Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 275

November 2, 2025

New York man sentenced to 17 months for anti-Jewish hate crimes at city protests

Ex-NASA employees admit to luxury home mortgage fraud scheme

HOUSTON – A Missouri City couple who once worked at NASA admitted Friday to running a years-long mortgage fraud scheme tied to the financing of their luxury home, federal prosecutors said. Noreen…

Armored truck heist in Chicago Loop ends with suspect shot and cash recovered

Cruise line worker sentenced in New Orleans for child exploitation materials

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Depriving George Floyd of His Constitutional Rights

St. Paul, Minn. – The Justice Department announced today that former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane, 39, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release for depriving…

Escaped Alabama Prisoner Indicted for Illegal Possession of Five Firearms in Evansville, Indiana

EVANSVILLE – A federal grand jury in Evansville returned an indictment today charging Casey White, 38, of Florence, Alabama, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and a fugitive in…

Federal Jury Finds Felon Guilty of Violating Narcotics and Firearms Laws

PITTSBURGH – After deliberating for approximately one hour, a federal jury of six men and six women found James Taric Byrd guilty of three counts of federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges,…

Former Louisiana Police Chief and City Councilmember Plead Guilty in Vote-Buying Conspiracy

WASHINGTON – A former police chief in Amite City and current Amite City councilmember pleaded guilty yesterday in New Orleans, Louisiana, to criminally violating federal election laws as part of a conspiracy…

Fort Myers Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Committing A Similar Crime Months After Being Released From Prison

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Herman Fleming (29, Fort Myers) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing…

Tampa Felon Indicted On Firearm And Drug Charges

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Raequin Smith (26, Tampa) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing with the intent…

Glenn County Man Indicted for Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

Glenn County Man Indicted for Being a Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Erick S. Perez, 34, of…

Hardy County man sentenced to 10 years for drug charge

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – David Lee Hockenberry, of Fisher, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Hockenberry, 49, pleaded…

Three Individuals Plead Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Virginia Prison Inmates

RICHMOND, Va. – Three individuals pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to use the personal identifying information (PII) of Virginia prison inmates in order to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment benefits.…

Randolph County woman sentenced for drug charge

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Cheyenne Mary Katherine Winning, of Montrose, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Winning, 30,…

Maryland man guilty of firearms charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jamal Dashawn Harris, of Baltimore, Maryland, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Harris, 29, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Unlawful…

Ashland City Physician Charged In Federal Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

NASHVILLE – A federal grand jury in Nashville on Monday returned a nine-count indictment, charging an Ashland City, Tennessee, physician in a telemedicine conspiracy to defraud Medicare of more than $41 million,…

Hancock County women admits to methamphetamine charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Chellsie S. Boyer, of Weirton, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Boyer, 32, pleaded guilty today to one count of…

Manchester Man Sentenced to 42 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine

CONCORD – Timothy Spaulding, 23, of Manchester, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison in connection with his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy,…

Georgia Woman Pleads Guilty in Staged Automobile Collision Scheme

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STACIE WHEATEN (“S. WHEATEN”), age 51, of Fairburn, Georgia, pled guilty on July 21, 2022 to count one (1)…

Two Beckley Women Plead Guilty to Straw Purchasing Firearms

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Lakeshia Nicole Simon, 23, and Tyana Bly, also known as “Biggie,” 22, both of Beckley, each pleaded guilty today to straw purchasing roles in a conspiracy to traffic over…

Sacramento Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Possessing Cocaine with Intent to Distribute and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Ou Vern Saeteurn, 26, of Sacramento, to 12 years in prison today for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and possessing…