Massachusetts Man Sentenced to More than 17 Years in Prison for Cyberstalking...
A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former housemate, her family members, co-workers, friends, and others,...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Collaborates With Canadian and Mexican Partners on...
Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio traveled to Mexico City on Tuesday to lead the U.S. delegation in the Trilateral Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls....
View ArticleNational Institute of Justice Hosts Summit on Opioid Crisis
On Sept. 25, 2018, the National Institute of Justice hosted a summit on the opioid crisis. In the United States, the rising death rate due to drug overdoses has been driven largely by rising numbers of...
View ArticleTexas Patient Recruiter Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for $3.6 Million...
WASHINGTON – A Houston, Texas-area patient recruiter was sentenced to 108 months in prison today for her role in a $3.6 million Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health...
View ArticleOfficer of North Carolina Mental Health Service Provider Pleads Guilty for...
A Raleigh, North Carolina, man pleaded guilty today to one count of willful failure to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...
View ArticleMichael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Marc Sorrentino Sentenced to Federal...
Television personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino was sentenced to eight months in prison, and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for violating federal tax laws....
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Announces Matt Dummermuth to Head the Office of Justice...
The Department of Justice today announced Matt M. Dummermuth as the head of the Office of Justice Programs. Mr. Dummermuth replaces Laura L. Rogers, who now serves as Director of the Department’s...
View ArticleTexas Hospital Administrator Convicted of Health Care Fraud for Role in $16...
A federal jury convicted a Houston-area hospital administrator on Friday for his role in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice...
View ArticleTwo Washington, D.C. Siblings Plead Guilty for Attack Outside D.C. Courthouse
Washington, D.C. siblings pleaded guilty today for their April attack on a federal prosecutor and a murder victim’s daughter outside the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, announced Assistant...
View ArticleChinese Intelligence Officer Charged with Economic Espionage Involving Theft...
CINCINNATI – A Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) operative, Yanjun Xu, aka Qu Hui, aka Zhang Hui, has been arrested and charged with conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage and...
View ArticleJustice Department and ATF Name 22 Sites to Receive New National Integrated...
Evidence based forensic tool to help solve violent crimeThe Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced the deployment of ballistic imaging...
View ArticleJustice Department Awards $13 Million to Help Jurisdictions Register and...
The Office of Justice Programs' Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking has awarded approximately $13 million to states, U.S. territories and tribal...
View ArticleContact Between Police And The Public Fell Over A 4-Year Period
WASHINGTON — The portion of U.S. residents age 16 or older who had experienced contact with the police in the preceding 12 months declined from 26 percent in 2011 to 21 percent in 2015, the...
View ArticleTexas Pilot Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Arson Conspiracies
TYLER, Texas – A 33-year-old pilot, formerly of Kemah, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown...
View ArticleU.S. Army Reservist, Who Exploited Opioid Addictions of Young Women,...
Defendant forced victims struggling with opioid addictions to prostitute for his profitXaver M. Boston, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of six counts of sex...
View ArticleAnniston Man Arrested on Federal Charge for Having Gun at High School...
ANNISTON – Authorities today arrested an 18-year-old Anniston man on federal charges for having a pistol at an Anniston High School football game on Sept. 28, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and...
View ArticleArmed Robber Gets Significant Sentence for Pawn Shop Burglaries
HOUSTON – Two Houston men have been ordered to federal prison for their convictions related to a string of Cash America Pawn robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Patrick Earl Cooper Jr.,...
View ArticleMaryland Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Traveling to the Philippines...
A Reisterstown, Maryland man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison and ordered to pay $125,000 in restitution, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for traveling from the United...
View ArticleViolent Felon Sentenced for Possessing Stolen, High Capacity Firearm
RICHMOND, Va. – A Chester man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for possessing a stolen, high-capacity firearm after a violent felony conviction.“Violent felons who illegally possess firearms...
View ArticleArmed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years
MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ronald Siebert, 36, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge...
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