News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution.

A federal grand jury indictment unsealed in San Diego alleges that 13 Guatemalan nationals are part of a cocaine trafficking organization based in La Mesilla and Democracia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Roberto Carlos Munoz, a 39-year-old Guatemalan citizen, has been charged with assaulting a federal officer using a dangerous weapon, resulting in bodily harm.

A St. Clair County woman has been sentenced for drug trafficking offenses, according to U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. U.S. District Court Judge Corey L. Maze sentenced Claudia Montano Gonzalez, 43, originally from Mexico, to 39 months in prison.

Multiple individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a complex fraud scheme, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

A former United States Marine, Paul John Herbert, was sentenced in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts for submitting a false Purple Heart application. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni sentenced Herbert to two years of...

Carinda M. Blair, a 39-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court on June 11, 2025, for her involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.

Spokane, Washington – Jose Efrain Gonzalez-Rodriguez, a 24-year-old Mexican national unlawfully present in the United States, has been sentenced to federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced the arrest of Saima Qamar, a 55-year-old Canadian citizen and Pakistan native, who has been charged with re-entry of a removed alien.

A Mexican national, Raul Velasco-Leon, 39, has admitted to transporting child pornography across state lines into Mexico. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the guilty plea.

Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging eight members and associates of the 18th Street gang with racketeering crimes.

A Bath man, Noah Sibole-Little, has entered a guilty plea in the U.S. District Court in Portland for being a felon in possession of firearms.

Robert Davis Forney, a 25-year-old resident of Duluth, Georgia, appeared before a United States Magistrate Judge following his indictment by a federal grand jury on June 10, 2025.

The Department of Justice has decided not to prosecute White Deer Management LLC, a private equity firm, after the company voluntarily disclosed violations committed by an acquired entity.

Matthew Hightower, a 43-year-old resident of Baltimore, Maryland, has entered a guilty plea in connection with the murder of Latrina Ashburne on May 27, 2016.