News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A group of federal prosecutors has completed an independent review of the criminal trial involving Tacoma Police Department Officers Burbank, Collins, and Rankine in connection with the death of Manuel Ellis on March 3, 2020.

A federal jury in Nashville has convicted Mark Janbakhsh, 49, of Brentwood, Tennessee, on multiple charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, making false statements to a bank, bankruptcy fraud, and making a false statement...

A man from Velda Village Hills, Missouri, has been sentenced to 107 months in federal prison for a series of bank robberies in the St. Louis area. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey handed down the sentence on Thursday to Derrick Snulligan, 62,...

Brian Britt, a 30-year-old resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges related to fentanyl distribution and firearms possession.

Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging two physicians, a clinic owner, and a patient recruiter with participating in an alleged $7 million illegal opioid distribution conspiracy.

Two men from Oak Hill, Fayette County, pleaded guilty to federal gun charges in Charleston, West Virginia.

A federal jury in Baltimore has convicted Donte Williams, 33, of several drug trafficking and firearms offenses.

Julio Cesar Ruiz-Perez, a 21-year-old Mexican citizen residing illegally in Charleston, pleaded guilty to possessing a counterfeit Social Security card with the intent to defraud the United States.

Tobias Leary, a 44-year-old resident of Caldwell, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and unlawfully possessing a firearm.

A Canadian resident has been arrested at the U.S.-Canada border and charged with possession with intent to distribute over 100 kilograms of cocaine, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo.

Five individuals with prior criminal records have been indicted for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.

A Chinese national has been sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for laundering approximately $3.5 million obtained from victims of investment scams known as “pig butchering” schemes.

Two men, Edynesson Bauduy and Aaron Richard, have been charged with federal firearms violations following a gunfight that took place on August 12, 2025, in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn.

An Evergreen man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama.

Ethan King, a 20-year-old resident of Baltimore, Maryland, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person.