Foreign National Sentenced to 31 Months in Prison for Leadership Role in...
A Pakistani citizen was sentenced today to 31months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from Pakistan into the United States. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth...
View ArticleFugitive Lawyer and Accomplice Indicted for Escape
A former eastern Kentucky social security disability lawyer and an accomplice were charged in a federal indictment with various offenses related to the lawyer’s escape from home confinement and his...
View ArticleNational Institute of Justice to Hold Saturday Session at IACP
On Saturday, Oct. 21, NIJ will host the Fourth Annual Saturday Session at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Centered around the theme "What Works and...
View ArticleVisit SchoolSafetyInfo.org to Read About Free School Safety Curriculum
Recently posted on www.schoolsafetyinfo.org, JTIC's school safety website, "Colorado Curriculum Gains National Recognition" informs readers about the Youth Education and Safety in Schools program...
View ArticleFocus on Internet Safety
The latest Monthly Focus from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, on Internet Safety, can be downloaded from https://www.ncjrs.gov/eblast/2017_eblast-internet-safety.html. October is...
View ArticleFormer Deputy Jailer at Kentucky River Regional Jail Sentenced to 108 Months...
A former supervisory deputy jailer at the Kentucky River Regional Jail has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release related to his role in an unprovoked...
View ArticleJohnson City Resident Sentenced to Serve 150 Months in Prison for Firearm and...
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – On October 11, 2017, Christopher Horton, a.k.a. “Slim,” 30, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 150...
View ArticleMember of Cherry Hill’s Hillside Drug Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced To 25...
Admitted to the Murder of Baltimore Man in 2012Baltimore, Maryland – On October 13, 2017, United States District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Leonard Chase a/k/a “Nard”, age 23, of Baltimore,...
View ArticleAttorney General Jeff Sessions Gives Key Department of Justice Task Force New...
Taking another step toward fulfilling President Trump’s goal of stamping out the brutal transnational criminal organization MS-13, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today formally designated the gang as a...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Awards Nearly $9 Million to Advance Community Policing...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced nearly $9 million in funding through the Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to advance the practice of...
View ArticleDEA and local law enforcement partners take back unwanted prescription drugs...
WASHINGTON – This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public...
View ArticleTwo Men Indicted for Conspring to Cause False Statements to the Federal...
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania returned an indictment today charging two Philadelphia-area political consultants with a scheme to use a political...
View ArticleVirginia Man Indicted for Production and Possession of Child Pornography
A Virginia man was indicted today on child pornography charges, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick...
View ArticlePittsburgh-Area Doctor Charged With Unlawfully Distributing Opioids
Indictment is first since Attorney General Sessions announced the formation of the Opioid and Abuse Detection Unit, a Department of Justice initiative that uses data to target and prosecute individuals...
View ArticleFederal Grand Jury Indicts Pomona Police Officer on Civil Rights Offense for...
Three officers with the Pomona Police Department (PPD) surrendered this morning to face federal charges that allege one officer violated the civil rights of a minor who was beaten at the Los Angeles...
View ArticleDEA establishes six new heroin enforcement teams
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. “At a time when overdose...
View ArticleConvicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Drug and Firearm Offenses Committed Near...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – October 25, 2017 – Emmanuel Thirkill, aka Hot Boy, 36, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty Monday in U.S District Court to drug trafficking and firearms violations, announced U.S....
View ArticleTwenty-Nine Individuals were Sentenced in a Multi-Agency Law Enforcement...
Twenty-nine individuals have been sentenced for their respective roles in selling guns and drugs in Pompano Beach following a yearlong intensive investigation lead by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
View ArticleFederal Jury Convicts Sanford Felon for Selling Drugs and Firearms in Orlando
Orlando, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Christopher Gerard Dickerson (39, Sanford) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute...
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