Department of Justice Press Releases

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men from north Louisiana were sentenced to prison today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. …

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Mansfield man who was convicted by a jury earlier this year of illegally possessing a firearm …

BANGOR, Maine: A Houlton man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Hayden …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Sean O’Hare, age 53, of South Portland, Maine, was arraigned today on an indictment accusing him of committing wire fraud. The announcement was made by United …

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Patrick Kain, age 35, of Norwich, New York was sentenced today to thirty-five years’ imprisonment for three counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Two men were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute kilograms of heroin that they acquired in New York City and sold on the streets of Troy, …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Joan Jesus Manso Dieguez, age 35, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty today to a superseding indictment charging him with taking part in an access device fraud …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Tevin Terrance, age 28, of Hogansburg, New York, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute, …

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Jason Safford, age 46, of Queens, New York, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to bank fraud, attempted wire fraud, and …

Seattle – Two brothers were arraigned on an indictment today in connection with the September 30, 2020, firebombing of a coffee shop on Aurora Avenue in Shoreline, Washington, announced U.S. …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — William Michael Nitschke, 52, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to three years and 10 months in prison for being a …

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations …

Gulfport, Miss. – A Florida man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for being a convicted felon in possession of a …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – KENDALL GILMER, JR., age 41, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged October 28, 2021, in a three-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with …

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The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dean Gero, 54, formerly of Brattleboro, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court in …

DUBLIN, GA:  Prison terms for two of the remaining defendants in a Laurens County-area drug trafficking conspiracy wrap up a major middle Georgia prosecution. Zandera Finney, 35, of Warner Robins, …

MONROE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI New Orleans Special Agent in …

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Chase Levi Thibodeaux, 38, of Ruston, Louisiana, with …

WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Frank A. Nork, age 47, of Lost Creek, Pennsylvania, was indicted today by a federal …

As part of an ongoing effort to address gun violence in Connecticut’s major cities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with Project Longevity, Bridgeport Hospital, the Bridgeport Police Department and …

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Joel William Hammond, age 35, Essex of Maryland, to six years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised …

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Kerry Trent Kinard, 50, of Bamberg, was sentenced to a year and a half in federal …

             WASHINGTON – A 62-year-old man, of Southeast Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of federal child exploitation offenses, including production of …