News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEREK COULSON, 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 39 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine.

News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 22, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and formerly of Kayenta, Arizona, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, following a federal grand jury indictment of 26 counts including Making False Statements, Cyberstalking, and Aggravated Identity Theft. A detention...

News Release: SAN DIEGO - Terese L. White, a flight attendant residing in Dallas, Texas, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a drug-trafficking charge, admitting that she used her privileges as a flight attendant to bypass the more robust security screening process at San Diego International Airport in order to smuggle fentanyl which was taped to her abdomen.

News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a fugitive wanted by the Vermont Department of Correction and the Burlington Police Department.

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, TN, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, TN, with conspiracy, retaliating against a federal official, interstate communication of a threat, and solicitation to commit a crime of violence. Kelley and Austin...

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Chillicothe, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing the firearms he stole from a local business.

News Release: MIAMI -Carlos Alexis Torres, aka Cesar Soto Lopez, 43, of Honduras, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon to 46 months in prison for unlawfully entering the United States after previously being removed.

News Release: LOS ANGELES - El Departamento de Justicia anunció hoy que ha llegado a un acuerdo conciliatorio con el Distrito Escolar Unificado de la Ciudad de San Bernardino, el cual resuelve la investigación del Departamento del programa del distrito escolar para sus estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés. La...

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside County man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he committed eight armed robberies - and two attempted armed robberies - of businesses, mostly restaurants, during a week-long crime spree last month.

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he stole from his victim and used to kill him.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury on Dec. 16 returned a guilty verdict on James Anthony Sandoval, 57, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The jury convicted Sandoval on 33 counts of theft of government property and one count each of making false statements and false statements on a Social Security form.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that TROYLYNN BROWN (“BROWN"), age 35, agreed to plead guilty on Dec. 14, 2022 to count one (1) of her indictment, charging Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. In...

News Release: BOISE - Three out-of-state individuals were recently prosecuted in federal court for bringing illicit drugs into the Magic Valley area, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today.

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for violating various federal child exploitation laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy that targeted Asian and Asian-American homeowners for residential burglaries, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.