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A Maine man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston for travelling to have sex with a minor and child pornography offenses. Patrick Plummer, 29, of Parsonsfield, Maine, was charged in a criminal complaint with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct…
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Andrew Neil Smith, 33, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 300 months in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Smith to serve ten years of supervised…
Read More Idaho Man Gets 25 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography
A man who created and advertised child pornography depicting him sexually abusing two children was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. U.S. District Judge John E. Dowdell sentenced Ryan David Miller, 34, of Sapulpa, to 60 years in federal prison to…
Read More Oklahoma Man Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Two Children and Sharing Photographs of the Abuse on Messaging App
A man was charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with assaulting an officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. He will be presented in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…
Read More FBI: Man Who Attacked a Police Officer at U.S. Capitol Riot Charged
United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, also known as “the Monkey Whisperer” (57, Parrish), with conspiracy, trafficking, and submitting a false record in violation of the Lacey Act, a federal law involving the illegal trade…
Read More Florida Man Known As “The Monkey Whisperer” Indicted For Trafficking In Protected Primates
Thursday, President Biden held a press conference announcing his plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our national plan launches a full-scale wartime effort to address the supply shortages by ramping up production and protective equipment, syringes, needles, you name it,” Biden said. “And when I say wartime, people kind of look…
Read More President Biden Announces U.S. COVID Strategy
A criminal complaint was filed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Brendan Hunt, also known as “X-Ray Ultra,” with threatening to murder United States officials. Hunt was arrested this morning in Queens and made his initial appearance this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge…
Read More “Slaughter These M—–f——” New York Man Arrested Making Threats, U.S. Capitol and Federal Lawmakers
Jeffrey A. Fisher, 49, of Canal Winchester, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison for sexually exploiting at least three minor females between February and May 2019. According to court documents, Fisher met a 14-year-old girl from Michigan through an online…
Read More Ohio Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Little Girls
A former Eugene elementary school teacher pleaded guilty today for sexually abusing a minor female, announced U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams. William Hamann, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a child. According to court documents, on several occasions beginning in 2018…
Read More Former Oregon Elementary School Teacher Pleads Guilty for Sexually Abusing 15-Year-Old
President Donald Trump Tuesday released his final video address to the nation, which was pre-recorded and released by the White House. In his farewell address, Trump says he will pray for the success of the next administration. “This week, we inaugurate a new administration and…
Read More President Trump Releases Farewell Message to U.S. Citizens