News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Billings woman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Billings area.

Mario Miguel Banegas Deras, 43, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for the killing of Maria Magdalena Ayala Guardado in Northwest Washington, D.C. The sentencing took place in Superior Court, where Banegas Deras had previously pleaded guilty to...

The owner, former property manager, and contractor of an apartment building in Lewiston have agreed to pay a total of $39,500 to resolve allegations that the former property manager and his contractor sexually harassed a female tenant.

A South Sioux City, Nebraska man has been sentenced to over seven years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy.

A federal grand jury has indicted Marco Antonio Jimenez Gonzalez, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, on charges of transportation and possession of child pornography.

A Seattle resident, Richard Stanley Manness Jr., was convicted of producing child sexual abuse imagery in a case involving the direction and receipt of images from Vietnam.

Maya McIntosh, a 33-year-old resident of Albany, was sentenced on July 31, 2025, to more than eight years in prison for her role in conspiracies to manufacture and distribute a synthetic cannabinoid.

A Laguna Niguel resident has admitted to firing a semi-automatic rifle at an Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter from his home last year.

A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals following an anti-immigration enforcement protest that took place last month in downtown Los Angeles.

A registered sex offender from Washington state has pleaded guilty to federal charges of sexually exploiting ten minor girls, ages 12 to 16, after removing his electronic monitoring device and fleeing state supervision.

A federal grand jury has indicted Ayoub Haddad, a 24-year-old Moroccan national residing in Medford, for being an unlawful alien in possession of ammunition.

Two Kansas men have been charged in separate cases with crimes related to drug trafficking after search warrants were executed earlier this week.

A 21-year-old man from Waverly, New York, Tristan Kovacs, has been charged in federal court with sexual exploitation of a child and transportation of child pornography.

A federal grand jury in Bridgeport has indicted three Waterbury residents on charges related to a series of violent crimes, including the shooting of a Waterbury Police detective earlier this year.

Edwin Reyes-Parra, a 22-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl while possessing a firearm.