News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A federal court in Brooklyn has unsealed a seven-count indictment against José Adolfo Macías Villamar, also known as "Fito," leader of the Los Choneros transnational criminal organization.

A man from Billings, Montana, was sentenced to 94 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine.

A man from Hooks, Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for selling counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, leading to a fatal overdose.

A Tuscaloosa man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for threatening and cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend.

Wilson Oswaldo Galvan-Lope, a Guatemalan citizen aged 25, has been arrested and charged in Rochester, New York, with illegal reentry into the United States.

A Chicopee man, Carl Norton, Jr., has been arrested for allegedly transferring obscene material to a victim believed to be a 12-year-old girl.

Oleg Sergeyevhich Patsulya, a Russian citizen residing in Miami-Dade County, Florida, received a 70-month prison sentence for his involvement in a scheme to export controlled aviation technology to Russia.

The Justice Department announced an initiative to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, focusing on missing and murdered indigenous persons.

Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced the sentencing of Israel Mendoza, also known as “D-Nice” and “Israel Mandosa,” to 84 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Bilal A. "Bill" Essayli has been appointed as the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, as he was sworn in today.

Charles Eugene Moore of Charleston, West Virginia, has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison, along with three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.

Three individuals in Mobile, Alabama received life sentences for their roles in a murder-for-hire scheme, while another was sentenced to 84 months for transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines during a carjacking attempt.

A Guatemalan national has admitted guilt in a Boston federal court for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported.

Marquell T. Lockridge, 26, of Evansville, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.

A Dedham resident faces charges of bank fraud and money laundering, according to a recent announcement made in federal court in Boston.