Civil forfeiture speeds recovery for dogs rescued from fighting rings

A New Mexico man’s long journey through the legal process for his extensive role in a dogfighting network — from his arrest in 2016 to his guilty plea last year to his sentencing in April — raises a logical question: What happens to the rescued dogs as the case is wending its way through the […]

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06/26/2019

More charges filed in St. Louis area armed robbery spree

Three men accused of committing a string of armed robberies in the St. Louis metropolitan area are facing new charges in the Southern District of Illinois. Jalon Moore and Garry Johnson, of St. Louis, and Larry Rhines, of Collinsville, Illinois, have been charged in a superseding federal indictment with conspiracy to commit multiple armed robberies, […]

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06/26/2019

Edwardsville man gets 20 years for nude photos of toddler

Tyler S. Seibold, 31, of Edwardsville, Illinois, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft. U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle handed down the sentence after Seibold pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment in March 2019. There was no plea agreement […]

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06/26/2019

Brownsburg man sentenced in terrorism case

Akram Musleh, 21, of Brownburg, Indiana, has been sentenced to 100 months’ imprisonment in connection with his plot to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler. The sentence, handed down by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker at a […]

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06/26/2019

‘No Safe Haven’ Cuba is an unreliable shelter for illicit funds

According to acting FBI Legal Attaché to Cuba Christopher Starrett, individuals who believe Cuba offers a safe haven for ill-gotten financial gains should understand the nation’s current government offers no such guarantee. Cuba’s recent seizure of assets housed there by Orelvis Olivera is an example of what can happen to property and bank accounts that […]

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06/26/2019

Two suburban Chicago men convicted of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS

Two men from a north suburb of Chicago have been convicted of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a foreign terrorist organization also known as ISIS. The jury in federal court in Chicago convicted Joseph D. Jones, 37, and Edward Schimenti, 37, both of Zion, on one […]

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06/26/2019

FBI asks for help in locating missing children

When a 13-year-old North Carolina girl went missing last fall, the FBI and state and local partners worked quickly to locate her—more than 900 miles from home in Oklahoma. The man who lured the girl away was arrested and is facing state charges. The girl was returned to her family. Sadly, though, not every missing child […]

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05/29/2019

Portage Woman Sentenced To 15 YEARS In Prison For Producing Child Pornography

May 16, 2019 – Rachel Marie Burrell, 30, of Portage, Michigan, was sentenced for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Burrell was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release and was ordered to pay fines and other monetary penalties. Burrell took sexually explicit pictures of […]

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05/16/2019