News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Newcomb resident has pleaded guilty to federal charges after an incident involving a firearm earlier this year.

A Dominican national living in Lawrence was sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

A Kaukauna man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison following a conviction for drug trafficking.

Lauren Deloach, a 69-year-old resident of St. Helena, has been sentenced for trafficking in sperm whale parts in violation of federal wildlife protection laws.

A Marlboro resident, Larry Stephen, 46, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

The Justice Department’s Criminal Division has announced the expansion of its Health Care Fraud Unit’s New England Strike Force to include the District of Massachusetts.

An Iowa City resident, Alfred Washington, Jr., 46, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a felon.

A New York man, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, was resentenced to three years in prison for creating and operating BreachForums, a major online marketplace used by cybercriminals to buy, sell, and trade hacked or stolen data and other contraband.

A Colbert, Oklahoma resident has pleaded guilty to a federal firearm offense.

A Mexican national residing illegally in Laredo has been indicted on charges related to child sexual assault material, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Federal authorities have arrested Jackson Fleming, 23, of Chesterton, Indiana, on allegations that he sent a threat via a social media application related to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

A Slidell man has been sentenced to just over a year in federal prison for possessing a machine gun, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson.

A Muscatine man, Robert Owen Knapp, III, has been sentenced to 58 months in federal prison after being found in possession of a firearm as a felon.

Kenneth Beane, 37, of Richmond, Vermont, has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations.

A federal grand jury has indicted Jameel Clark-White, 32, of New Bedford, for allegedly possessing a firearm and ammunition on the grounds of Charles G. Taylor Elementary School in Foxborough.