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Pennsylvania Man Charged with Obstruction of Justice Relating to Attempts to Acquire Ricin

A Pennsylvania man was charged today with obstructing an investigation into his efforts to acquire the deadly toxin, ricin. Dr. Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, 37, of Allentown, Penn., was charged with one count of obstruction of justice. According to the charging document, Saaem held a Ph.D.…

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Trump Thanks Washington Post For Correction Of False Quotes, Calls For Election Fraud Investigation

The damage is done and the cries of corruption have since dimmed, but no matter, a smear campaign is a smear campaign. In the publishing world, the old saying is, “Get it first, but first, get it right.” That doesn’t seem to ring true in…

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Three Georgia Cousins Sentenced For Operating Meth Lab Near Elementary School

Zury Brito-Arroyo, Bonifacio Brito-Maldonado, and Roberto Arroyo-Garcia have been sentenced to federal prison for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine in a home where a minor child resided and within 1,000 feet of a school. The three men, all of whom had illegally entered the United States…

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15 years in federal prison for attempting to entice and meet a 5-year-old child for sex.

Three Former Florida Sheriff’s Office Deputies Sentenced for Their Roles in Narcotics Conspiracies and Fraud

Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that three former deputies with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office – Carolyn Colter Franklin, 64; Allan Hunter, 52; and Nathaniel Miller Shazier, III, 29 – all from Orangeburg County, were sentenced to multi-year sentences in federal…

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DOJ: 2 Men Arrested, Spraying Officer Brian Sicknick And Others With Chemical At Capitol

Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Penn., and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, W. Va., were arrested Sunday, charged with “conspiring to injure officers and assaulting federal officers” and other crimes, the Justice Department says. Tanios was arrested at his home; Khater was…

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Philip M. Close, 43

New York Music Teacher Pleads Guilty, 61-Counts Production Of Child Porn, Facing 2,090 Years in Prison

U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced Friday, that Philip M. Close, 43, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles A. Siragusa to a 74-count indictment, including 61 counts of production of child pornography and 13 counts of possession of material containing…

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Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, 34

DOJ: Daughter of Mexican Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).  According to court documents, Jessica Johanna Oseguera…

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