Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 475

November 2, 2025

New York man sentenced to 17 months for anti-Jewish hate crimes at city protests

Ex-NASA employees admit to luxury home mortgage fraud scheme

HOUSTON – A Missouri City couple who once worked at NASA admitted Friday to running a years-long mortgage fraud scheme tied to the financing of their luxury home, federal prosecutors said. Noreen…

Armored truck heist in Chicago Loop ends with suspect shot and cash recovered

Cruise line worker sentenced in New Orleans for child exploitation materials

Oshkosh Felon Indicted on Federal Firearm Charge

Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on May 3, 2022, a federal grand jury issued an indictment against Mitchell C. Burton, a/k/a “Cosby M. Burton,”…

Ringleader of $10 Million TRICARE Scheme Sentenced

LITTLE ROCK—The organizer of a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy was sentenced today. Brad Duke, 47, of Little Rock was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment and ordered to forfeit $1,055,855.86 by…

Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- May 2022

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the May 2022 Federal Grand Jury A. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

Phoenix Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening Arizona Justice of the Peace on Facebook

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Harry Alexander Knight, 54, of Phoenix, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Knight…

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 37 Months for Arranging Straw Purchases of Firearms

CONCORD – Ariel Toribio, 22, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the making of a false statement…

Three Plead Guilty in Violent Robbery Attempt

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Three Charlottesville men have pleaded guilty to the attempted violent armed robbery of an Albemarle County man who they believed was in possession of a large amount of marijuana…

Las Vegas Man Charged For Unlawfully Manufacturing And Selling Privately Made Firearms, Including Machine Gun Conversion Devices, Without A Federal Firearms License

LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday for allegedly possessing a machine gun, and for allegedly engaging in the manufacturing and selling of privately…

Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment for Possession of Handgun at Jefferson County Elementary School

LOUISVILLE, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, KY returned an indictment yesterday charging a Louisville man, Patrick Wesley, age 37, with the illegal possession of a firearm in a school…

Virginia Beach Woman Pleads Guilty to $2.7M Tax Fraud

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach woman pleaded guilty yesterday to failing to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) payroll taxes that were deducted from her employees’ paychecks. According to…

York Man Sentenced To 270 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

HARRISBURG—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric Banks, age 42, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 270 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court…

Albuquerque man pleads guilty to carjacking, bank robbery and firearms charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Lante Porcha, 30, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on May 3 in federal court to one count of carjacking, one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and…

Waterbury Man Involved in Connecticut-to-Maine Drug and Gun Trafficking Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LONNIE JOYNER, also known as “Flo,” 37, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall…

Artesia man sentenced to four years in prison for bank robbery

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Roman Andrew Poulsen, 40, of Artesia, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court today to four years and three months in prison for bank robbery. Poulsen pleaded guilty on…

Federal Grand Jury Charges Louisville Man in Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

LOUISVILLE, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment yesterday charging a local man, Joshua Snodgrass, 27, with conspiring with others to traffic in fentanyl. According to court documents,…

California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jesse Michael James, 40, of Santa Maria, California, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of…

Uniontown Man Indicted on Child Sexual Exploitation Charges

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Production and Attempted Production of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a…

Thomaston, Georgia, Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Child Sexual Assault Material Resulting from HSI Investigation

MACON, Ga. – A Middle Georgia resident was sentenced to serve more than six years in prison for possessing child sexual assault material resulting from an ongoing Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) effort combatting…