Department of Justice Press Releases

Miami, Florida – Today, a federal magistrate judge denied bond for 39-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident Denorio Humes.  Humes will remain behind bars as he awaits trial on charges of using …

BOSTON – The former chief executive of a California-based media company pleaded guilty in connection with her involvement in the college admissions case. Elisabeth Kimmel, 57, of La Jolla, Calif., …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Logan County man was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Terrindez Xsidrick Bryant, 37, sold approximately …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ERIC RODRIGUEZ, QUAN LEWIS, CHRIS HABISREITINGER, GREG TRAHAN, TRAVIS GIBSON and RYAN MOREAU were charged on August 13, 2021 in a 7-count superseding indictment by a …

BOSTON – A Templeton man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for federal firearms offenses. John Shaw, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl. According to court documents, Brian Vineyard, 49, sold approximately 3.5 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in exchange …

NEW ORLEANS –  U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAVAN BAILEY, age 19, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was charged on August 13, 2021 by a federal grand jury …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man, Aubrey Gardner, 28, was sentenced today to total of 40 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for a gun crime. Tyson Davis, Sr., 42, previously pleaded guilty to possession of a …

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, from July …

A convicted felon who was found with a firearm magazine on one day and a firearm for that magazine nine days later was sentenced on August 12, 2021, to more …

OAKLAND – A federal criminal complaint charging Troy Elias Walker, David Michael Rembert, and Daljit Kamal Singh with a conspiracy to deal firearms without a license was unsealed today, announced …

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements in an application for a replacement Social Security card and illegal …

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Philip Mungin, age 58, formerly of Bryans Road, Maryland and currently residing in Mira Loma, California, to three months in …

Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ACOSTA TORRES, 61, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who allegedly billed and received more than $2.3 million dollars from commercial health insurers and Medicaid for services he falsely claimed …

DAYTON – A Burlington, Kentucky, woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for aiding and abetting her daughter in intimidating a witness after the murder …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Khorion Williams, of Highland Park, Michigan, was sentenced today to 46 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. …

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – On Friday, a federal jury convicted a Hampton woman on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin, and conspiracy to commit …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Doriawn Eduane-Draphel Rogers, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Rogers, 21, …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Taylor M. Washington, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Washington, 29, pleaded guilty today …

            WASHINGTON – Andrew Robertson, 54, of Harrison, N.J., formerly of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for …

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Joan Benitez, 41, of …

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that a multi-agency investigation into methamphetamine trafficking and illegal firearm possession in Western North Carolina has led to federal …

BOSTON – A Boston man who is allegedly a member of the St. James/Marcella gang pleaded guilty today to distributing crack cocaine. Anthony Jackson, a/k/a “Hollywood,” 30, pleaded guilty to …