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Former Boxer Charged With Trafficking $1B Worth of Cocaine Through US Ports
Goran Gogic, 43, was arrested in Miami and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for trafficking in 22 tons of cocaine through U.S. ports.
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Trump Calls for ‘Immediate' Release of Mar-A-Lago Search Warrant
Former President Donald Trump is calling for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate.
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Hamden Man Arrested for Allegedly Mailing Dozens of Threatening Letters
A Hamden man was arrested Wednesday after being accused of sending dozens of threatening letters to journalists, judges and other public officials. The U.S. Department of Justice said 43-year-old Garrett Santillo was arrested on a federal criminal complaint. Court documents show that between March and June, Santillo mailed more than 100 letters containing threatening and hateful statements to public officials,…
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Norwalk Man Charged for Distributing Explicit Videos of Children: Officials
A Norwalk man has been charged in connection with several child pornography distribution offenses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Officials said 24-year-old Jake Scott Flewellyn was charged by federal criminal complaint and he turned himself in to police on Wednesday. Flewellyn is accused of using the smartphone messaging app Kik to distribute videos of child pornography in...
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Stratford Man Facing Multiple Child Exploitation Charges: Officials
A Stratford man is facing several child exploitation charges after allegedly victimizing a teen through Snapchat, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. According to court documents, 22-year-old Alexander Dilella is accused of using various online applications, including Snapchat, Omegle and Facetime, to communicate with young girls, some as young as 13 or 14 years old, to try and engage…
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DOJ Wants Prison Time for Rioter Who Said She Would ‘Absolutely' Storm Capitol Again
A Texas flower shop owner who bragged about storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and said she’d “absolutely” do it again should be sentenced to 75 days behind bars, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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NAACP Calls for Federal Investigation of Bridgeport Police Department
The Greater Bridgeport Area National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to step in to investigate the Bridgeport Police Department. The organization expressed concerns about the state of the department and how there has been a “lack of professionalism and sensitivity” in regard to the families of both victims. Lauren...
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NAACP Wants Probe of Bridgeport Police After Deaths of Two Women
The NAACP is calling on the Justice Department to investigate Bridgeport police after an apparent failure to follow proper procedures after the deaths of two women on the same day in December.
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Former Yale Employee Sells Millions of Dollars in Stolen Computer Hardware
A former Yale University School of Medicine employee is facing charges after being accused of stealing and selling millions of dollars’ worth of computer hardware. The U.S. Department of Justice said Jamie Petrone-Codrington, of Naugatuck, is facing federal fraud and money laundering charges after allegedly stealing from the School of Medicine where she was employed. Federal officials said Petrone-Codrington...
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DOJ: Naturopathic Physician Sold Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Cards
A naturopathic physician in Northern California has been arrested and charged after federal prosecutors said she sold fake COVID-19 immunization treatments and fraudulent vaccination cards that made it seem like customers received Moderna vaccines.
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Justice Dept. Won't Charge Sen. Burr Over Stock Sales
Sen. Richard Burr says the Justice Department has told him it will not prosecute him over stock sales made during the coronavirus pandemic, ending an insider trading investigation that led him to at least temporarily step aside from a powerful committee chairmanship last year.
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Justice Department, Federal Court System Hit by Russian Hack
The Justice Department and federal court system have disclosed they were compromised as part of a massive breach of federal government agencies that U.S. officials have linked to Russia
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Family Behind OxyContin Attests to Its Role in Opioid Crisis
Two members of the Sackler family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have acknowledged the drug had a role in the opioid epidemic
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Former CT Victim Advocate Employee Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
A former victim services advocate from Canton who was accused of distribution of child sex abuse material has pleaded guilty, according to the US Department of Justice. Robert Eccleston, 58, was arrested on Dec. 11, 2020 on a federal criminal complaint charging him with distributing child pornography, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut….
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Feds Sue Yale, Allege Discrimination Against Applicants
The Justice Department sued Yale University on Thursday, weeks after prosecutors found the university was illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law.
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Feds Explored Possibly Charging Portland Officials in Unrest
The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon, after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators, a department spokesperson said Thursday.
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Daimler AG to Pay $1.5B to Settle Emissions Cheating Probes
Automakers Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations
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WikiLeaks Founder Assange Faces New Indictment in US
A new Justice Department indictment says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sought to recruit hackers at conferences in Europe and Asia to provide his anti-secrecy website with classified information
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Coronavirus Upends US Justice System as States Close Courts, Halt Trials
Across the country, attempts to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus have thrown the criminal justice system into disarray as officials try to limit large courthouse gatherings, including juries, while also making sure that people accused of crimes aren’t deprived of their due-process rights.
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Dems Launch Justice Department Probe, Seek Stone Interviews
The House Judiciary Committee is launching a wide-ranging probe of Attorney General William Barr and the Justice Department, demanding briefings, documents and interviews with 15 officials as it tries to determine whether there has been improper political interference in federal law enforcement. Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Friday sent Barr a letter listing a series of matters that the…