News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KAMAL AL JAWHARI, age 28, a native of Lebanon, was found guilty as charged on Dec. 20, 2022, after a two-day jury trial before Chief United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown.

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Ungerer & Company, a flavor and fragrance business operating in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $230,000 and improve its compliance measures to resolve allegations it failed to make required notifications to the Drug Enforcement...

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Three Rogersville, Mo., and Springfield, Mo., men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines as part of a multi-million-dollar business.

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that last Thursday, Serhat Gumrukcu, 39, of Los Angeles, California and Berk Eratay, 36, of Las Vegas, Nevada, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a murder-for-hire conspiracy and the January...

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A U.S. citizen who previously resided in Ukraine was sentenced to 42 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

News Release: A Claremore man found to be downloading, distributing and viewing child pornography by law enforcement was sentenced in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced David O. Isagba to 14 years in federal prison for mail fraud and conspiring to defraud the United States with respect to tax claims. This sentence was imposed consecutively to Isagba’s 2022 conviction for possession of child pornography from the Eastern District of New York.

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Tara Lynn Crawford, of Wardensville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

News Release: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Michael Pratt Captured in Spain.

News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: An Atkinson County man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after admitting to charges involving methamphetamine trafficking and illegal gun possession.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Justice Statistics is announcing the release of statistical tables on Jail Inmates in 2021 and Prisoners in 2021. Of note, the two incarcerated populations diverged in 2021, with the number of persons held in local jails increasing by 16% from 2020, while the number of persons in prison decreased 1%. Both populations decreased from 2019 to 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Shannon John, 37, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson, III, to Conspiracy to Possess with intent to Distribute Cocaine while onboard a Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States.

News Release: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiring to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise, including making extortionate extensions of credit and conducting an illegal gambling business, all while serving as the underboss of the Philadelphia mafia family.

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal grand jury in Tucson, Arizona, returned a 19-count indictment on Nov. 10, 2022, against 10 current or former southern Arizona residents, including.

News Release: MIAMI - A South Florida federal grand jury has charged Martin County resident Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, with tampering with vials of liquid fentanyl at an outpatient surgery center where she worked as a licensed registered nurse.