News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A Pinedale man has been charged with assault using a dangerous weapon following an incident on the Navajo Nation.

Matthew Mencarelli, a 39-year-old contractor from Belmont, Michigan, has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for his involvement in a wire fraud scheme.

Carlos Loya-Rodriguez, a 33-year-old resident of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on February 19, 2025, in Omaha federal court for his involvement in drug trafficking activities.

Justin Riggs, a former Maryland State Trooper from Smithsburg, has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to drug distribution and bribery.

A former middle school teacher from St. Louis County, Missouri, has admitted to possessing child pornography.

A Massachusetts man, Keon Shine, also known as Keylin Hall, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen in Portland for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A federal inmate has received an additional nine-year prison sentence for assaulting another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Thomson, Illinois.

Bruce Hauber, the former Executive Director of the American Falls Housing Authority, has been sentenced to five years of probation for theft of federal program funds, according to a statement by Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott.

Omar Cuenca-Marino, a 41-year-old from Guerrero, Mexico, has been arraigned in Atlanta on federal charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering.

A North Carolina resident has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted enticement of a minor. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples announced the sentencing.

A Farmington man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal car accident that occurred in 2024.

On February 18, 2025, United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Sheldon Terrell Peters to a total of 105 months in prison for cocaine trafficking.

Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Michael McCann-Ortiz, also known as "Bando," aged 24 from Waterbury, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport...

A Manchester man, Christopher Hodgeman, 33, has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro also imposed 15 years of supervised release on Hodgeman, following...

A Chester business owner, David Neel, has been sentenced to two years in prison for willfully failing to account for or pay over employment taxes.