News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on December 8, 2022 MAURICE BUTLER, age 34, resident of St. Tammany Parish, was charged in a one-count indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Andrea Mitchell (53, Tampa), Lester Best (54, Tampa), Gloria Gutierrez (51, Lakeland), Sylvester Robinson (57, Temple Terrace), Neukenya Jokines (52, Riverview), Kinya Lillie (52, Tampa), Jewel...

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A New Braunfels man was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release for making threats in 2019 against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden.

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced an unidentified Jamaican man, who was charged as “John Doe," to four years and three months in federal prison for obstructing his deportation from the United States. A federal jury had found Doe guilty on Feb. 15, 2022.

News Release: FAIRBANKS - A former government contractor and owner of Best Choice Construction LLC (Best Choice) was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release and a criminal fine of $172,500 by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for conspiracy and bribery of a public official.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 8, 2022 REGIS GRIMES, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty to a one-count indictment, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).

News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal judge convicted a Norfolk man today on charges of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Washington County, Arkansas, man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.

News Release: Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Letitia James, New York State Attorney General, announced today a settlement agreement with a Brooklyn-based licensed home care service agency (LHCSA) White Glove Community Care, Inc. (White Glove). The settlement agreement...

News Release: ATLANTA - Clarence Boone, the former Senior Economic Development Manager of Stonecrest, pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Lania Boone, and the former Mayor of Stonecrest, Jason Lary, to steal pandemic relief funds intended to support small businesses in Stonecrest.

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Paul David Fairburn, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

News Release: Seattle - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington and Tri-Med Ambulance LLC, have reached a settlement agreement aimed at improving services for patients who are deaf or hard of hearing, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. The settlement resolves an Americans with Disabilities...

News Release: HOUSTON - A 43 year-old Houston resident has been sent to prison for robbery of a Family Dollar store, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

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 arrest of FOSTER COOLEY for charges in connection with a scheme to conduct...

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Martin Evers, age 64, of Pike County, Pennsylvania, was found guilty on December 5, 2022, for unlawfully distributing controlled substances resulting in death, after a three-week trial before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.