News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa Monaco traveled to Florida to highlight the Department of Justice’s wide-ranging efforts to pursue equal justice under the rule of law, including by combatting corporate crime and by ensuring the right to counsel for all criminal defendants.

News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of North Carolina alleging that Billy Joe Goines, the owner and operator of Goines Towing & Recovery (Goines), auctioned off, sold or otherwise disposed of motor vehicles owned by servicemembers using court judgments obtained without filing proper military affidavits, in violation of federal law.

News Release: Today, the Justice Department is launching an application for eligible individuals to receive certificate of proof that they were pardoned under the Oct. 6, 2022, proclamation by President Biden. On Oct. 6, 2022, the President announced a full, unconditional and categorical pardon for prior federal and ...

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania man has been charged with felony and misdemeanor counts, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

News Release: EL PASO, TX-The FBI will host an invitation-only Diversity Agent Recruitment (DAR) event in El Paso on Thursday, March 9, 2023, for select individuals considering a future career as an FBI special agent. Throughout their careers, law enforcement officials meet and work with individuals from all walks...

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Jackson man pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

News Release: Lakeland Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Lakeland, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $4 million to resolve allegations that it made donations to a local unit of government to improperly fund the state’s share of Medicaid payments to LRMC.

A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Texas man on gun and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Clifford Johnson, age 58, of Franklin Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on February 21, 2023, before US. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to the charges of distribution of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Richard Gammon, 26, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to committing three bank robberies.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rasjon Walters, age 27, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on February 21, 2023, before U.S District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to one count of fentanyl distribution and one count of carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) has completed the investigation into the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HLSR) and NRG Park, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two previously deported men were indicted separately by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States.

A man and a woman have been indicted and accused of two armed carjackings in St. Louis, Missouri last May.

A man from St. Louis, Missouri accused of involvement in a convenience store shootout was indicted Wednesday on drug and gun charges.