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Former Defense Contractor Sentenced for Unlawfully Retaining Classified Information
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- Published: 17 June 2018 17 June 2018
Houston, Texas - Weldon Marshall, 43, of Sherman, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for unlawfully retaining national defense information. Marshall pleaded guilty on March 5. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick of the Southern District of Texas made the announcement, after sentencing by U.S. District Judge George Hanks.
Wisconsin Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography Outside of the United States
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- Published: 17 June 2018 17 June 2018
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - A Wisconsin man was charged in an indictment Tuesday with the crimes of producing and possessing child pornography and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Montana Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Designing Fraudulent Mail Solicitations for Use in Transnational Elder Fraud Scheme
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- Published: 17 June 2018 17 June 2018
New York - On June 12, Thomas Ressler, 66, of Whitehall, Montana, was sentenced by the U.S. District Court in Helena to serve 36 months in prison for designing dozens of fraudulent solicitations used in an international mail-fraud scheme. On February 22, 2018, Ressler pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Former Georgia Prison Guard Sentenced in Connection with Sexual Assaults of Female Inmates and Bomb Threat
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- Published: 17 June 2018 17 June 2018
Atlanta, Georgia - The Justice Department Monday announced that former Georgia prison guard Edgar Daniel Johnson, 51, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for sexually assaulting three female inmates at the Emanuel Women’s Facility in Swainsboro, Georgia; for coercing the women to help him cover up the assaults; and for making a bomb threat at Elba Island on a separate occasion, in May, 2017. The Court will determine the amount of restitution owed to the victims at a later hearing.
New York Man Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
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- Published: 17 June 2018 17 June 2018
Buffalo, New York - Arafat M. Nagi, 47, of Lackawanna, New York, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
San Luis CBP Officers Seize $290K in Meth
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- Published: 16 June 2018 16 June 2018
San Luis, Arizona - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a U.S. citizen Thursday, in connection to an unsuccessful Methamphetamine smuggling attempt resulting in the seizure of nearly 97 pounds at Arizona’s Port of San Luis.
CBP Officers Arrest Mexican National with Fentanyl
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- Published: 16 June 2018 16 June 2018
Nogales, Arizona - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales apprehended a Mexican national involved in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle fentanyl into the United States Thursday.