News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: EVANSVILLE - Jason E. Jolley, 43, of Evansville, Indiana was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and receive sexually explicit materials involving children and distribution of sexually explicit materials involving children. Scott J. Spear, 50, of Newburgh, Indiana pled guilty to conspiring with Spear to distribute the child sexual abuse materials and was sentenced on Oct. 18, 2022, to 5 years in federal prison.

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced earlier today that a federal jury found NEIL COLE, the former Chief Executive Officer of Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (“Iconix"), guilty of participating in a scheme to fraudulently inflate Iconix’s revenue and earnings...

News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Algler Rodriguez-Boadas, 21, Johan J. Pacheco-Lezama, 34, and Henry Gonzalez-Noriega, 48, were sentenced by District Court Judge Wilma Lewis on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board...

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Timothy E. Deuel, age 64, of Tioga County, New York, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

News Release: The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an NIJ Journal article that explores how members of the courtroom community-judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys-collectively affect court operations and sentencing outcomes and can influence systemic justice reforms.

News Release: LAREDO, Texas - With the sentencing of a 37-year-old associate of the Texas Mexican Mafia, more than a dozen criminals are serving more than 1600 months combined for their respective roles in narcotics trafficking on the streets of Laredo, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 17, 2022, Jovante L. Champion (age: 31) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after being convicted at trial of four...

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A federal grand jury in Jackson has returned indictments charging the former sheriff of Noxubee County and one of his deputies with receiving bribes, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 159 months in prison for her role in a scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. ​.

News Release: A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to a negligent violation of the Clean Water Act. The charge stems from a 2018 discharge of oil and brine water into a small creek near an oil tank battery and eventually into other downstream creeks.

News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Wasilla man with kidnapping and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

News Release: FBI Atlanta Confirms Partial Remains of Quinton Simon Recovered.

News Release: CLEVELAND - Andrew F. Dodson, 33, of Mogadore, Ohio, was sentenced today to more than four years - or 55 months - in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent. Judge Nugent pronounced the sentence after Dodson was convicted by a federal jury on July 27, 2022, of obstructing justice by retaliating against a witness.

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Bay man who - along with three other accomplices - victimized a 15-year-old girl by creating sexually explicit videos of her has been sentenced to 220 months in federal prison, the Justice Department announced today.

News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 45 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain money from accounts held by members of the Pension Fund of the Christian Church and the Lutheran Church Extension Fund.