News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer and Inciting Mob.

A U.S. attorney confirmed a sextortion indictment and is seeking to identify additional victims

News Release: SAN DIEGO - Alexander Michael Randise of Ocean Beach was sentenced today in federal court to 188 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdose of 30-year-old Tyber Joseph Lustig.

News Release: Rep. Jim Jordan’s looming investigation into the “weaponization" of the Department of Justice will zero in on a trove of documents sent by the FBI to Twitter just hours before The Post published bombshell revelations about Hunter Biden, the lawmaker told The Post in an exclusive interview.

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indianapolis announced that Eugene Theard, 45, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and possessing five firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso man pleaded guilty in federal court here last week to five counts of wire fraud.

News Release: The owner of several companies in the construction industry was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $1.75 million fine for his role in a long-running scheme to defraud the United States.

News Release: Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, R., called out the "double standard" in the Justice Department's treatment of Democrats and Republicans, sharing his intentions to lead a select committee investigation into President Biden's mishandling of classified documents on Sunday.

News Release: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) offered a glimpse Sunday into how the GOP-controlled House may ratchet up investigations into FBI whistleblower allegations of politicization within the agency.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Sherron Kye, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and 4-ANPP, was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, to resolve allegations that Cumberland County, Tennessee violated Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits employers from discriminating based on disability. Among other things, it requires them to make reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities.

News Release: Defendant Posted Photo of Himself Inside Senate Parliamentarian’s Office.

News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery Today in Ft. Lauderdale.

A former local district court judge in Arkansas was arrested today in Little Rock on criminal charges related to his alleged solicitation of sex in exchange for agreeing to take action on a criminal case pending before his court.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Nimrod Shalom, 41, a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, was sentenced, on Jan. 13, 2023, to seven years in prison for transmission of a sexual performance by a minor.