indict

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Recent Examples of indict The trial comes after his arrest in September, when he was indicted by federal prosecutors. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 5 May 2025 No bond, and Patel is indicted Patel has not had a probable cause hearing, but the Cobb County district attorney’s office took the case to a grand jury, which indicted him, according to Merchant. Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 4 May 2025 The former chief of the Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Company has been indicted on five felony theft charges for allegedly stealing thousands from the department. Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025 The Context Four individuals have been indicted following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which uncovered a network involving fraudulent marriages and visa applications. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indict
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  • Dugan’s dismissal motion also accuses the federal government of violating Wisconsin’s sovereignty by disrupting a state courtroom and prosecuting a state judge.
    Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • Their release was made to look like an escape by the gang, which is being accused of abducting the missionaries, including five children, as a bargaining chip to help secure Joly’s release from a Haitian prison.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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  • That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 17 May 2025
  • The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division told the Washington Examiner that the case will be prosecuted by the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025

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