Department of Justice Press Releases- Page 298

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

Akron Man Charged with Dog Fighting, Drug Trafficking, and Illegal Possession of Firearms

AKRON – First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Ronald Smith, 39, of Akron, was charged in a 22-count indictment with dog fighting, drug trafficking and illegal possession of a…

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Honors Western District of Oklahoma Employees with Awards

OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the recipients for the 69th Annual Attorney General’s Awards, recognizing Department of Justice employees and partners for extraordinary contributions to the enforcement of…

United States Files Claims Alleging Fresenius Vascular Care, Inc. Defrauded Medicare and Other Healthcare Programs by Billing for Unnecessary Procedures Performed on Dialysis Patients

The United States filed a civil complaint yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn against Fresenius Vascular Care, Inc. (“Fresenius”) alleging that the company performed unnecessary procedures on dialysis patients at nine centers…

Owners And Operators Of Mid-State Japanese Restaurants Indicted In Conspiracies Related To Harboring Undocumented Workers

NASHVILLE – A nine-count federal indictment, unsealed today, charges four individuals with conspiracy to harbor undocumented workers while employing them to work at various mid-state restaurants, harboring undocumented workers, and conspiracy to…

Charlotte Tax Preparer Is Sentenced To Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to 41 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false tax returns. Acting Deputy Assistant…

Connecticut Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Cyberstalking and Threatening Massachusetts Woman

BOSTON – A Connecticut man has agreed to plead guilty to threatening, harassing and intimidating a Massachusetts woman through social media and email. Marshall Nicholas Fain, 31, of New Haven, Conn., has…

Repeat Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Knowingly Possessing Visual Depictions of Children Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — William Richter, 39, of Shasta County, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, plus 20 years of supervised release, for knowing possession of visual depictions of minors engaging in…

Dark Web Vendor of Illegal Narcotics Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Cocaine in Exchange for Bitcoin

A three-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging Edison Hernandez, also known as “dragoncove,” “originaldragoncove,” “theoriginaldragoncove” and “Nino,” with distribution…

Seven More Defendants Plead Guilty to Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Seven more defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a major drug-trafficking conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Four defendants pleaded guilty in separate…

Career Offender Is Sentenced To 20 Years On Drug Charges

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Larry Elwood Steptoe, 41, of Hickory, N.C., to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release for distributing narcotics,…

Additional Defendants Charged In Violent Rockland County Assault And Robbery; Two Sentenced

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the return of a superseding indictment charging WAYNE HICKS, a/k/a “Weez,” BRIAN THOMAS, a/k/a “BT,” and JORDAN WOODBINE,…

Seymour Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LOUIE McDOWELL, 49, of Seymour, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to…

Muskegon Man Charged With Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Saul Douglas Briggs, a/k/a “76 Chain,” a/k/a “Chain,” a 32 year-old resident of Muskegon, Michigan, has…

McKeesport Woman Pleads Guilty after Police Uncover a Kilo of Heroin. Fentanyl and a Fentanyl Analogue During Car Search

PITTSBURGH – A McKeesport, Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Shaila Ashby, age 30, pleaded guilty to one…

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 128 Months For Attempted Kidnapping

DETROIT – A Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday to 128 months’ imprisonment on a charge of attempted kidnapping, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by…

Baton Rouge Man Sentenced to 41 Months Imprisonment for Embezzling Funds from the New Orleans Firefighters Pension and Relief Fund

NEW ORLEANS, LA – On July 12, 2022, United States District Court Judge Greg Guidry sentenced WAYNE TRICHE, 72, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to forty-one (41) months imprisonment, announced U.S. Attorney Duane…