News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, Michael Joseph Wilson, age 34 of Des Moines, was sentenced to a total of 240 months in prison for four crimes: conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and MDMA; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; attempt to possess contraband in prison; and violation of supervised release.

News Release: Defendant Committed Several Assaults During a 15 Minute Period.

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five men were charged in an indictment and a New Jersey woman pleaded guilty in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 victims, many of whom were elderly, in the United States and Canada, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TREIZY LOPEZ, 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in the attempted robbery of a New Haven restaurant, during which he shot an employee, in April 2015.

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former youth minister in Joplin, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for exchanging pornographic images and videos with a child victim.

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Jose Domingo Ordonez-Zometa, a/k/a “Felon," age 33, of Landover Hills, Maryland; Jose Rafael Ortega-Ayala, a/k/a Impaciente," age 30, of Greenbelt, Maryland; and Jose Henry Hernandez-Garcia, a/k/a “Paciente," age 29, of Annandale, Virginia, for racketeering...

News Release: Two individuals were charged with submitting fraudulent COVID-19 testing claims to multiple insurance agencies, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging TAJ EVERLY, a former correction...

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dartwon Brooks, 29, and Jaemer Smith a/k/a Glizz a/k/a Jack Glizz, 20, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. as jury selection was set to begin in their federal trial. Brooks pleaded guilty...

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted two men who allegedly used the darknet and encrypted messaging applications to sell over 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs to thousands of customers across the country.

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Kurtis James VanderMolen, 50, of Grand Rapids, Michigan pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to obtain approximately $170,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP") loans for a company that did not exist. Bank fraud carries a maximum penalty of thirty years’ imprisonment; money laundering carries a maximum of ten years’ imprisonment.

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Christopher Daniels, 52, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for filing a false federal income tax return. Daniels previously paid the $280,088 in ordered restitution. He was also ordered to pay a $75,000 fine.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Norman Wilson, 40, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today, mid-trial, to charges stemming from two assaults in which he targeted Hispanic individuals based on their race and/or national origin, announced United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves.

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Jonathan Donte Rogers, Jr. (21, Jacksonville) with possessing a stolen firearm as well as not registering the firearm, which was a short-barreled rifle. If convicted of the offenses, he faces...

News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ANTONIO MARQUES MITCHELL, 25, of Oklahoma City, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.