News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: Defendant Had Been Convicted in Previous Sexual Assaults in D.C. and Virginia.

News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Columbus police officer was sentenced in federal court today to 108 months in prison for conspiring to distribute more than eight kilograms of fentanyl and accepting bribes to protect the transportation of cocaine.

News Release: CLEVELAND, OH The FBI Cleveland Cartel Gang Narcotics & Laundering Task Force (CGNL Task Force) announce the recent seizure of 36 kilograms of suspected fentanyl and other drugs stemming from a series of search warrants executed earlier this week in Painesville and Cleveland. Additional kilos were confirmed...

BJA FY 23 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program grant opened on Feb. 7.

News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - A Nebraska man was sentenced on Feb. 3, 2023, for assaulting a flight attendant during a commercial airline flight.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, and Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, announced the filing of a federal criminal complaint charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility.

News Release: A federal criminal complaint was unsealed charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, 27, of Orlando, Florida, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility.

News Release: BOISE - Joseph Alan Hoadley, 42, of Caldwell, was sentenced to three months in federal prison for falsifying a record or document in a federal investigation, witness tampering by harassment, and destroying a record to impair its use in an official proceeding, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.

News Release: FBI Warns of Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s Day.

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Jeremy Lee Pettry, 39, of Huntington, was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Ramon Otero Jr., 39, of Tucson, was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2023, by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 60 months in prison. Otero Jr. pleaded guilty to Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense.

News Release: Seeking Virginia Teens to Fill Upcoming FBI Richmond Academy.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On Feb. 1, 2023 Senior United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle sentenced JOSHUA REED, age 24, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, to five years in prison for illegally possessing a gun after having been convicted of a felony offense, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that, on Feb. 1, 2023, U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance sentenced ASHLEY McGOWAN (“McGOWAN"), age 36, to serve 24 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. Judge Vance also imposed restitution in the amount of $545,000 and a mandatory special assessment of $100.

News Release: A Michigan doctor was sentenced today to 16.5 years in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that resulted in over $250 million in false and fraudulent claims being submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health insurance programs, exploited patients suffering from addiction by administering unnecessary injections, illegally distributed over 6.6 million doses of medically unnecessary opioids, and engaged in money laundering.