Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Clarence Thomas, age 29, …
CLEVELAND – Andre Hunt, 24, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced to 61 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Hunt previously pleaded …
Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the Department of Justice is now accepting nominations for the Sixth Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. Through this award, …
Today, the Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “Frame or Receiver” Final Rule goes into effect. The new rule modernizes the definition of a firearm …
Bowling Green, KY – A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned an indictment on August 10, 2022, charging Jack Herrod and Maleana Wilson with possessing with intent to distribute …
Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Marvin Harris, Jr., aka “Mesh” (24, Fort Myers), and Latrel Jackson, aka “Kobe” …
NEWARK, N.J. – A Florida man was arrested for allegedly obtaining more than $1 million in government benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Michael Blanc, 33, of Miami, …
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Wednesday sentenced a man from Scott County, Missouri to 10 years in prison for secretly filming underage boys in the …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Rick Benavidez, 47, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court to five …
TUCSON, Ariz. – Last week, a federal jury found Eric David Marrufo, 43, of Tucson, Arizona, guilty of five counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and one count …
ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis was indicted Wednesday on charges accusing him of shooting a woman while attempting to take her car outside of a north St. …
LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for illegally importing into the United States more than 1,700 wild animals – including 60 …
BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge yesterday sentenced the last of 18 defendants charged in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special …
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis man who carjacked a woman and stole her phone in 2020 to 11 years and …
BILLINGS — A Lodge Grass man suspected of breaking into a woman’s house on the Crow Indian Reservation and sexually abusing her in 2020 admitted to a burglary charge today, …
Miami, Florida – A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment today charging a Venezuelan national for laundering the proceeds of substantially inflated procurement contracts obtained by making bribe …
Seattle – A resident of Seattle was charged federally today with four federal felonies connected to his possession of a so-called “ghost gun” and drugs in a stolen vehicle, announced …
SALT LAKE CITY- Yesterday, August 24, 2022, in the U.S. District Court, District of Utah, Landon Germaine, 24, of Woods Cross, pled guilty in two federal child exploitation cases arising …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Todd Sheffler, a lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Ill., for civil rights deprivation …
Baltimore, Maryland – At a press conference earlier today, U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, joined by federal, state, and local partners announced that his office is devoting more federal resources …
CHICAGO — A man has admitted in federal court that he robbed eight Chicago-area banks over a seven-month period in 2019. MANUEL MARTINEZ, 26, of Chicago, pleaded guilty Tuesday to …
NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted leading a drug trafficking organization that operated out of a drug mill located in the Bronx, New York, U.S. …
NEW BERN, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced today to 335 months in prison for leading a conspiracy to sell cocaine, crack, and other controlled substances. Terrence Brandon …
WASHINGTON — Five Florida men, all self-identified militia members, were arrested today on charges stemming from their actions during the breach of the U.S. …
PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Monday, Alejandro Nathaniel Rodriguez Stalter, 31, of Casa Grande, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 13 years in prison. Stalter …
