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Hamidullah Tribble, 28, of Chicago, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm following a two-day jury trial, the U.S. Attorneys Office said.

GARY, Ind. — A Gary woman has been handed a 25-year prison sentence for her role in a deadly bank robbery in 2021. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Indiana, 29-year-old Briana White, who pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery and murder resulting from the discharge of a firearm during […]

White was sentenced to 300 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release.

Oliver Coverson, 41, was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Attorneys Office said.

Coverson was sentenced to 96 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,013,543.86 in restitution to the victims of the offenses.  

Abigail Dawes, of East Chicago, and Alfonso Rodriguez, of Chicago, have each been sentenced to 300 months in prison for producing child pornography in 2022, the DOJ said.

The deceased had been at Milan for 13 months after pleading guilty in 2022 to producing child sexual abuse images.

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Lorraine Duchscher, of Crown Point, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $490,000 in restitution for wire fraud, the U.S. Attorneys Office said.

A study of the genome provides insights into pigmentation and domestication. A recent study analyzing the genetic sequences of over 600 carrot varieties has revealed that the orange color in carrots is determined by three specific genes. Interestingly, for carrots to display this orange hue, these