Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
Seattle – A 31-year-old Federal Way, Washington resident was arrested this morning in Fife, Washington, following his indictment for possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and possessing a…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dino Crnalic, 36, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for a bank and wire fraud scheme that defrauded the U.S. Small Business Administration…
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DOMINIQUE PEEPLES, age 25, from Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty on September 28, 2022 to Sex Trafficking of a Minor,…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Jose Francisco Vasquez-Rico, 22, and Andrew Estiben Reyna-Rodriguez, 23, both of Charlotte, were sentenced to 168 months and 51…
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, NY – Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division joined U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross for…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Lawrence Jeffrey Brooks, 41, of Mount Holly, N.C., to 396 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised…
SAN JOSE – Ariel Guizar-Cuellar was sentenced to 460 months in prison in connection with multiple child-sex-trafficking-related charges for his role in a Bay Area conspiracy to exploit minors for…
SAN FRANCISCO –Juan Carlos Hernandez-Ordonez pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to a federal charge of distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District,…
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Dr. Omar Guesmia, of Phoenix, New York will pay $60,000 to resolve allegations that he, and his dentistry practice, “Gentle Dental Care,” violated the Controlled Substances…
Gulfport, Miss. – A Guatemalan national pled guilty to unlawful transportation of an illegal alien within the United States. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Chief Patrol Agent Jason E. Schneider…
LAFAYETTE, La. – Chance Seneca, 21, of Lafayette, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, to one count of kidnapping. According to his plea agreement, Seneca admitted…
Hagatña, Guam – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Audrey Jean Wolford (“Wolford”), age 45, from Barrigada, Guam,…
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Ryan C. Patterson, 34, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was found guilty by a federal jury on three counts of Tax Evasion. Sentencing is scheduled for December…
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jorge Roque, Jr., age 35, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on September 27, 2022, to…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A former Madison County resident charged with international parental kidnapping was arraigned today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Acting Special Agent…
BOSTON – The former Senior Director of Safety & Security at eBay, Inc. and the company’s former Director of Global Resiliency were sentenced to prison today for their roles in…
SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Marshall, Minnesota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on September 26, 2022, by…
SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Burgaw, North Carolina, man convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Attempts to Interfere with…
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on September 26, 2022, Matthew Robinson, age 29, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a…
INDIANAPOLIS – Dujuan Lucas, 22, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 231 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to two robberies and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of both crimes…
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today charged a La Cañada Flintridge man who allegedly conspired with a San Fernando Valley resident to hire a hitman to kill…
A man who violated the terms of his supervised release after imprisonment, was sentenced September 28, 2022, to more than 2 years in federal prison. William Sun, 59, from Sioux…
BILLINGS — A Billings man who was convicted in an undercover investigation after he showed up at a residence believing he was going to meet a minor girl for sex…
Greenbelt, Maryland – Today, a federal jury convicted Luis Flores-Reyes, a/k/a “Maloso,” “Lobo,”’ and “Viejo Lovvon,” age 41, of Arlington, Virginia; Jairo Jacome, a/k/a “Abuelo,” age 40, of Langley Park,…
HAMMOND- Travoy Smith, 40 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to being a felon in…