El Paso Sector agents encounter migrants with extensive criminal histories

EL PASO, Texas – In the first two weeks of March, U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the El Paso Sector encountered more than 13 migrants with extensive criminal records and gang affiliations. …

Adidas Ad Celebrates Males In Women’s Sports

Adidas Ad Celebrates Males In Women’s Sports Laurel Duggan on March 15, 2022 Adidas released an ad celebrating biological males competing in women’s sports, featuring a transgender athlete scoring against a women’s…

Nine Defendants Indicted for Drug and Firearms Conspiracies

NEWARK, N.J. – Nine people were arraigned today on illegal drug and firearms charges contained in a 17-count indictment, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Gilbert Bermudez, aka “Troub,” 29; Brian Elijah…

North Shore Drug Trafficking Leader Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Involving Pressed Fentanyl Pills and Machine Guns

BOSTON – A Lynn man was pleaded guilty today to operating a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that used multiple high-volume pill press machines to produce tens of thousands of fentanyl…

Police Arrest Man Wanted In Stabbing Of Museum Employees: REPORT

Police Arrest Man Wanted In Stabbing Of Museum Employees: REPORT Harry Wilmerding on March 15, 2022 Police arrested a man wanted in the stabbing of two New York museum employees, multiple sources…

Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- March 2022

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the March 2022 Federal Grand Jury A. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

FCI Gilmer inmate sentenced for indecent exposure

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Darius McNeal, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Gilmer, was sentenced today to eight months of incarceration for indecent exposure, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. McNeal, 20,…

Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking A Minor From Houston To Tampa Florida

Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jamel Muldrew (33, Houston, TX) has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, coercion and enticement of a minor to engage…

Judge sentences Arkansas man to 18 years in federal prison

ST. LOUIS – Jerrell West, 32, of Forrest City, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. On…

United States Attorney Sellinger Announces Diverse Leadership Team

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that he is naming an experienced team of women and men to lead the Office’s enforcement of criminal and civil laws. His…

Dulles CBP Officers Arrest Baltimore Rape Suspect Fleeing to El Salvador

STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a previously deported Salvadoran on Baltimore felony rape charges this morning at Washington Dules International Airport as he attempted to board…

Leonardtown Woman Pleads Guilty to Organizing a Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain Over $1 Million in Disability Benefits

Greenbelt, Maryland – Angela Marie Farr, age 36, of Leonardtown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit theft of government property and two counts of theft of government property in connection…

Informational: Federal Court arraignments

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…

Woodbridge Money Launderer Sentenced for his Role in a Romance Fraud Scheme

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for engaging in financial transactions with illegal proceeds as part of a romance fraud scheme against mostly elderly…

Operation False Haven: Convicted Child Molester Sentenced for Using a Fraudulently Obtained Naturalization Certificate and Civilly Denaturalized

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, Billy Efrain Penaranda, age 39, a naturalized citizen of the United…