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BALTIMORE, MD – U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Craig Benedict Baxam, age 26, of Laurel, Maryland, to serve seven years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after
MIAMI – Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County State Attorney; Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
CLEVELAND – A former Lorain County, Ohio, corrections officer was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to one count
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that the Justice Department collected at least $8 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2013. “The department’s
WATERLOO – On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, the Waterloo Police Department conducted tobacco compliance checks. The following businesses were checked and found to be compliant reference tobacco sales to minors: Cork’s Grocery,
CORALVILLE – Steven DeWayne Daniels, an inmate assigned to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center (IMCC), died Wednesday January 8, 2014 in the IMCC Hospice Care Medical Unit. Daniels died of natural causes
MASON CITY – A local sex offender is in jail for violating a pre-trial condition for his release. Shawn Duwayne Holmes, age 38, turned himself in to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s
MINNEAPOLIS – FBI Special Agent in Charge J. Christopher Warrener today announced the arrest of Jose Francisco Gomez, 39, in Panama City, Panama, pursuant to a complaint for criminal sexual conduct in
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – This week, Michael J. McGowan, a former Federal Air Marshal and Border Patrol Agent, was sentenced to 90 years’ incarceration for three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Corpus Christi, TX – Austin Myles Byrom, 19, and Skyler Katherine Burghart, 18, were arrested late last week by members of the United States Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task
MIAMI – Stanley Simms, 47, of Sunrise, Florida, is wanted by the FBI for charges relating to the possession of child pornography. He was last seen in Sunrise, Florida, on June 7,
NEWARK, NJ—A Colorado man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to transport women across state lines for prostitution in New Jersey and other states, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. James
CINCINNATI – Paul G. Fox, 48, of Franklin, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court this week to 144 months in prison for possession of more than 600 images of child pornography
FRESNO, Calif. — A 33-year-old Navy petty officer pleaded guilty Monday to one count of sex trafficking a minor, following a probe by the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force,
GREENBELT, MD – Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Daniel Burton, a/k/a Snoop, age 30, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 262 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release.
El Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry found 1.15 pounds of methamphetamine strapped to the midsection of a border crosser New
JACKSONVILLE – Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that a federal grand jury in Jacksonville has returned an indictment against Samuel Franklin Crews (31, Lake City), charging him
Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station apprehended a convicted sex offender on Thursday, the second such arrest by Del Rio Sector agents in as
OMAHA – Hotel security cameras helped nab a woman who was leaving her hotel room with numerous items that belonged to the hotel. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha, Nebraska said Thursday
FORT DODGE – Authorities are seeking a man who escaped from a work release facility who is serving time for a violent offense. According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, 21-year-old Austin Dean
Gainesville, FL – The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Bricen Bowden in the city of Alachua on December 27, 2013. Bowden was wanted by the Lafayette County
LUBBOCK, Texas — A North Texas man was sentenced Friday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison following his guilty plea in August to one count of producing child pornography. U.S. District
ROCKFORD—A Rockford, Illinois man was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 113 months in prison without parole, to be followed by three years of supervised
PHOENIX – Daniel McMullen, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Jackson, Mississippi; Ricky Maxwell, acting special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Atlanta, Georgia; and
From the Ames, Iowa Police Department: Weekend Roundup, December 30 Edition Good morning all. It was a fairly quiet and also odd weekend, at least the weather was odd. We went from
Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry Saturday seized approximately $51,600 worth of methamphetamine, concealed on the body of a pedestrian border crosser.
Calexico, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico downtown port of entry Thursday seized approximately $21,500 worth of methamphetamine concealed on the body of a pedestrian border crosser.
COLUMBUS, OH – Stewart A. Miller, 48, of Sunbury, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of receipt of child pornography. Miller was a Columbus police officer prior
Tucson, Ariz. – Drug trafficking organizations do not take a holiday break and neither does the Border Patrol. While many citizens were doing last minute shopping before the holiday, Border Patrol agents
OMAHA – United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Christopher J. Tierney was sentenced on December 23, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to a term of probation of
From the UI Department of Public Safety – On the morning of Dec. 21, the University of Iowa Police received a report from a student that either during the late night of
From the Ames Police Department, December 23, 2013: With the snow and cold and storm, our officers mostly dealt with issues related to weather. The snow ordinance was used and some cars
SAN CLEMENTE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a man at the San Clemente, California checkpoint on Interstate 5 for narcotics smuggling yesterday. At approximately 10:30 a.m., agents at the
Norfolk, VA – United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, Robert W. Mathieson, announces the capture of Richard “Andy” Barnett. Mr. Barnett was wanted out of Norfolk, VA for taking
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry Wednesday afternoon apprehended a 39-year-old man after he threw a “Molotov cocktail” at them. On December
Portal, N.D. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently targeted a rail container at the port of Portal, North Dakota. On November 16, CBP officers inspected the container and discovered
BALTIMORE, MD—David Ralph Fisher, age 43, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography and attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexually explicit activity. His ex-wife, Lori
IOWA CITY – Steven Bryan Hancock, an inmate assigned to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, died Thursday December 19, 2013 at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Hancock Died of natural causes
DES MOINES, IA – Colin Boone, previously employed as an officer of the Des Moines, Iowa Police Department, was indicted on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, on the charge of deprivation of rights
FARGO – U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on December 16, 2013, Valentino Bagola, 20, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on two