Foreign National Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Exploiting Children Online, Illegal Reentry

Miami, Florida – A 29-year-old Mexican national living in Boca Raton and Pompano Beach, Florida was sentenced yesterday in West Palm Beach federal court to 25 years in prison for posing on…

North Attleboro Resident Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Leading Steroid Distribution Conspiracy

PROVIDENCE – A North Attleboro, MA, resident convicted of leading a conspiracy to import significant quantities of steroids and distribute them across the United States was sentenced Tuesday in the U.S. District…

Former Airman Enters Guilty Plea to Possessing More than 15,000 Child Sexual Assault Material Images, Videos in Project Safe Childhood Case

ALBANY, Ga. – A former U.S. Air Force servicemember previously stationed at Moody Air Force Base admitted he possessed child sexual assault materials resulting from a Project Safe Childhood case. Ricardo Garcia, 25,…

CBP Officers Seize over $100K in Undeclared Currency at Hidalgo International Bridge

HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $114,294 in undeclared currency. “CBP officers conduct outbound enforcement operations to protect against unreported exportations…

Illinois Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking

MINNEAPOLIS – An Illinois man was sentenced to 240 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking a woman and transporting another woman to engage in prostitution,…

Alamogordo firefighter facing charges of child exploitation

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jason Ross-Lattion Fleming, 36, of Piñon, New Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on Apr. 25 facing charges of providing child [censored]ography to a minor, possession of…

Six Arrested for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Heroin in Bakersfield

FRESNO, Calif. — Six people were arrested in Kern County today following a year-long investigation of a Bakersfield-based drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.…

New York Man and Woman Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of Minors

NORFOLK, Va. – A New York woman was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. Her co-defendant, also from New York, was previously sentenced to 30…

Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Distributing Narcotics that Caused Multiple Fatal Overdoses

Earlier today, at the federal court in Brooklyn, Angelina Barini was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 30 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics and causing the deaths of…

South Florida International Firearms Smuggler Sentenced to Almost 20 Years in Federal Prison

Miami, Florida – A Delray Beach, Florida man who fueled an international firearms smuggling ring with guns he illegally purchased at South Florida gun shows through straw buyers has been sentenced to…

Baltimore Man Admits to Possessing Kilograms of Fentanyl and Heroin with Intent to Distribute Those Controlled Substances

Baltimore, Maryland – Rajeim Ali Bradshaw, age 49, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for…

CBP Officers Seize Mixed Narcotics Worth over $737K at Del Rio Port of Entry

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers working at the Del Rio Port of Entry seized mixed narcotics worth nearly three quarters of…

Buffalo Man Going To Prison For His Role In Cocaine Conspiracy Stretching From El Paso, Texas To Buffalo

CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Lance Parker, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to…

Man Using Whisper App Sentenced for Enticing a Minor

ROANOKE, Va. – Matthew Benjamin Foltz, 29, of Cleveland, Ohio, used the messaging application “Whisper” to engage in sexually explicit conversations with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl from Virginia.…

A Maryland man was sentenced today to life in prison for his conduct in connection with La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise, also known as MS-13. MS-13 is a transnational gang…

MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced El Salvadorian national Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, a/k/a “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland to life in federal prison, for conspiring…

Laredo Sector Border Patrol halts a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer north of Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on the…

Fresno Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise and Creating Child Sexual Abuse Material

LOS ANGELES – A Fresno man was sentenced today to life in federal prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and creating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of four young…

The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), today announced a civil enforcement action against defendants Legacy Cremation Services LLC, Funeral & Cremation Group of North America LLC and…

A California man was sentenced today to life in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and creating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of four young children, including children he abused…

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