U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
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Daryl Patrick Johns, a 46-year-old resident of Bapchule, Arizona, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Brian Hopkins, a 62-year-old resident of Chandler, Arizona, was sentenced to 21 months in prison on July 16 by Senior United States District Court Judge David G. Campbell.
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Cory Jermaine White, Jr., a 31-year-old resident of Goodyear, Arizona, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi on July 16.
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Yesterday, federal search warrants were executed at five Colt Grill restaurants and 12 residences in two states.
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Blademir Angulo Audeves, a 42-year-old Mexican national, was arrested on July 8 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Brandon Scott Menaged, a 22-year-old resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced to 33 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge David G. Campbell on July 9.
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During a week of enforcement operations from June 28, 2025, to July 4, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 114 individuals with immigration-related criminal offenses.
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Julio Cesar Aguirre, a 42-year-old Mexican national, has been charged following the death of an attempted carjacking victim in Tucson, Arizona.
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Damien Jax Schaffer, a 45-year-old resident of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested on June 24, 2025.
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On June 26, 2025, Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, known as "Dada Joe Remix," was extradited from Ghana to the United States.
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Jose Fernando McCormick, a 52-year-old resident of Tucson, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
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Criminal charges have been filed against seven individuals in Arizona, as part of the Department of Justice's 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
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During the week of June 21 to June 27, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 164 individuals.
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On June 13, 2025, a federal jury in Tucson, Arizona found Brian Thomas Balda, a 52-year-old resident of Oregon, guilty of one count of cyberstalking and one count of interstate stalking.
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Glenwood Arthur Bringle, a 56-year-old resident of Bagdad, Arizona, has been sentenced to nine days in prison and three years of supervised release.
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Starla Shaffer, a 36-year-old resident of Mohave Valley, Arizona, has been sentenced to 118 months in prison.
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Samuel Joseph Weimer, a former police officer from Show Low, Arizona, was sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release.
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On June 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in Phoenix indicted Mehrzad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian national residing in Tempe, Arizona, for being an alien in possession of a firearm.
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Elizabeth Gutfahr, a former Santa Cruz County Treasurer from Rio Rico, Arizona, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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During a week of enforcement operations from June 14 to June 20, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 177 individuals with immigration-related criminal conduct.