News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Hector Alvarez, a 37-year-old resident of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for drug trafficking offenses.

A Cleveland man has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for his involvement in a drug distribution operation spanning the Greater Cleveland area.

JOSE DAVID MORALES-VAZQUEZ, a 29-year-old Mexican national, pleaded guilty on September 2, 2025, to the charge of illegal reentry after removal.

An Albuquerque resident has pleaded guilty to making threats against the President through social media posts.

A former fellow in pediatric cardiac anesthesiology at Boston Children’s Hospital, Christopher Sheerer, 37, of Boston, pleaded guilty to charges related to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

A Pierre man has been sentenced in federal court for failing to register as a sex offender, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte handed down the sentence on September 3, 2025.

Three Guatemalan nationals appeared in federal court in Laredo, Texas, after being extradited from Guatemala to face charges related to a 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Chiapas, Mexico.

A Guatemalan national who reentered the United States after being deported in late 2024 has been sentenced in federal court, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Eight men from Southeast Michigan have been indicted for allegedly operating a car theft and international smuggling ring, according to an announcement by United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr.

A Guatemalan national previously convicted of second degree sexual assault in Rhode Island and deported in 2014 was sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender, according to...

A Gloucester resident, Robert Burnham, 44, has been arrested and charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.

A Dominican national living in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in federal court for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.

A U.S. Department of State employee has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information to individuals he believed were working for the government of the People’s Republic of China. “The...

A Pine Ridge man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Rapid City area and within the Pine Ridge Reservation. U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier handed...

Detric L. Cummings, 43, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been sentenced to 420 months in prison and three years of supervised release following his conviction on multiple drug and firearms charges.