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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. Detroit Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Drug Trafficking and Discharging Firearm at Drug Deal 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT HONOLULU – United States Attorney Clare E. Connors announced that Gabriel Antone Eberhardt, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jill A. Otake to 30 years in federal prison—including 12 years for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine and a consecutive 18 years for discharging a firearm in connection with the distribution of heroin—as well as 5 years of supervised release. Houston Residents Charged With Stealing DoorDash Delivery Workers' Wages 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT OAKLAND – A federal grand jury indicted Oluwatobi Otukelu and Evan Edwards on charges of conspiracy and causing damage to a computer in connection with an alleged scheme to steal wages earned by workers of a delivery service Cordova Man Sentenced in Connection with $5.9 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Memphis, TN – Christopher C. Brown, 47, of Cordova, Tennessee, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $5,214,302.00 in restitution after his conviction related to a multi-year scheme to defraud four insurance companies.  Reagan Fondren, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.While operating a music recording business on Monroe Avenue in Memphis, Brown made claims to Main Street Assurance Company for alleged losses of over $340,000 due to water damage and a purported burglary at the business location.  Main Street paid Brown's claims.  Brown then...  Seattle man sentenced for string of marijuana dispensary robberies 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Seattle – A 19-year-old Seattle-area man, was sentenced October 18, 2024, to 90 months in prison for a series of seven armed robberies of marijuana dispensaries, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman Van Nuys Man Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine via Darknet Marketplaces and Possessing Guns 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT A San Fernando Valley man who admitted in court documents to causing one fatal fentanyl overdose was sentenced today to 248 months in federal prison for using darknet marketplaces to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine to buyers nationwide. Armed Robber Gets 10 Year Prison Sentence 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Antone Watkins, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for armed robbery and other firearm-related offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department.   Denver Man Sentenced In Connection With Five Bank Robberies 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT DENVER – The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Samuel Richard Ruthstrom, age 42, has been sentenced to 160 months in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of bank robbery.  Leader of multistate drug trafficking ring sentenced to 15 years 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Oct. 18 to 15 years in prison and five years' supervised release for leading a multistate drug trafficking ring that trafficked kilos of heroin into Alaska and used firearms to further the conspiracy. Murder Defendant Extradited from El Salvador for 2013 Stabbing 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Angel Monge, 51, of El Salvador, was transported from El Salvador to the United States by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, on October 18, 2024, and placed under arrest for a September 2013 murder. Monge was presented in Superior Court in the District of Columbia the next day when the Honorable Leslie Meeke ordered him to be held without bond. The arrest and extradition were announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves. Bell Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Illegal Drugs, Including More Than 19,000 Fentanyl-Laced Pills 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT A Bell man was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison for distributing narcotics, including more than 19,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. Browning woman admits assaulting child on Blackfeet Indian Reservation 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT New Rochelle Physician Pleads Guilty To Selling Thousands Of Oxycodone Pills For Cash 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Naomi Gruchacz, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"), announced that MORDECHAI BAR pled guilty today to one count of illicitly distributing and dispensing oxycodone and other controlled substances. Canadian on Homeland Security's Most Wanted List Extradited and Convicted of Drug Trafficking Charges 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Wyoming County Man and Raleigh County Woman Sentenced for Evading Financial Reporting Requirements 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Dominican Republic Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Quincy Woman Charged with Social Security Fraud 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Quincy woman was charged today in federal court in Boston with fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits.   Aliquippa Resident Pleads Guilty to Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Stowe Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Jail for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Former Attorney Charged with Stealing Settlement Money from Clients 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Man Pleads Guilty to Vandalizing Federal Building 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT New Orleans Man Sentenced for Firearm and Drug Offense 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JEREL CLAVO ("CLAVO"), age 36, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 15, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Brandon S. Long to 62 months incarceration, five (5) years of supervised release, and a $200 mandatory special assessment fee, after previously pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(D) (Count 1); and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(c)(1)(A)(i) (Count 2). Attempting to Impede Federal Tax Laws Lands Oklahoma City Man in Federal Prison for Three Years 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT Former Bosnian Prison Camp Supervisor Convicted of Concealing Participation in Wartime Persecution 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Swampscott, Mass. man was convicted on Oct. 18, 2024, following a two-week jury trial in Boston, of a 25-year scheme to conceal his persecution of ethnic Serbs during the Bosnian War.  He was also convicted of making false claims to become a refugee to the United States and ultimately a United States citizen. Belgian National Charged with Attempting to Breach Cockpit and Assaulting Flight Crew Members on March 2024 Flight 10/21/2024 08:00 AM EDT NEWARK, N.J. – A Belgian national was arrested today for attempting to breach the cockpit and assaulting flight attendants aboard flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to Zurich, Switzerland, in March 2024. 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