Department of Justice Press Releases

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Frederick L. Guth, Jr., age 67, of Brewerton, New York, was sentenced today to three years of probation related to his theft of Social Security retirement …

HONOLULU – Micah Austin Goodale, 27, of Queen Creek, Arizona was sentenced today in federal court by Chief U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 36 months imprisonment plus three …

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Pequot Lakes felon has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms, ammunition, and over 400 grams of methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats. According …

NORFOLK, Va. – Two men pleaded guilty today to fraudulently obtaining benefits made available as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court documents, from approximately June 2020 through …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, a Vestavia man pleaded guilty to a bank fraud scheme in which he provided fraudulent information to financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing boats, luxury …

NEW ORLEANS – DUANE A. DUFRENE, age 54, of Destrehan, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on November 24, 2021 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of …

Memphis, TN – Tyshjohn Jones, 20 and Jayln Gray, 19 have been sentenced to a total of 264 months in federal prison for carjacking, aiding and abetting, and brandishing a …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Duane A. Evans announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 25, of New Orleans, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation …

BOSTON – A Malden woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a drug and firearms conspiracy that included multiple shootings in Chelsea, Somerville and Cambridge. …

Gulfport, Miss.  – A Carriere, Mississippi man pled guilty to producing a video of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Tashawn Spencer, of Maryland, pleaded guilty today to theft of government money. According to court documents, Spencer is a former employee of the United States Department of …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A St. Albans man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, on September 23, 2020, a trooper with the West Virginia State …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Marmet man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. According to statements made in court, Kevin Maurice Crider, 52, of Marmet, possessed  a .45 caliber …

DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Dallas Michael Theiss, age 24, was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison followed by three years of …

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Jarred Darnell Benally, 24, of Red Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 132 months in prison. Benally previously pleaded …

Gulfport, Miss. – A Pass Christian man was sentenced to serve 110 months in federal prison and pay a $10,000 fine for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, …

A Universal Aryan Brotherhood gang member pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a racketeering enterprise, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The UAB is a “whites only” prison-based gang with …

BOISE – A Nampa man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court records, Patrick William Collingwood, 39, …

PITTSBURGH – A resident of suburban Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court tom 13 years’ (156 months’) imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiracy to …

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minneapolis man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm as a felon. According …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christopher Gehris, 46, of Phoenixville, PA, was charged by Information with one count of embezzlement from a program receiving federal …

BANGOR, Maine: An East Machias woman was sentenced today in federal court for possessing fentanyl and crack cocaine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District …

MACON, Ga. – A Macon resident convicted of child sexual exploitation for coercing multiple juveniles to send him sexually explicit and [censored]ographic images and videos of themselves was sentenced to serve …

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 30, 2021, Ramon Tavarez-Ramirez, age 49, was sentenced to time served of eight months’ …