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News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Heriberto Batista Montijo (43, Lehigh Acres) to 50 years in federal prison for producing and possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of a child. The court also sentenced Batista Montijo to serve a life term of supervised release and ordered him to register as a sex offender. Batista Montijo had pleaded guilty on June 27, 2022.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Reginald Lamont Thomas, 47, of Fairfield, was sentenced today to six years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $132,685 in restitution for nine counts of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Kiana Fiona Alphonse (28, Covington, Georgia) with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, seven counts of bank fraud, five counts of false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and five...


News Release: A Dallas man who filmed himself sexually abusing a five-year-old girl was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Jury Convicts Mounds Man of Shooting a Former Girlfriend in 2021

News Release: A federal jury convicted a Mounds man Wednesday in federal court for shooting his girlfriend when she tried to end their relationship in 2021, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Food Drive Makes a difference for Those on a Fixed Income

News Release: Staff from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO-SDFL) served hundreds of locals this morning during a Farm Share Food Distribution at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami.


Iowa City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Charge

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - An Iowa City man, Michael Germaine McClinton was sentenced to 110 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Following his imprisonment, McClinton was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.


More than 4,000 Rhode Island Students Participate in  U.S. Attorney’s Office Circles and Silence Program

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - More than 4,000 middle and high school students across Rhode Island have participated in the United States Attorney’s Office’s community outreach program Circles and Silence program during the first two months of the current school year, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: MIAMI -- Cole Peacock, 30, was sentenced today to 37 months’ imprisonment after he forged signatures on official flight records.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Nicholas Holder, 43 of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Holder...


Ada Resident Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Sexual Abuse And Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury In Indian Country

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ryan Christopher Dill, age 35, of Ada, Oklahoma, entered guilty pleas to Count One: Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country and Count Three: Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country of the federal indictment.


Justice Department Awards Over $90 Million to Combat Human Trafficking and Support Victims

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs today announced over $90 million in funding to combat human trafficking, provide services to human trafficking victims and support research and evaluation on responses to human trafficking.


News Release: HONOLULU - Micah Roman-Santos, 23, of Oahu, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield to two counts of bank robbery, one count of armed bank robbery, and one count of attempted Hobbs Act robbery. Sentencing is set for Jan. 25, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi.


News Release: Defendant used anonymous Instagram accounts to target, harass and intimidate victims.


Catoosa Resident Indicted On 42 Counts Of Preparation Of False Income Tax Returns

News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that Pamela Kathryn Conley, age 60, of Catoosa, Oklahoma, was indicted by the federal grand jury on 42 counts of Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Income Tax Returns.


Fentanyl Trafficker Going To Prison

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Cardell Richardson, 33, of Chili, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of para-flourofentanyl, was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.


News Release: DES MOINES, IA - A Woodward man was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, to 12 months and one day in prison for wire fraud and false statements to the United States Small Business Association (SBA).


News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - The Department of Justice today released its comprehensive press release on federal efforts to protect voting rights and to prohibit intimidation, discrimination, and fraud in the November 8 general election and the pre-election-day voting that has already begun.


Bethel Park Man Indicted in Project Safe Childhood Case

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating various federal child exploitation laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Over 18 Years in Prison for Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Philadelphia, Mississippi man was sentenced to 222 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.