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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. Licensed professional counselor indicted in $2 million health care fraud scheme 09/13/2024 08:00 AM EDT A 46-year-old resident of Mission has been taken into custody on charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud the Texas Medicaid Program Florida Man Sentenced for Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers 09/12/2024 08:00 AM EDT Tampa, FL – A Florida man was sentenced today to one year and a day in prison for conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate employees of pro-life pregnancy help centers in the free exercise of the right to provide and seek to provide reproductive health services. Caleb Freestone, along with two co-defendants, Amber Smith-Stewart and Annarella Rivera, selected reproductive health facilities that provided and counseled alternatives to abortion and vandalized those facilities with threatening messages. Repeat Child Pornography Offender Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison 09/12/2024 08:00 AM EDT MOBILE, AL – Jedidiah Allen, age 32, was sentenced on September 10 to 15 years in prison after entering guilty pleas to Distribution of Child Pornography and Access with Intent to View Child Pornography. 19 Defendants Charged in Columbus Armed Drug Trafficking Conspiracy 09/12/2024 08:00 AM EDT Five indictments unsealed this afternoon charge 19 defendants in alleged armed drug trafficking conspiracies and substantive drug distribution activities with ties to Zohannon, a hybrid criminal street gang in Columbus, resulting from Operation Sweet Silence, an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation. 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. Manage your Subscriptions | Department of Justice Privacy Policy  | GovDelivery Privacy Policy Follow the Offices of the United States Attorneys on Twitter: @USAttorneys