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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. Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Loaded Semi-Automatic Pistol and Drug Trafficking 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol.   Arizona Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Mailing Methamphetamine to Northern Alabama 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Davenport Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm as an Armed Career Criminal 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Davenport man was sentenced on March 18, 2025 to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon and Armed Career Criminal. Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Extortion Conspiracy 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty on March 21, 2025 to his role in an extortion conspiracy involving former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) troopers who allegedly conspired to give false passing scores to certain Commercial Driver's License (CDL) applicants who had failed or had taken only partial CDL skills test, in exchange for bribes. Fort Washakie Man Sentenced to 29 Years of Imprisonment for Second-Degree Murder 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Conrad Troy Tillman, 38, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was sentenced to 348 months and 23 days in federal prison with five years of supervised release for second-degree murder.  South Carolina Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Trafficking More Than Two Dozen Illegal Firearms into Boston 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Columbia, S.C. man was sentenced on March 21, 2025 in federal court in Boston for conspiring to traffic more than two dozen illegal firearms from South Carolina to Boston.  Illegal alien charged in gift card fraud, identity theft scheme in Glen Carbon 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Philadelphia Man Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT CAMDEN, N.J. – A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man was found guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine. Goldsboro Gang Member Sentenced to 21 Years for Armed Robbery 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Mexican National Living in Sacramento Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Luis Vasquez-Lopez, 47, a Mexican national residing in Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to 10 years and one month in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute. Lee County Drug Dealers Sentenced For Their Roles In Large Drug Trafficking Conspiracy 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Sam Austin Young (28, Fort Myers) and Bryant Eric Scharoun (35, Lehigh Acres) to 20 and 15 years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy. Young pleaded guilty on July 23, 2024, and Scharoun pleaded guilty on May 14, 2024. Lexington County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT COLUMBIA, S.C. — Terry Leslie Washington, 46, of West Columbia, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Guatemalan National Indicted For Illegal Reentry By A Previously Deported Alien 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Fort Myers, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Sara C. Sweeney announces the return of an indictment charging David Velasquez-Lopez (34, Guatemala) with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien. If convicted, Velasquez-Lopez faces up to two years in federal prison.  Wayne County Man Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Role in Theft of Timber from Public Land 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Convicted Felon Headed Back To Federal Prison For Possessing Multiple Firearms 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Fort Myers, FL – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Juan Gonzalez-Diaz (46, Cuba) to two years and six months in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Gonzalez-Diaz to forfeit the firearms and ammunition possessed during the offense. Gonzalez-Diaz entered a guilty plea on December 18, 2024. Carson Tahoe Health System Agrees to Pay Over $8.8 Million to Settle Allegations Over Pandemic-Related Loans 03/24/2025 08:00 AM EDT Carson Tahoe Health System, which owns Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics and Carson Tahoe Continuing Care Hospital, has agreed to pay $8,876,475.45 to settle allegations that they were not eligible for the four Paycheck Protection Program loans that they obtained. 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