News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Fort Lauderdale, Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court today to committing bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a young child.

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Dashea Lasal Thomas, also known as “Dye," 27, of Inkster, Michigan, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine.

News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Ian Grantz (24, Tarpon Springs) with distribution of sexual abuse materials and possession of child sexual abuse materials. If convicted on all counts, Grantz faces a mandatory minimum...

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a young child.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Joseph Tamjong, 51, of Lanham, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to defrauding the D.C. Medicaid program out of $733,405.

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies of businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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 U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and Aaron P. Arnzen.

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kedrick Howard, of Dallas, Texas, has admitted to his role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man indicted on child pornography charges appeared for arraignment today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jonas Whaley, age 37, of Chenango County, New York, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

News Release: BRISTOL, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Nov. 10, 2022, JORGE FREYTES, 37, of Bristol, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the U.S. Mail.

News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.