News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Bernabe Montalvo Salas, a 24-year-old Mexican citizen residing illegally in Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty on September 10, 2025, to the charge of reentry of a removed alien.

An Iowa City man has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography.

A Naugatuck resident has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for operating an investment fraud scheme.

A Stamford resident, Paul R. Steed, 58, pleaded guilty in federal court to fraud and tax charges related to the theft of more than $28 million from his former employer, Mars, Inc. The plea was entered before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in...

A federal grand jury has indicted Jose Leon-Avalos, a 32-year-old Mexican national, for illegal reentry into the United States after having been convicted of an aggravated felony.

Michael Thomas Martin, 54, from Beaufort, has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after admitting guilt to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

A Lawton man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possessing a machinegun conversion device, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

A federal court has sentenced Tanyl Damian Anchundia-Rezebala, an Ecuadorian national, to 108 months in prison for smuggling over a ton of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean.

A man from Farmington Hills has been charged with producing and possessing child pornography, coercion and enticement of a minor, as well as making interstate threats.

A federal grand jury in Bridgeport has indicted Madisyn Pettaway, 30, of Newark, New Jersey, on charges related to the attempted deposit of a stolen U.S. Treasury check at a Connecticut credit union.

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia has indicted Bernadel Semexant, a pastor associated with the House of Prayer Christian Church of America (HOPCC), on multiple charges involving sexual offenses against a minor.

Priscilla Orange, 67, of Oklahoma City, has been convicted on charges related to obstructing a federal audit and embezzling funds intended for childcare programs.

A criminal complaint has been unsealed in Detroit, charging Shahzad Hameedi, also known as Sheraz Hameed, with the attempted kidnapping of a minor child.

Laye Sekou Camara, 47, of Mays Landing, New Jersey, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for using and possessing a green card obtained through false statements about his involvement in the Liberian civil war.

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC), also known as Chesapeake General Hospital and Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, has been charged in a two-count criminal indictment by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk...