News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Cranston resident has admitted in federal court to producing, possessing, and distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced fake Adderall pills.

Two individuals involved in a drug conspiracy distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine have been sentenced to prison terms, according to Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

A federal grand jury has indicted Jack Amadeus LaSota, 34, of Fairbanks, Alaska, on charges of possessing firearms and ammunition while being a fugitive from justice.

An Inland Empire woman has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $1.7 million in COVID-19 related benefits and loans.

A St. Louis man, Darnell L. Clemons, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey for a series of violent crimes including an armed carjacking in 2018 and a shooting in 2021.

A Honduran national, Rossel Geovanny Recinos Arita, was sentenced on June 17, 2025, in New Orleans for re-entering the United States after being previously deported.

Jason Hanif Rehman, a 40-year-old resident of Rockville, Maryland, has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison.

Earlier today, Renee Hoberman, a licensed social worker from Long Island, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of receipt and distribution of child pornography.

A 26-year-old Mexican national has been sentenced for unlawfully reentering the United States, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, targeting over $225.3 million in cryptocurrency linked to fraud schemes.

Darren Ringenberg, a 30-year-old resident of Louisville, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.

United States Attorney David Metcalf has announced the sentencing of six individuals in Philadelphia for various immigration-related offenses.

A Honduran national, Hibis Turcio-Sanchez, aged 45, has been sentenced for re-entering the United States after being deported.

Sergio Herran, a 47-year-old resident of Tucson, Arizona, has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges related to child pornography.

Kalin Burton Goodtracks, a 36-year-old resident of Ignacio, Colorado, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for abusive sexual contact with children.