Department of Justice Press Releases

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Santa Clarita woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to use other peoples’ personal information — without their consent — to unlawfully …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced SHANNEL SMITH, age 41, of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, was charged on August 10, 2021 in a one-count bill of …

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Corpus Christi federal jury has convicted a 44-year-old man from Missouri City for smuggling illegal aliens in the tractor and cab of his truck, announced …

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jesse J. Stringer, 33, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief …

BOSTON – A member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging heroin trafficking conspiracy. Joshua Johnson, 34, was …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing the firearm he accidentally fired in a fatal shooting at the Kansas …

 Greenbelt, Maryland – Ian Carlton Alexander a/k/a “Shawn Alexander”, age 49, of Towson, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and …

BOSTON – A Texas man was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 in federal court in Boston for his role in a scheme that imported raw steroids from China and …

Seattle —A 33-year-old Kent, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm during …

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man with previous felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as part of a planned revenge shooting, Acting U.S. Attorney …

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a Hobbs Act robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a store clerk, announced Acting …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Brandon Glaski, age 38, of East Nassau, New York, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for unlawfully possessing firearms including “ghost guns,” as well …

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty today to seven violent armed robberies of Twin Cities businesses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk. According to court documents, on July …

            Montgomery, Ala. –    On Monday, August 9, 2021, Timothy Jerome Russell, 43, from Montgomery, Alabama, was convicted by a federal jury for being a felon in possession of …

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAMELA SMITH, 72, of Kirkland, Washington, formerly of Guilford, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Argelianka Garcia, of New York, New York, has admitted to her involvement in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard …

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Philadelphia, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of ten years (120 months) in prison and five years’ supervised release on …

Seattle – A Washington State man was sentenced today to two years in prison for perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business …

Greenbelt, Maryland – Ludin Alfredo Ipina-Ipina, age 33, of Chillum, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute over 2,000 grams of cocaine. The guilty plea was announced …

            WASHINGTON – Richard Holman, the former Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination, Physical Security Division, …

Greenbelt, Maryland – David Annor, age 28, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection with a romance scheme in which conspiracy members induced …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Evan Motherwell, 25, of Penfield, PA, formerly of Jamestown NY, pleaded …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Destiny Lee Dabbs, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Dabbs, 29, pleaded guilty today …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Durrion Joshua Morrison, of Wilmington, Delaware, has admitted to a cocaine charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Johnson, also known as “Nephew,” age …

NEWARK, N.J. – A New York man today admitted to his role in a wire fraud conspiracy which defrauded the State of New Jersey of over $19 million in motor …