News and reports from the Department of Justice.

Augustin Borja-Gaona, a 56-year-old Mexican national, has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a removed alien in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Jermaine Knight, 36, of Washington D.C., was sentenced to 43 months in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and felony strangulation.

A Davenport man has been indicted for possession of child sexual abuse material, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.

Leondus Whittenburg, 43, of Beckley, has been sentenced to seven years and 11 months in federal prison for distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine.

A Yolo County man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for sexually assaulting a young woman during a commercial flight from Seattle to Sacramento.

Bengi Bernard Knox, 47, of White Plains, Maryland, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to distribute phencyclidine (PCP).

A Dallas man has been sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that led to the death of a 17-year-old boy, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy...

A Hartford man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for offenses related to the distribution of oxycodone and possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver handed down the sentence to Angel Benitez, 38, who will also...

Andre Rushing, 23, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for his involvement in a series of armed carjackings and robberies that took place in March 2023.

A federal grand jury has indicted Thomas Ford, 61, of St. Petersburg, on a charge of accessing child sexual abuse material with the intent to view it.

Sandra Meza-Casillas, a 51-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to assaulting a federal officer.

Laura Gema Carroll, a 36-year-old resident of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

A Bethlehem man, Earl Burford, 47, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing child pornography and possessing a firearm as a felon.

Federal authorities have charged 17 individuals in connection with an alleged armed drug trafficking operation accused of distributing fentanyl, cocaine, and other controlled substances in Athens, Georgia.

A Portsmouth man, Joshaua Sheimel Anderson, 25, has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.