News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Southern California man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for a racially motivated attack on an Asian American woman, the Justice Department announced.

A Richmond man has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison for illegal firearm possession.

A Cape Girardeau man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. delivered the sentence on Tuesday to Steven Lee Brown, aged 33, who admitted to recording his sexual...

Amber Towndrow, a key figure in a nationwide bank fraud and identity theft operation, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering.

A Venezuelan national, Edward Antonio Reyes Calderon, has been charged in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island for allegedly assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deportation Officers during his arrest on an immigration warrant.

Samuel Brandon Smith, a 37-year-old federal correctional officer from Ocala, Florida, has pleaded guilty to charges of bribery and providing contraband to a federal prisoner.

A Venezuelan national, suspected of being a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm in Miami.

The owners of a bakery in Los Fresnos, Texas, have been indicted for allegedly harboring illegal aliens. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Leonardo Baez and Alicia Avila-Guel, both legal permanent residents of the United States, were...

A Mexican national has been sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for his involvement in a drug trafficking operation selling fentanyl pills from Mexico in Las Vegas.

Gerardo Tejada-Calleja, a 22-year-old from Mexico, was arrested by the United States Border Patrol on March 2, 2025.

Trevon Wright, known as "Tre," was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven.

A Brockton man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding the pharmaceutical company Takeda of $2.3 million.

A Honduran national, known as Hector Ojeda Manuel Aponte, has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for methamphetamine distribution.

Cornelius Green, a 37-year-old resident of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for a firearm offense.

A man from Baltimore County has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for his involvement in multiple elder fraud schemes. U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher delivered the sentence to Ambrose A. Obinna Warrior, a resident of...