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Offices of the United States Attorneys   You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Tacoma man sentenced to more than six years in prison for violent assault 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Tacoma– A 41-year-old Tacoma man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 80 months in prison for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Court Gives 45 Year Prison Term for Murder at a Bus Stop in Southeast 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT             WASHINGTON –Terrell Poe, 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his role in the murder of Christopher Washington in September 2020. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Seven Years in Prison for 2023 Shooting in Northwest D.C. 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Bergen County Man Admits Fraudulently Obtaining Cares Act Loan and Laundering the Proceeds of his Fraud 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, man admitted that he fraudulently obtained an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and laundered the loan proceeds. Green Forest Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting and Abusing an 8-Year-Old Female 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Burlington County Man Sentenced to 245 Months in Prison for Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT TRENTON, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey man was sentenced to 245 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than one kilogram of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area. Tucson Man Indicted on Firearm and Cocaine Trafficking Charges 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT TUCSON, Ariz. – Jesus Antonio Najar, 22, of Tucson, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine; Use/Carrying of a Firearm During a Drug Crime; Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number; and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, specifically a machinegun, a short-barreled rifle, and a silencer. Western District of Washington recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Seattle – U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman for the Western District of Washington, joined national, state, local, and Tribal leaders today in recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). U.S. Attorney's Office Observes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Eastern District of California Celebrates World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Nevada U.S. Attorney's Office Recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT LAS VEGAS – Ahead of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada joins national, state, local, and Tribal leaders in increasing awareness and understanding the many forms of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. 30 Year Sentence for District Man Who Stabbed Two Men in Northwest DC, Killing One 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Joseph Melton, 55, of Washington, DC, was sentenced today, by Superior Court Judge Michael O'Keefe, to 366 months in prison for the January 2020 murder of a man. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Vancouver, Washington man sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking while possessing firearms 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Tacoma – A 41-year-old Vancouver, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 10 years in prison for drug distribution and firearms crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Three Defendants Plead Guilty to a Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON – Three Florida residents pleaded guilty today to conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pregnancy resource centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health services. The defendants selected reproductive health facilities that provided and counseled abortion alternatives and vandalized those facilities with threatening messages. Registered Sex Offender sentenced to 5+ years in prison for possession of images of child sexual abuse 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Seattle – A 59-year-old Shoreline, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 66 months in prison for possession of images of child sexual abuse, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. St. Peters Man Admits Selling Fatal Dose of Fentanyl 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Zachary Hovis supplied fentanyl to a woman who died and another who went to the hospital.   New Orleans Man Sentenced for Violating Federal Gun Control Act 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ROBERT HALL ("HALL"), age 24, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on June 12, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk, after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Three Defendants Plead Guilty to a Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Three Florida residents pleaded guilty today to conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pregnancy resource centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health services. The defendants selected reproductive health facilities that provided and counseled abortion alternatives and vandalized those facilities with threatening messages. Hampton felon returning to prison for federal firearm conviction 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Jerry Stull, 56, of Hampton, was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Odessa Woman Indicted For Unlawfully Removing Her Children From The United States 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Krupaben Himanshu Bhatt (37, Odessa) with international parental kidnapping. If convicted on all counts, Bhatt faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison.  U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Anchorage man charged in bomb hoax at a federal building 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with allegedly making a false bomb threat at a federal building. Washington man caught at Arlington mall pleads guilty to federal drug and firearms charges 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT Willie Gene Thorne, 29, of Washington, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in a drug trafficking crime. Nigerian Man Admits to Role in Money Laundering and Passport Fraud Conspiracies 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Nigerian man, formerly of Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today to his role in separate schemes to launder criminal proceeds from fraud and obtaining a United States passport through false statements.   U.S. Attorney Recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 06/14/2024 08:00 AM EDT U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore joined national, state, and local leaders today in recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the Offices of the United States Attorneys website. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW · Washington, DC 20530 · 202-514-2000 and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. 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