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      "title": "Man Indicted in Federal Court for Allegedly Aiming Laser Pointer at Chicago Police Helicopter",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/man-indicted-federal-court-allegedly-aiming-laser-pointer-chicago-police-helicopter",
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      "title": "Tallahassee Man Sentenced to Over 20 Years for Distribution of Methamphetamine and Cocaine",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/tallahassee-man-sentenced-over-20-years-distribution-methamphetamine-and-cocaine",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); USAO - Florida, Northern"
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      "title": "Four Additional Defendants Plead Guilty in Gun Trafficking Conspiracy",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/four-additional-defendants-plead-guilty-gun-trafficking-conspiracy",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); USAO - New Hampshire"
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      "title": "Maryland Man Facing Federal Indictment for Role in COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Scheme Totaling More Than $100M",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/maryland-man-facing-federal-indictment-role-covid-19-healthcare-fraud-scheme-totaling",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - Maryland"
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      "title": "Ex-Postal Worker Admits to Stealing Checks in Massive $34 Million Fraud Scheme",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/ex-postal-worker-admits-stealing-checks-massive-34-million-fraud-scheme",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "National Fraud Enforcement Division; USAO - Indiana, Southern"
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      "title": "Rock Island Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Charges",
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      "component": "USAO - Iowa, Southern"
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      "title": "Final Two Defendants Sentenced in Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Overdose Death",
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      "component": "USAO - Kentucky, Eastern"
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      "title": "First-Time Offender Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Coercion of a Minor",
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      "component": "USAO - Florida, Middle"
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      "title": "District of Arizona Charges 345 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week",
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      "title": "Former Bank Employee Sentenced for Stealing More Than $125,000 from Elderly Customer with Dementia",
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      "component": "USAO - Rhode Island"
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      "title": "Local man sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for threatening the President and federal law enforcement officers",
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      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - Texas, Northern"
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      "title": "Davenport Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Charges",
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      "component": "USAO - Iowa, Southern"
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      "title": "Former National Guard task force member sentenced for illegal firearm possession offenses that came to light during an investigation into leaks of sensitive operational information",
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      "component": "USAO - California, Eastern"
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      "title": "Leader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "USAO - North Carolina, Middle"
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      "title": "Long Island Tax Preparer Convicted of Defrauding The Internal Revenue Service",
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      "component": "USAO - New York, Eastern"
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      "title": "Shelbyville Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material and Other Charges",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/shelbyville-man-pleads-guilty-receipt-child-sexual-abuse-material-and-other-charges",
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      "component": "USAO - Kentucky, Eastern"
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    {
      "title": "Canadian Man Sentenced to Prison for Participation in “Grandparent Scam”",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/canadian-man-sentenced-prison-participation-grandparent-scam",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "USAO - Vermont"
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    {
      "title": "Worcester Man Indicted on Firearm and Drug Distribution Charges",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "USAO - Massachusetts"
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    {
      "title": "Jacksonville Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography",
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      "component": "Department of Justice; USAO - Illinois, Central"
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      "title": "Former Southeast Texas teacher indicted for child exploitation in the Eastern District of Texas",
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      "title": "New York cocaine trafficker sentenced to six years in prison",
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      "component": "USAO - Virginia, Eastern"
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      "title": "Man Sentenced for Role in Smuggling Organization that Kidnapped Migrants and Extorted Their Families; One Dead, Another Missing After Families Paid Ransoms in Vain",
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      "component": "USAO - California, Southern"
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      "title": "Slidell Man Guilty of Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor",
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      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - Louisiana, Eastern"
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      "title": "Louisville Man Charged with Escape from Federal Custody and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "USAO - Kentucky, Western"
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      "title": "D.C. Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy",
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      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - District of Columbia"
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      "title": "Gainesville Man Pleads Guilty to Convenience Store Robbery",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - Florida, Northern"
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      "title": "Former attorney sentenced to two years in prison for stealing from estate he was to probate",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/former-attorney-sentenced-two-years-prison-stealing-estate-he-was-probate",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "USAO - Washington, Western"
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      "title": "Methamphetamine trafficker who led law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit sentenced to 230 months in federal prison",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); USAO - Texas, Northern"
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      "title": "New Orleans Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison After Shooting at Victim with a Machinegun",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - Louisiana, Eastern"
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      "title": "Leader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors",
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      "publishedAt": "2026-10-09T12:00:00.000Z",
      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); National Security Division (NSD); USAO - District of Columbia"
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      "title": "Tijeras Man Indicted for Attempting to Cast Deceased Wife’s Absentee Ballot in 2024 Election",
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      "component": "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); USAO - New Mexico"
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      "title": "Louisville Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking",
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      "component": "USAO - Kentucky, Eastern"
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      "title": "Canadian Citizen Charged with Federal Election Offense",
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      "component": "USAO - Kentucky, Western"
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      "title": "Department of Justice Announces Updates to Emergency Scheduling Actions for 7-OH and Related Opioid Substances",
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      "title": "Liberian Child Rapist Convicted of Naturalization Fraud, Denaturalized, and Judicially Ordered Removed from the U.S.",
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      "title": "California Businessman Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Orchestrating $14 Million Covid-Relief Fraud",
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      "title": "Two Dominican Republic Nationals Extradited to Face Cyberstalking and Sextortion Conspiracy Charges in Puerto Rico",
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      "title": "Illegal Alien Convicted at Trial of Child Pornography Charge",
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      "component": "USAO - Minnesota"
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      "title": "Shooting on the Grounds of Watkins Elementary School Yields 32 Years in Prison for D.C. Man",
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      "title": "Total of Four Defendants Plead Guilty in Connection with Widespread Child Exploitation Conspiracy",
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      "title": "California Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking",
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      "component": "USAO - Kentucky, Eastern"
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      "title": "Two Women Charged with Helping Violent Inmates Escape from DeKalb County Jail",
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      "title": "Illinois Woman Sentenced to 31 Months in Prison for Distributing and Conspiring to Create and Distribute Sexual Torture and Mutilation Videos of Baby Monkeys",
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      "title": "Azerbaijani National Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Against the United States Postal Service",
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      "title": "Medical Supply Company Owner Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for $30M Medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA Fraud",
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      "title": "Jury Convicts Lake City Woman in $2.9 Million Fraud Case",
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      "title": "Illegal Alien Indicted for Unlawful Reentry",
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      "component": "USAO - Massachusetts"
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      "title": "D.C. Man Sentenced to 65.5 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Two Victims in 2024",
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