News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Middletown man, Ramon Apellaniz, also known as "Kristopher Rockefeller" and "Kris," has pleaded guilty to a health care fraud offense in connection with a scheme that defrauded Connecticut's Medicaid program of over $1.8 million.

Renard Levenberry, a 29-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in two separate shootings at Starburst Plaza during the summer of 2024.

A Las Vegas man, George Perez, was sentenced to 49 years in prison for multiple armed robberies of businesses in the city.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Dewayne Vass, 43, from Amherst, New York, has been sentenced to 188 months in prison.

Between April 28 and May 1, 2025, the FBI executed Operation Restore Justice, an initiative aimed at identifying and arresting child sex offenders.

Terrell Ridgley, a 34-year-old resident of Perry Hall, Maryland, has entered a guilty plea to charges of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Earlier today, Carmine Simpson was sentenced to 23 years in prison by United States District Judge Gary R. Brown at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced the sentencing of a St. Francis woman, Viola Boneshirt, who was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte sentenced her to four years in federal prison on...

Jose Angel Gomez, 42, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for committing three rapes between July and October 2018.

Jalique Wiseman and Leon Kirksey, both 20 years old, have pleaded guilty to charges related to a series of robberies on the Metropolitan Branch Trail.

A Georgia woman has been sentenced in a federal court in Boston for her involvement in a drug trafficking operation.

A Dominican national living in New Castle County, Delaware, has been sentenced to 30 days' probation for failing to inform the U.S. government of his change of address.

Damien Jenkins, a 35-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization known as the "21st and Vietnam" crew.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, along with ATF Miami and the Broward Sheriff’s Office, announced federal convictions and prison sentences for 18 members of South Florida street gangs.

A fentanyl dealer has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for distributing more than $64,000 worth of the drug.