U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
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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.
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Sergio Herran, a 47-year-old resident of Tucson, Arizona, has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges related to child pornography.
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On June 12, 2025, Sherwayne Benjamin Bellinfantie, also known as "Ice Man," was extradited from Jamaica to the United States.
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On Wednesday, a federal indictment was unsealed in Tucson, Arizona, charging four local residents with crimes related to an April shooting at a Tucson Police Department officer.
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Carlos Maximilliano Galvan, a 44-year-old resident of Maricopa, Arizona, has been sentenced to 44 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Tohono O’odham Police Officer Bryan Brown.
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Jose Angel Gonzalez-Carrillo from Modesto, California, and Ethyel Aldahyr Ontiveros-Flores from Mazatlan, Mexico, were arrested on June 2, 2025.
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During the week of May 31 to June 6, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 199 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
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Malachi Reed, a 21-year-old from Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced to two years in prison by United States District Judge Sharad H. Desai on June 2, 2025.
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During the week of May 24 to May 30, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 257 individuals.
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Deeno Jackson, a 27-year-old Jamaican national, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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Louis Perpignan, a 33-year-old resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent refund scheme.
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Clifton Nez Hamalowa, a 47-year-old resident of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, received a life sentence plus an additional ten years in prison.
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During the week of May 17 to May 23, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 314 individuals with immigration-related criminal offenses.