News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: MIAMI - Jason Scott Carter, a 45-year-old former Coral Springs, Fla., police officer, must serve five years of probation and pay restitution following a federal conviction for fraudulently applying to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for a COVID-19 relief advance grant and low-interest loan.

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten today announced that Christopher James Masterson, 35, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was sentenced to 30 years in the Bureau of Prisons for the sexual exploitation of minor children. In imposing sentence, U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff noted that Masterson was one of the top two or three most egregious sex offenders she had sentenced. Masterson will be on supervised release for 10 years when he gets out of prison.

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Dec. 15, 2022, Jack D. Vicars, 49, currently of Bluff City, TN, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville.

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Lavar William Henderson, age 44, of Richmond, Virginia, for the federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The indictment was returned on Nov. 16, 2022. Henderson was arrested on related...

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Canyon Lake man was sentenced Thursday to 360 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for distribution and receipt of child pornography.

News Release: CINCINNATI - Two Cuban nationals were brought into federal custody today for allegedly placing skimmers on gas pumps in Loveland, Ohio, to steal credit card data.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging BEVELYN BEATTY WILLIAMS and EDMEE...

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 100 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted the former National Treasurer of Venezuela and her husband on Dec. 13 for their roles in a billion-dollar currency exchange, bribery, and money laundering scheme.

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Juan Carlos Delcid-Diaz, age 33, of Honduras, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on a charge of Illegal Reentry.

News Release: Jurors Found Evidence of a Conscious Disregard of the Extreme Risk of Harm.

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 Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging LAMOR WHITEHEAD with defrauding...

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Dana Lamar Antonio Hayes, Jr., age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge related to a scheme to obtain a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Relief loan application (EIDL loan) and several Paycheck Protection Plan loan applications (PPP loans), under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, from two financial institutions (Bank1 and Bank 2).

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Noland Rheubotton, age 57, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday to10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.