WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting his national security team on Monday about Russia and Ukraine, a White House official said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin weighed a…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Dominican national who twice re-entered the United States illegally after removal by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison,…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 17, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Suspected drug trafficker Rafael Orlando Ramirez Barillas, a Guatemalan national who was extradited to…
PECOS – On Tuesday, a Mexican national was sentenced to a total of 60 months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after previously being removed by immigration authorities.…
BOSTON – A Nigerian national residing in Dorchester pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in online romance scams targeting individuals in the United States. Mike…
A Mexican national, who was residing in Singapore, pleaded guilty yesterday to acting within the United States on behalf of a foreign government without notifying the Attorney General. According to…
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAPM), a time to raise awareness about this all-too-common issue, focus efforts on ending the violence, and share resources for teens…
A National School Boards Association (NSBA) executive reportedly knew about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memorandum targeting concerned parents before it was published, according to new information obtained by Parents Defending…
BOSTON – A Romanian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on racketeering conspiracy charges relating to an ATM skimming operation that stretched throughout Massachusetts and other states…
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ – The National Weather Service is advising football fans for the big game to plan some extra time for travel to and from your Super Bowl party…
BOSTON – A Honduran national residing in Fall River was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry. The defendant was previously convicted on state charges of three…
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – On February 2, 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking…
National organizations, equity consultants and public school districts are using mental health initiatives to push what critics decry as the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT), including “social and emotional…
EL PASO – Yesterday, a federal jury convicted a Mexican national for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on July 15, 2021, Maria…
WASHINGTON – The National Archives and Records Administration has asked the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump’s handling of White House records, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.…
BOSTON – The National Sales Director of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center (NECC) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with conspiring to defraud the Food…
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s aides are looking for more White House records after the National Archives said it retrieved 15 boxes of official materials from the former president’s Florida resort,…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Mexican national who was in the United States illegally was sentenced today to time served, or nine months and 298 days, in federal prison. David Ferrusquia-Sanchez,…
St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 40, of the Dominican Republic, appeared before Chief District Court Judge Robert A. Molloy and…
Hagatña, Guam – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant CHRISTOPHER DE LEON GUERRERO, age 31, from Yigo,…
BOSTON – A Salvadoran national residing in Lynn was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Inmar Samuel Aguiluz-Palacios, 29,…
PORTLAND, Ore.—Today, U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug of the District of Oregon issued the following statement on National Black History Month, 2022. “This February, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
The department’s strategy will be implemented under the direction of the National Human Trafficking Coordinator designated by the Attorney General in accordance with the Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017.…
WASHINGTON – Haiteng Wu, 32, of the People’s Republic of China, was sentenced today to serve 26 months in prison for participating in a…
Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg highlights efforts by federal, state, and local partners to prevent and combat human trafficking in the Middle District of Florida (MDFL)…