Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced on September 30, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Cristina D. Silva to 87 months in prison followed by a lifetime term…
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal jury convicted Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”), of obstruction of proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and…
A federal indictment has been unsealed charging 10 defendants with drug conspiracy. “Federal prosecutors and our law enforcement partners continue the fight to reduce the flow of deadly narcotics into…
Assistant U. S. Attorney Kyle Martin (619) 546-7726 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 5, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Victor Hugo Anez Vaca Diez, aka Chi Chi, alleged leader of a…
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a grand jury returned an indictment against Sydney Snelling, Jr., age 48, formerly of Wilkes-Barre,…
MIAMI – Jorge Murrillo, 69, formerly of Miami, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act (CAA) by importing over 300,000 kilograms…
A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty October 3, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Heather Gibson, 42, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was convicted of one count…
NEWARK, N.J. – The chief engineer of a towing vessel today admitted his role in negligently discharging marine diesel fuel oil into the Kill Van Kull, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Tiffany Fisk, 33, of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced today to serve 18 months in prison after…
MACON, Ga. – A Barnesville, Georgia, resident who admitted to producing child sexual assault material involving a minor victim was sentenced to the maximum prison term allowed by federal law for…
WASHINGTON – Six people have been indicted in the District of Columbia on federal charges accusing them of operating a Fentanyl pill distribution organization…
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Philadelphia man today admitted conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine as part of a drug-trafficking organization operating in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey,…
Greenbelt, Maryland – In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland is highlighting the recent prosecution of three defendants,…
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Richmond, Ky., man, Bud Hembree, 49, was sentenced on Tuesday to 230 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute…
LAREDO, Texas – A 46-year-old resident of Montalba has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to transport non-U.S. citizens, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Othell…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former Columbus woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to 16 counts of wire and passport fraud. The defendant stole the identity of a baby who…
CONCORD – Christopher Archambault, 56, of Rochester, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than…
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Anthony Pandrella, an associate of the Gambino organized crime family, was sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Margo K. Brodie to 40…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Justice Department announced the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that XAVIER SIMMS and BRYCE MARTIN pled guilty to trafficking firearms from Georgia to New…
EVANSVILLE – Kent Dam, 55, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to time served in federal court after pleading guilty to transporting and harboring undocumented workers and money laundering. Gracie’s Chinese…
United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced on October 5, 2022, that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin had reached a settlement agreement under Title III…
CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a man to more than four years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun near a Chicago playground while on parole…
SHREVEPORT, La. – Troy Lee Washington, 27, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been sentenced in U.S. District Court, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Chief United States District Judge S.…
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of a Many, Louisiana man in federal court today. United States District Judge Donald E. Walter sentenced Damien…