026, Christopher Dezotelle, 43, most recently of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier to a term of 72 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a 4-year term of supervised release. Dezotelle previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine base and 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court records, Dezotelle, a life-long Vermonter with an extensive…
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PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Matthew James Addy, 47, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 75 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $1,000 fine, $1,600 special assessment, and restitution of $755,995 by United States District Judge John M. Gallagher, for schemes through which the defendant defrauded investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The defendant was charged by indictment in October of last year and pleaded guilty this April to 13…
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U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Steven S. Butler, 42, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
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