Department of Justice Press Releases

Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced the seizure of 55 separate websites for allegedly live streaming the World Cup games, an infringement of the Fédération …

Benton, Ill. – A federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, returned a six-count indictment charging Theresa Kelly, 56, of Herrin, Illinois, with engaging in a scheme to seek approved medical …

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former United States Coast Guard employee BEVERLY MCCRARY was sentenced on December 8, 2022 for engaging in a bribery scheme …

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jacquelyn DeVito (40, Brandon) has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and 1 …

SAVANNAH, GA:  A former soldier paid for submitting false information to obtain COVID-19 relief funding and a Camden County woman who received funding after providing fake documents have been sentenced …

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Ricky Darnell Franklin, Jr. (31, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces …

ASHLAND, Ky. – An Ashland man, Thomas Bentley, 38, was sentenced on Friday to 108 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for possession with intent to …

SAN ANTONIO – Jaime Esparza was sworn in late Friday afternoon as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas.  Chief U.S. District Judge Alia Moses administered the …

Defendant Swung Open Hand at Police Officer             WASHINGTON – Troy Sargent, 38, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to …

MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man has been sentenced to 240 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of a drug analogue, possession with intent …

Defendant attempted to assault man with a firearm during argument inside a McDonald’s             WASHINGTON – Charles Epps, 26, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on …

Defendant Pointed Firearm at Mother and Daughter             WASHINGTON – Jacobi Williams, 36, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury on felony …

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Marina Sievert (57, Dunedin) with mail fraud, introduction into interstate commerce of an unapproved …

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Davion Rivers (27, Bradenton) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a …

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jason Ryan Hardy (40, Tarpon Springs) to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to …

SAVANNAH, GA: Seven defendants are among those facing federal charges including illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions …

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Cheyenne McIntosh (26, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to making a false statement on an ATF form. McIntosh faces a …

Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, a Mauritanian national also known as “Ibrahim Idress” and “Ibrahim Dix,” was arraigned today in federal court in Brooklyn on a six-count indictment charging him …

FAYETTEVILLE – A Rogers Woman was sentenced today to 110 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. …

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced today that ALEXANDER JOSUE REYES-RAMIREZ, age 36, was charged on December 8, 2022 in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FERMIN RODRIGUEZ-ORTEGA, age 24, a resident of Dallas, Texas, was charged December 8, 2022, in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with conspiracy to …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LIMBER VAZQUEZ-NUNEZ, a native of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by United States Judge Carl J. Barbier to one …

Memphis, TN – A federal grand jury has indicted two Memphis business owners with conspiring to defraud the Federal Paycheck Protection Program of over $786,000. United States Attorney Kevin G. …

DETROIT – A Pontiac man was sentenced to 10 years in Federal prison for the sexual coercion and enticement of a minor, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. …

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cristian Andre Vazquez Velez (Vazquez), 23, Independence, Wisconsin, and Michael Carmenatty Justiniano (Carmenatty), …