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USAO - Florida, Middle News Update

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04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the return of an indictment charging Samuel Ortiz-Ordonez (24, Guatemala) with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien. If convicted, Ortiz-Ordonez faces up to two years in federal prison and subsequent deportation and removal from the United States.
04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Brian Francis McArdle (34, Clearwater) with transportation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and possession of CSAM. If convicted on all counts, McArdle faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Eduardo Anibal Escobar (44), Carlos Alberto Rodriguez (35), and Adelmy Tejada (57), all residents of Orlando, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit tax fraud. Each are legal permanent residents from El Salvador. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud offense and up to 5 years in federal prison for the tax fraud offense. These individuals are subject to an order requiring them to forfeit at least $8,764,652 in proceeds which they obtained as a result of the wire fraud offense and two houses in Orlando that were purchased with those proceeds.
04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that William Isaak Sparks (24, Kalamazoo, Michigan) has pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of an 11-year-old child to engage in sex acts. Sparks faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. Following any imposed prison sentence, he will be required to serve at least 5 years' supervised release and register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Sparks has also agreed to forfeit a cellphone that was used to facilitate the offense.
 

Project Safe Childhood News Update

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04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Brian Francis McArdle (34, Clearwater) with transportation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and possession of CSAM. If convicted on all counts, McArdle faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
 

USAO - Virginia, Western News Update

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04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

ABINGDON, Va. – An Ohio woman, who trafficked ice methamphetamine from the Buckeye State into Southwest Virginia and carried a firearm while doing so, was sentenced yesterday to 98 months in federal prison.
 

Violent Crimes News Update

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04/04/2025 08:00 AM EDT

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, FBI Miami, Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO), and other law enforcement worked in partnership to solve four local homicides connected to the MS-13 gang, a transnational criminal organization and recognized terrorist group. 
 

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April 04, 2025

Nine Shopping Trips That Trump's Tariffs Just Made More Expensive

A look at companies whose stock prices cratered Thursday shows where consumers are likely to pay the price for Trump’s trade war

 

A Ukrainian Fusion Band Made an Album During the War - On the Frontlines

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Russell Brand Charged With Rape, Sexual Assault

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Inside the Push to Bring a 'Wire' Reunion to HBO

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Liberals' 'Abundance' Discourse Is Good for Trump and Musk - and Bad For Dems

Ezra Klein’s new book and an oligarch-funded movement aims to kill off the Democratic Party’s populist uprising

 

Meet GIFT, the Space Rockers Aiming for 'Otherworldly' Sounds

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'Adolescence' Is Inspiring TikTokers to Share Red Flags for Red-Pilled Boys

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A Quiet Night With DJ Koze

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