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Tacoma – The former Director of Metallurgy at Bradken Inc. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison, and a $50,000 fine, for falsifying test results that measure the strength and toughness of steel that Bradken sold for installation in U.S. Navy submarines, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Central Falls man admitted in federal court today to being a member of a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) that shipped dozens of packages containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Steven Brickner has pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. Brickner faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Otis L. Shivers (49, Jacksonville) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Shivers faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Shivers that the United States intends to forfeit a revolver and six live rounds of ammunition.
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Two South Los Angeles men were each sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for committing an armed robbery last year on the crowded patio of a Beverly Hills restaurant in which one customer had a gun held to his head while the robbers removed his $500,000 wristwatch, and a second restaurant patron was shot and wounded.