News and reports from the Department of Justice.

A DeSoto, Missouri man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal child pornography charges involving three victims.

Kory Washington, a 21-year-old resident of Madison, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

Zyair Dangerfield-Hill, 24, of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to 199 months in prison and five years of supervised release for his role in an armed carjacking that targeted a 73-year-old man in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of West Philadelphia.

Keith Edmonds, a 30-year-old resident of Schenectady, New York, has pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

A Texas man who posed as an insurance adjuster and defrauded a Georgia church out of millions in insurance payouts for hurricane repairs has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.

Noah Lee Craddock, a 33-year-old resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

Solomon Peña, a former candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives, has been sentenced to 80 years in federal prison after being found guilty of orchestrating shootings at the homes of public officials and attempting to arrange the...

A federal grand jury has indicted Kleider Enrique Garcia Ochoa, a 30-year-old Venezuelan national residing in the United States without legal authorization, on charges related to child exploitation and obscenity.

A Mexican national residing illegally in Diboll, Texas, has pleaded guilty to returning to the United States after a prior deportation.

A federal jury in Montgomery has found Jeffery Wayne Parker, 52, of Troy, Alabama, guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Marcel Vines, 28, who is currently serving a life sentence for kidnapping and murder, received an additional 46-month federal prison sentence for his involvement in smuggling contraband into the Central Detention Facility (CDF) in Washington, D.C....

Three alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Kevin Gil Acosta (also known as “El 200”), Martin Zazueta Perez (“Piyi”), and Leobardo Garcia Corrales (“Leo”), appeared in Manhattan federal court after being transferred from Mexico to the United States.

Three men from Philadelphia have been arrested and charged in connection with the June 21, 2025, armed robbery of a Brink’s armored car outside a Home Depot on Castor Avenue.

A leader of the Whittier-based Quiet Village (QV) street gang has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to violent crimes, including a fatal shooting in 2022.

Michael Bo Peacock, 50, of Denton, Texas, was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to produce child pornography and sexually exploit children.