News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Rubiel Perez, a 31-year-old resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for a series of armed robberies that took place in Lehigh County in March 2023.

Juve Markie Lequan McAlpin, 24, of Asheville, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

Liridon Masurica, a 33-year-old citizen of Kosovo, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud in federal court in Tampa, Florida.

Antonie Elbert Eaddy, a 49-year-old resident of Goodyear, Arizona, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy involving crack cocaine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana.

A Boone County resident, Osvaldo Pardo, 33, from Florence, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and possessing a firearm in...

Blademir Angulo Audeves, a 42-year-old Mexican national, pleaded guilty on August 20 to charges of being an alien in possession of a firearm and knowingly employing unauthorized aliens.

A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Terrance Michael Ciszek, also known as DrMonster, a Buffalo Police Detective.

A Scranton resident, Yoel Weiss, 43, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering related to nearly one million dollars in COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud.

A Springfield man, Bairon Ubeda, 45, was convicted by a federal jury of sexual exploitation of children, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.

A Houston man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possession of machine guns related to drug crimes, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Brandon Montanari, a former corrections officer from East Concord, New York, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and two years of supervised release for violating the civil rights of an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility.

Kenneth Thom, a suspended broker from Westfield, New Jersey, was charged with securities fraud and investment adviser fraud following an indictment unsealed by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Kyle Eugene Gordon, 37, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for escaping from federal custody.

A Michigan resident has admitted guilt in federal court for his involvement in a wire fraud conspiracy that targeted a Rhode Island-based retailer, resulting in losses of about $140,000.

A federal judge has sentenced Christopher Scott, a resident of Hazel Crest, Illinois, to five years and ten months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $550,000 in small business loans under the CARES Act.