News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Samuel Manriquez, 37, of Cross Lanes, was sentenced today to four years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TOBY MURCHISON was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to commit sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl.

An indictment was unsealed today charging eight individuals in a drug conspiracy. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and officers with the Metropolitan Police and Prince George’s County Police Departments arrested seven of the defendants yesterday.

A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiring with his brother to distribute a kilogram of cocaine.

U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Edwin Hill, a/k/a “Z” (51, Holiday), to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 1 kilogram or more of heroin, four counts of distribution of fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.

A Biddeford man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for possessing child sexual abuse materials.

U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Justin Roberson (34, Clearwater) to 15 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. Roberson had pleaded guilty on September 20, 2022.

U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Leon Erick Williams (41, St. Petersburg) to 6 years and 9 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine.

A federal district court in San Diego ordered today that over $17 million in restitution be distributed to approximately 800 victims from over 40 different countries due to their investment losses in BitConnect, a massive cryptocurrency investment scheme, which defrauded thousands of investors worldwide.

A 22-year-old man illegally residing in San Benito has been ordered to federal prison following multiple convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

The 2019 Murder Was Committed in Retaliation for Gang-Related Fight Involving the Victim’s Older Brother

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Peniel Olibris, age 32, of Denver, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison, plus one year of supervised release, for smuggling goods, specifically firearms, from the United States to Haiti.

A Montana man was arraigned today on misdemeanor charges, including disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Two Detroit men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a fentanyl trafficking operation targeting the Red Lake Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced today that the Northern District of Oklahoma collected $2,954,438.70 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022