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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. U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Find Civil Rights Violations by Trenton Police Department and City of Trenton 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST TRENTON, N.J. – The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the Justice Department announced today that the Trenton Police Department (TPD) and the city of Trenton engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Federal Jury Convicts Minnesota Man of Advertising and Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material Over the Dark Web 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST A federal jury convicted a Minnesota man yesterday for advertising, distributing, and possessing material depicting the sexual abuse of children. Middle District Of Florida Prosecutors Indict 72 Firearms And Violent Crime Defendants During Fourth Quarter Of 2024 As Part Of Project Safe Neighborhoods Strategy 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today the results of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) strategy. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, ending on September 30, 2024, the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida indicted 72 defendants. These individuals face federal firearms, narcotics, and violent crime charges. Law enforcement also seized more than 100 firearms associated with these cases. (See chart for case details) Orange County man guilty in federal kidnapping 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST An Orange, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal violations related to a kidnapping in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs.  Mexican Man Sentenced for Federal Immigration Crime 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Eleven Charged in Federal Indictment Following Takedown of Indianapolis Meth Trafficking Conspiracy 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST 2024 Fraud Prevention Forum 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Six Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Adrian Robinson, Julio Martinez-Guzman, Jesse Brooks, James Carden, Reginal Dowdy, and Casanova Pritchett have been sentenced for their roles as members of a drug trafficking organization that distributed illegal narcotics in the Rome, Georgia, area, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and oxycodone.  Texas-Based Oil-and-Gas Company Phillips 66 Indicted for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act Stemming from Wastewater Discharge 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment charging the Houston-based energy business Phillips 66 Company with violating the Clean Water Act by illegally discharging hundreds of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater from its Carson oil refinery into the Los Angeles County sewer system then failing to report the violations to authorities, the Justice Department announced today. Miami County man pleads guilty to possessing unregistered destructive devices 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST DAYTON, Ohio – A Troy, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to illegally possessing unregistered destructive devices.  Former KC Individual Sentenced to 20 Years for Attempting to Produce Child Pornography 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST A former Kansas City, Mo., individual who moved to Mexico and lived under another name, has been sentenced in federal court for producing and selling child pornography online. ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer Arrested For Identity Theft And Disseminating Confidential Government Records 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the arrest of HENRY YAU for charges in connection with a scheme to commit identity theft, convert government records, and disclose agency records containing individually identifiable information.   Frankfort Attorney Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Local Home Healthcare Company Owner Accused of $800,000 Fraud 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST Natavia Boyd-Wells was indicted on four counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements related to a healthcare matter. High-Ranking Mexican Cartel Leader Arrested on Charges of International Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering After Faking Own Death to Live in California Under Assumed Identity 11/21/2024 07:00 AM EST A federal court in the Central District of California unsealed a criminal complaint yesterday charging Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa — a high-ranking member of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and the son-in-law of the CJNG's leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho — with international drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. Gutierrez-Ochoa was arrested in Riverside, California, on Nov. 19. 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