Department of Justice Press Releases

FRESNO, Calif. — Alejandro Lopez, 51, of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, Acting U.S. …

Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Carlos D. Montejano, 37, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for being a felon in possession of …

Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Christian Gonzalez-Gardea, 26, of Las Cruces, Mexico, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for Possessing …

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHNNY TRIPLETT, age 33 of New Orleans, pled guilty on August 19, 2021 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Raytown, Missouri, man who was beaten and shot during a robbery that resulted in police officers discovering illegal drugs at his residence, pleaded guilty in …

Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Pradish Jehan Selvaraj, 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Attempted Enticement of a Minor.  Chief …

ERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States …

FRESNO, Calif. — Simon Meza Jr., 38, of Fresno, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years in prison for being a felon …

            WASHINGTON – Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 37, of Miami, Fla., was sentenced today to a total of 155 days of incarceration on charges stemming from …

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal complaint filed today charges Bernard Curran and Rodrigo Santos with honest services wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau …

Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Patrick Graves, 35, of Mississippi, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft.  Chief United …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On August 23, 2021, Della Marie Gibson, 37, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge H. Bruce Guyton to two counts of sending biohazardous materials through the …

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Delgardo Frazer, 52, of Phoenix, AZ, was sentenced to eleven years and three months prison, and four years of …

POCATELLO – Matthew Gary Leander III, 39, of Idaho Falls, entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. …

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Michael Jonathan Paul (50, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Lebanon, Missouri, attorney has pleaded guilty in federal court to tax and labor violations. Meagan M. Howe, also known as Meagan M. Hasty, 35, pleaded guilty …

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal jury today convicted Davante Harrison, a/k/a “YGG Tay,” age 26, of Baltimore for federal charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute …

ABINGDON, Va.– A Marion man, who burned a cross on the front yard of an African American family in June 2020 following a civil rights protest earlier in the day, …

David Alan Tafolla, age 54, from Oelwein, Iowa, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, four counts of distribution of a controlled substance, and …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Pawtucket man convicted in Rhode Island state court in 2007 and in 2009 on drug trafficking charges, and found during a traffic stop by Pawtucket Police …

A man who distributed videos of a toddler being sexually abused by her mother on social media was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison. Douglas John Buttikofer Jr., …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Micah Hines, a/k/a “Water,” age 42, pled guilty today to distributing more than 28 grams of cocaine base, and also admitted to distributing fentanyl, in January …

ALBANY, Ga. – Multiple co-defendants involved in a high-volume drug trafficking operation located in a southwest Georgia city were sentenced to federal prison for their crimes this week. On Thursday, …

            CONCORD – Joshua Schneider, 34, of Keene, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to distribution of fentanyl and possession of fentanyl with intent …

A man who escaped from custody in the Gerald R. Hinzman Center was sentenced on August 19, 2021, to two years in federal prison. Justin Troendle, age 35, of Cedar …