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Federal Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday December 17, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Justice Dept.: Naval Commander Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material and Retaining Classified National Defense Information
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Gregory Edward McLean, 39, of Jacksonville, Florida, today pleaded guilty to one count of distributing videos depicting the sexual assault of children and one count of unlawful retention of classified national defense information. According to the plea agreement, state law enforcement in Rhode Island received a cyber tipline report that a user of a particular messaging application had shared videos depictin  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Company President, Two Rhode Island Trucking Companies Sentenced in Federal Court for Conspiring to Violate the Clean Air Act
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release: The owner and President of a North Kingstown-based trucking company and his two corporations were sentenced in federal court in Providence, RI, today for conspiring together with trucking and diesel vehicle sales and service companies throughout the United States and with a foreign national to violate the Clean Air Act by selling and providing a software   more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Providence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing More Than Forty Grams of Fentanyl
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release: A 31-year-old Providence man was sentenced today to five years and 1 day in federal prison for possessing more than 40 grams of fentanyl and a firearm less than a week after he pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According to charging documents, Mason A. Nieves  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Settlement Agreement Reached to Resolve American With Disabilities Act Complaint
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha today announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement agreement with Fresh Start Learning Center ("Fresh Start"), a childcare center in Middletown, RI, that provides childcare for children ages 18 months to 5 years old, to resolve allegations that Fresh Start was not operating in   more

Secretary of the Navy Del Toro Issues Remarks at Keel Plate Unveiling Ceremony for Future USS J. William Middendorf
NEW PORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following remarks on Dec. 11, 2023, by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro at the Keel Plate unveiling ceremony for the future USS J. William Middendorf: * * * Good afternoon, everyone. It is an honor to join you here at the Naval War College. Thank you, Ambassador Middendorf, for joining us today, and for your decades of public service to our Nation--including your time at the helm of our Department as   more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts: Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2023: A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to leading a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Estarlin Ortiz-Alcantara, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and one coun  more