News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that D'Metrius Johnson, also known as "Meech," has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced the sentencing of Yanquee Rodriguez, also known as "Yankster Rodriguez," a 28-year-old resident of West Hartford.

A woman from Washington, Missouri, has been indicted for allegedly embezzling over $100,000 from her former employer.

A teenager from California, Alan W. Filion, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison by United States District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza for making interstate threats.

Salvador Madrigal-Sanchez, a 73-year-old from Mexico, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for unlawful reentry into the United States.

Jason Travis Shook, a 42-year-old resident of Conover, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for drug and gun charges.

Terry Randall Hinkle, a 56-year-old resident of Delbarton, West Virginia, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for receiving child pornography.

Ezra Griffith, a 34-year-old from Washington D.C., was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a loaded firearm on a District playground.

A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for the production of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange delivered the sentence on February 7, 2025, following a guilty plea from Len Homelvig, age 55.

Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Joshuwa Diaz, a 34-year-old resident of New Haven, entered a guilty plea in a narcotics trafficking case.

Six individuals involved in a scheme to defraud the United States through pandemic unemployment benefits have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Virginia.

Federal authorities have announced charges against Daniel Sikkema, a Manhattan resident, in connection with a murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of his husband in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Aaron Michael Correia, a 38-year-old resident of San Joaquin County, has been sentenced to five years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Jason Edward Lewis, a 48-year-old resident of Kenefic, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to commit murder in Indian Country.

Edgar Castro, a 40-year-old resident of Marysville, has been arrested and charged with assaulting a federal employee.