News and reports from the Department of Justice.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced Evan John Bobtail Bear, a resident of Little Eagle, South Dakota, to five years in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter.

An armed serial robber who targeted cash loan businesses in the Fort Worth metroplex has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison.

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson has announced charges against Karen Duckworth, a 66-year-old resident of New Orleans, for theft of government funds.

Darell Reed, 35, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pekin, Illinois, has received an additional 15-month prison sentence for possessing a prohibited object while incarcerated.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange of the U.S. District Court has sentenced Ethan Schnitker, a 41-year-old man from Mankato, Minnesota, to two years in federal prison for abusive sexual contact.

A Mexican national, Luis Fernando Lara Uribe, was sentenced in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation.

A Kansas tax preparer has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for filing false income tax returns that resulted in a tax loss exceeding $1.5 million to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a man from Martin, South Dakota, has been sentenced for illegal firearm possession. U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler sentenced Aloysius Mousseau to four years and eight months in...

Chadwick M. Elgersma, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Deovion Baker from Madison was sentenced to two years in federal prison.

A Billings man, Shannon Ray Emeline, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced that the sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release.

A Billings man has been sentenced to six years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.

Two Texas men appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle on July 17, 2025, charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.

Federal authorities have arrested Andrew Hamilton Jacobus, 64, from Fort Lauderdale on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.

Shon Hopwood, a 50-year-old Georgetown Law Professor from the District of Columbia, has been found guilty by a Superior Court jury on multiple charges including assault, contempt, and obstruction of justice.

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Mervin Amacker Jr., aged 43, pled guilty to carjacking and being a felon in possession of a firearm on July 8, 2025.