News and reports from the Department of Justice.

OraPharma, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations that the incentive compensation it paid to certain account managers, who also practiced as dental hygienists, resulted in the submission of false claims to the Medicare program.

News Release: FBI Los Angeles Field Office Warns of Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s Day.

News Release: The Justice Department announced today 49 awards to states, territories, and the District of Columbia as part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program. This investment of over $231 million will fund state crisis intervention court proceedings, including but not limited to, extreme risk protection...

News Release: CINCINNATI - Three defendants are charged with crimes related to two murders in Cincinnati during the summer of 2021.

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling, West Virginia man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison today after trafficking cocaine while on federal probation.

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - George Daren Hall, also known as “Pops," 47, of Nitro, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.

News Release: Adrian Lawrence, a citizen of Jamaica, will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Central Islip on a six-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud U.S. citizens. Today’s proceeding will be held...

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Austin Bruce Jeffreys, 28, of Chesapeake, Ohio, was sentenced today to nine years and four months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for crimes arising from a drug-related June 2021 shootout in Huntington.

News Release: A Michigan man was convicted today of filing false tax returns and making false statements to both a bankruptcy court and the Department of Justice.

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Dennis Cotto-Alvarado, 45 years old, of Ponce, was sentenced to 151 months (12 years and seven months) in prison and 15 years of supervised release for transporting a female minor with the intent to engage criminal sexual conduct in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(a). The FBI investigated the complaint with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury in Maryland today returned an indictment charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, age 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, age, 27, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. The defendants have been detained since their arrest on Feb. 3, 2023, on related charges.

News Release: Kansas City, MO - The U.S. Marshals Service has concluded a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative aimed at combating violent crime in 10 cities with a significant number of homicides and shootings to include Kansas City.

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Texas man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Two men have been charged in separate indictments by a federal grand jury for their roles in online romance fraud schemes, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

A U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, N.Y., faces up to life in prison after a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted him of providing support to the Islamic State group.