Department of Justice Press Releases

Gulfport, Miss. – A Jackson County man was sentenced to a total of 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of …

NEW ORLEANS – RYAN P. MULLEN, age 41, a resident of Jayess, Mississippi,  DUANE A. DUFRENE, age 55, a resident of Destrehan, Louisiana, DILLON J. ARCENEAUX, age 31, a resident …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that the defendant RICHARD JONES, age 22, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on August 23, 2022 before U.S. …

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Jeromy Washington (25, Jacksonville) to five years and ten months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a …

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – A federal jury in Tallahassee convicted Frederick Bush, 44, of Tallahassee, Florida of escaping from custody at a Tallahassee halfway house. The guilty verdict, returned today, at …

TA’RON PHARR, also known as “250,” 22, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 216 months of imprisonment, followed by three years …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marcus Lawrence Weber, 26, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to five years and 11 months in prison for being a …

          LOS ANGELES – A Highland man who used his work history as a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy to gain investors’ trust and later invest millions of dollars with …

Tacoma – A former Staff Sergeant stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to charges related to traveling to a foreign country …

Gulfport, Miss.– A Houston, Texas man was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute a fentanyl analogue, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and …

Gulfport, Miss. – A Gulfport man was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and …

CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago-area firearms trafficker to ten years in prison for unlawfully dealing handguns and “switch” devices capable of converting semi-automatic firearms into machine …

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Mexican National residing in Portland was sentenced to federal prison today for supplying large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin to a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization operating in the …

HAMMOND- Gustavo Mata, 29, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity …

HAMMOND- Markeese Deshon Thomas, 29 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to being a …

SAVANNAH, GA:  A Telfair County woman has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting she participated in a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds. Shakeena …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A Nevada woman was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison today for committing financial fraud against the elderly, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. …

Miami, Florida – A 29-year-old Sunrise man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for one count of carjacking, one count of kidnapping, two counts of bank robbery, one …

DAYTON, Ohio – David Joseph Carter II, 22, of Powell, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 100 months in prison for robbing a local Dollar General store …

HAMMOND- Keshaun Brownlee, 22 years old, of Merrillville, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to selling a firearm to …

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CAROLINA GUERRENO, 49, of Fairfield, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. …

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Jeffrey David Paprocki, 33, from Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to serve 300 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for producing …

BOSTON – Philips North America LLC (Philips) has agreed to pay approximately $4.2 million to resolve allegations that it substituted key components of a mobile patient monitoring device called an …

Miami, Florida – Antonio Ferguson, 41, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after being convicted of possessing a firearm while being a convicted …

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Monroeville, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy …