News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A former deputy sheriff and DEA Task Force officer, James Darrell Hickox, has been sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison.

Husan Thurston and Alton Pernell, both residents of Washington, D.C., have been sentenced for their involvement in a burglary at a Gucci store in Northwest D.C. The incident occurred on September 9, 2024. U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and...

Abe McGlothin, Jr. has been appointed as the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.

Octavio Leal-Hernandez, known as Chapito Leal and an alleged leader of a Sinaloa Cartel cell, appeared in a San Diego federal court following his extradition from Mexico.

Three residents of San Gabriel Valley and one from San Bernardino County have been convicted by a jury for their involvement in an armed robbery and carjacking at a car repair shop in Bloomington, as announced by the Justice Department.

Chad Joseph Longley, a former teacher from Boise, has been sentenced to 141 months in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release.

United States Attorney Susan Lehr has announced the sentencing of Keith Fox, a 51-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska.

Adrian McKinney, a 29-year-old resident of Columbus, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison.

Craig Allen, the executive officer of C.M. Allen Capital Management, Inc., has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme.

Adam Joseph King has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his conviction for aggravated sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact with a minor under 12 in Indian Country.

A former United States Postal Service employee has admitted guilt in a federal court in Boston for charges related to mail theft and the theft of government funds.

A member of the Lummi Nation, Joseph Michael Quincy Jefferson, 35, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Seattle for Assault by Strangulation.

Avante Greene, a 23-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to five years in prison for a series of burglaries at Lululemon stores last July.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Canku Martinez, a resident of Mission, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte...

A federal grand jury has indicted Aly Cherif, also known by various aliases including Australien Choco and Michael Jhonson, for his alleged involvement in a sextortion scheme that led to the death of a teenager from North Dakota.