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NORFOLK, Va. – Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, pled guilty today to dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University (ODU), and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. On March 12, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, committed a terrorist shooting at…

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Human trafficking and smuggling scheme targeting vulnerable Venezuelan women, recruiting them to the U.S. with promises of employment Nine criminal aliens from Venezuela have pleaded guilty to human trafficking, alien smuggling, and money laundering charges related to a sex trafficking ring operated in several motels in Nashville, Tennessee.   According to court documents, the defendants…

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Rapid City, S.D.—The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the January 27, 2024, murder of Alton Mesteth, age 54, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. In the early morning hours of January 27, 2024, an unidentified person or persons shot…

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Tennessee woman was sentenced to prison today for filing bogus deeds for residential real estate in North Carolina and other states and misusing the owners’ personal identifying information (PII), announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.  Alicia, England, 33, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was ordered to serve…

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TULSA, Okla. – A Chouteau man was sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country after driving impaired and causing a fatal car wreck, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Tyler Ray Thompson, 29, to 64 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.  The investigation revealed that in…

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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in prison, to be followed by six years of supervised release, on his conviction of drug trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. Senior United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence…

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Scheme Involved Sending Sensitive U.S. Electronic Components to Iran A Massachusetts man was convicted yesterday in federal court in Boston following a 14-day jury trial for charges related to a scheme to illegally export sophisticated electronic components from the United States to Iran.  Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 43, a dual U.S.-Iranian national of Natick, Massachusetts, was…

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Lamarr Anthony Welch, also known as “Joe,” 35, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for 11 felony drug offenses. Welch admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Huntington…

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FBI personnel from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia are converging at the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill in Zachary, Louisiana in the continuing search for 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather. The Baton Rouge Police Department asked for the FBI’s assistance in what is a complex and dangerous mission. The FBI agreed to…

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United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the July Federal Grand Jury 2026-A Indictments. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return of an indictment is a method of informing a defendant of alleged violations of federal law, which…

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TULSA, Okla. – An indictment was unsealed today charging an Owasso man with killing Brian Bizzell and injuring three others in a fatal car wreck. Christopher Robert Chaney, 52, of Owasso, is charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country; two counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country; and Assault by Striking,…

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