News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Ivory S. Cousins, a former correctional officer from Glassboro, New Jersey, has been convicted of multiple offenses related to the violation of an inmate's civil rights.

A federal jury in Great Falls has convicted Farron Gene American Horse, Sr., a 40-year-old South Dakota resident, for sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact involving two victims at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.

A 37-year-old man from Des Moines, Washington, has been charged with multiple federal offenses after being caught three times with large quantities of drugs and a firearm.

U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey has sentenced Adrian Peebles to 18 months in prison for committing insurance fraud through staged auto accidents.

Antwon Montrell Jackson, Sarah Larayna Holland, and Shanikka Nicole Jackson have entered guilty pleas to criminal charges related to child sex trafficking and witness tampering.

A 28-year-old New Orleans resident, Wayne C. Walker, pleaded guilty to charges related to the illegal possession and use of a United States Postal Service "arrow" key and the possession of stolen mail.

A Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a $12.5 million fraudulent scheme affecting investors in the Southern District of Texas. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Robert Maxwell, aged 30, admitted to defrauding...

A Cut Bank resident was sentenced to 24 months in prison for assaulting a teenager, the U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced.

Brendan Kaleb Rains, a 26-year-old resident from Ada, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to cause bodily harm, and an additional 60 months for assault resulting in serious bodily...

A Brockton man, Andre McNeil, has entered a guilty plea in a federal court for charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Nathanial A. Lazanis, a 43-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for the distribution of child pornography.

Pedro Juarez, a resident of Oakland, California, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.

A San Angelo man, 57-year-old James Wilson, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to production and transportation of child pornography.

A grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia has indicted Joseph Armand Zimmer, 48, of North Dakota, for allegedly making threats against an employee of the Augusta National Golf Club.

Maria del Carmen Sanchez Potrero, also known as Maria Carmela Sanchez, has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport.