Department of Justice Press Releases

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tashan Layton, age 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 24, 2022, to 256 …

            WASHINGTON – A 46-year-old man, formerly of Greenbelt, Maryland, was sentenced today to 32 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children and other charges …

A man and woman who conspired together to distribute fentanyl were sentenced this week in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Jennifer …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In an effort to protect some of our most vulnerable citizens, financial institutions and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in Springfield are joining together to …

LAS VEGAS – Clarence Meekins (36) made his initial appearance today for allegedly possessing a machine gun and selling Privately Made Firearms (PMFs) — including machine gun conversion devices known …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSHUA ADAMS, age 30, from Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on August 24, 2022 after being charged in a one …

  NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that OSCAR NOEL DUENAS-RODRIGUEZ, age 48, a native of Honduras, pled guilty on August 24, 2022 to a …

NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that JAYDEN D. D. HALL, age 21, of Harvey, Louisiana, pled guilty to federal crimes involving child exploitation. HALL pled guilty …

SAN DIEGO – Benjamin Robert Laubbacher of Carlsbad pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he committed six robberies of grocery stores and other businesses during a 15-day period …

DENVER – Today, the U.S. Secret Service returned approximately $286 million in fraudulently obtained Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) to the Small Business Administration (SBA). These recovered funds were generated …

Earlier today, Ivars Auzins, a citizen of Latvia, was extradited to the United States on a six-count indictment charging him with wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracies to commit wire …

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury today convicted Victor Makras, a prominent San Francisco real estate broker and investor, of making false statements to a bank and of bank fraud …

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that four individuals from Sisseton, South Dakota, who were all convicted of Robbery and Aiding and Abetting, have been sentenced by U.S. District …

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Summerset, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Exploitation of a Minor, Transportation of a …

NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for possessing several Glock switches, or autosear kits, that convert handguns into fully automatic machineguns, as …

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Michael John Dean Nopah, 42, of Parker, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge John J. Tuchi to 70 months in prison, followed by …

GREENSBORO – Ronnie Hiram Wessinger, Jr., age 49, of Gaffney, South Carolina, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William L. Osteen, Jr., to 180 months in prison followed …

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and tax fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced …

ST. LOUIS – The former president of the St. Louis Board of Alderman, along with a former alderman, pleaded guilty Friday to all charges against them and admitted accepting bribes …

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has announced nearly $50 million in Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grants to provide survivors of gender-based violence with access to legal services …

          LOS ANGELES – A Texas-based oil company and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to violating the federal Clean Water Act, pay a $7.1 million criminal …

SAVANNAH, GA:  A Chatham County man faces a possible sentence of at least 15 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of illegally carrying a gun. Dontray Lewis, …

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADRIAN JOHNSON, 32, of Waterloo, Iowa, was sentenced today by U.S. District Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport …

Miami, Florida – A U.S. federal district judge sentenced 52-year-old Sherri Lynn Smith to 51 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release for stealing nearly $300,000 from …

Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Aleia Deborah Green (20, Brooksville) for possessing stolen mail. Green was sentenced to the maximum term of probation—five …