Department of Justice Press Releases

CONTACT: Barbara Burns            PHONE:       (716) 843-5817    FAX #:          (716) 551-3051         ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that …

CONTACT:    Barbara BurnsPHONE:    (716) 843-5817FAX #:    (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Cynthia McKnight, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns            PHONE:       (716) 843-5817    FAX #:          (716) 551-3051         BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns            PHONE:       (716) 843-5817    FAX #:          (716) 551-3051         BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that …

Seattle – A 54-year-old Brooklyn, New York resident was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilos of processed marijuana, announced U.S. …

Tacoma – An unlicensed “investment advisor” from Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 75 months in prison for mail fraud in connection with his …

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Dwight Luis Clarke, age 32, of Germantown, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of …

DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces the arrests of Santos Lopez Avalos, 22, of Denver, and Jesus Enrique Astorga-Castillo, 41, of Denver, for …

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Tomeka Glenn, age 46, and Kevin Davis, age 42, both of Windsor Mill, Maryland, for conspiracy to commit wire …

Seattle – The wife of the former long-time Commissioner of an East King County drainage district was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison …

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that Jason Duenas, 27, of Holland, pleaded guilty to possession of more than 5 kilograms of …

CONTACT:    Barbara BurnsPHONE:    (716) 843-5817FAX #:    (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Douglas Beardsley, 38, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District …

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Erie, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 60 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release on …

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Arley Ray Johnson, age 63, of Bowie, Maryland, yesterday to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of …

Defendant Assaulted Neighbors in an Apartment Building             WASHINGTON – Corey Keelin Bridges, 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 16 months in prison …

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Lawrence Isen, a former registered broker who participated in a criminal conspiracy to promote and manipulate the price of shares in publicly …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Everett Paquin was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison. …

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that VICTOR RAMOS, 41, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford …

Defendant and His Brother Entered the Senate Chamber             WASHINGTON – A Montana man, who was charged along with his brother, was sentenced in the District of Columbia today to …

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest in Spain of NESTOR NUÑEZ, a/k/a “Salvador Molina,” on December 28, 2022, on fraud …

          LOS ANGELES – A resident of the Westside of Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for using websites and apps such as Snapchat to meet and …

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Four more defendants were sentenced today for making false statements in acquisition of firearms. Each admitted to a straw purchasing role in a conspiracy to traffic over …

CONTACT:    Barbara BurnsPHONE:    (716) 843-5817FAX #:    (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Lazarus R. Hayes, 33, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before …

A Lawton man was convicted in federal court for attempting to entice an undercover police officer whom he believed was a minor and for enticing a 12-year-old child to send …

PHILADELPHIA, PA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jaire Chance, 27, of Philadelphia, has agreed to a consent judgment of $100,399, and Robert Day, 42, of Center …