News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung," 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for drug trafficking offenses.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Transportation With Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity, and Receipt and Attempted Receipt of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced December’s Grand Jury A and B indictments.

News Release: GRAND JUNCTION - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces a federal grand jury has returned indictments charging Jeremiah Wesley Robinson, age 42; Efrain Velez, age 34; Vanessa Vasquez, age 33; Anna Munday, age 28; and Karlie Locke, age 29, with distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of an inmate in the Mesa County jail on May 21, 2022.

Today, Representatives Jim Banks, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan, Troy Nehls, Kelly Armstrong and House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis released a report on their investigation into the security failure at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

An immigration services firm CEO and an immigration attorney were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud.

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, 36, of Vail, Arizona, was sentenced on Dec. 14, by United States District Judge James A. Soto, to 152 months in prison and ordered to pay $151,000 in restitution to the U.S. Border Patrol for salary drawn while engaged in criminal activity. Monreal-Rodriguez...

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Hooksett, New Hampshire man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today to conspiracy and robbery charges stemming from a violent home invasion in York.

News Release: Barry Croft Jr., 47, of Bear, Delaware, was sentenced today to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property, and knowingly possessing an unregistered destructive device, which was a commercial firework refashioned with shrapnel to serve as a hand-grenade.

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Curtis Brown (35, Raiford) has pleaded guilty to threatening to murder a federal judge in retaliation for performing his official duties and mailing a letter to a federal judge threatening to kill the judge and his family. Brown faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Massachusetts man was found guilty today of felony and misdemeanor charges for assaulting law enforcement during the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Joshua Rico pleaded guilty on Dec. 22 to five counts of coercion and enticement of minors. Rico, 26, of Pecos, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS - Barry Croft Jr., 47, of Bear, Delaware, was sentenced today to 235 months (19 years 7 months) in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property, and knowingly possessing an unregistered destructive device, which was a commercial firework refashioned with shrapnel to serve as a hand-grenade.

News Release: Barry Croft Jr., 47, of Bear, Delaware, was sentenced today to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property, and knowingly possessing an unregistered destructive device, which was a commercial firework refashioned with shrapnel to serve as a hand-grenade.

News Release: FBI Atlanta Warns Fans Heading to the Big Game-Protect Those Tickets.