U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico
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Three individuals have been sentenced for their roles in an attempted armed robbery involving an employee of JC Jewelers Inc., known as Oro Centro, which operated pawn shops and jewelry stores in Puerto Rico.
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Four individuals were arrested in Puerto Rico on charges related to child exploitation, following indictments returned by a federal grand jury on February 26, 2026.
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Selena Crespo Dumeng was sentenced to 10 months in prison and two years of supervised release for her involvement in a conspiracy to provide contraband at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
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Juan Carlos Cruz-Hernández was sentenced to 24 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado on February 23, 2026, for his involvement in a bribery and wire fraud scheme that targeted the Puerto Rico Department of...
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Joseph Payne Pabón was sentenced to life in prison on February 19, 2026, by United States District Court Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colón for the carjacking and murder of Eulalia Combas-Sancho in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Jadhiel Andrés Cedeño-Gómez, a 22-year-old resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico, has been arrested on charges related to child exploitation.
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A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico has indicted José Amaurys Torres-Abreu, 28, of Vieques, on charges related to child exploitation.
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Two individuals from Puerto Rico have been sentenced in separate federal cases involving child exploitation offenses.
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Byron Andújar-Ramos has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for the sexual exploitation of a female minor who is deaf and mute.
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British Virgin Islands authorities have extradited Francis Hidalgo-Cedano, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in the District of Puerto Rico.
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On January 28, 2026, United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado Colón sentenced two individuals in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to prison terms for offenses related to child exploitation.
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Manfred A. Pentzke Lemus was sentenced on January 28, 2026, to more than eight years in federal prison for leading a multi-million dollar scheme to obtain COVID-19 relief funds through fraud.
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Dominican authorities have extradited Esteffani José Vasquez-Amarante, also known as “Ethian” or “Baby,” to the United States to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering in the District of Puerto Rico.
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On January 7, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted Jeremy Ruiz-Rosario, age 22, of Trujillo Alto, for two carjackings that took place in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
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The United States Department of Justice, together with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, has launched a new educational outreach initiative called Breaking the Cycle to address...
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Eight women, including an employee of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor (PRDOL), have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain $619,923 in unemployment compensation and make kickback...
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Two men were arrested in Puerto Rico on December 4, 2025, on federal child exploitation charges following investigations by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Taskforce.
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Three individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico on charges of bribery and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana through the U.S. Postal Service.
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A federal grand jury has indicted three officers from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau on charges including civil rights violations, conspiracy to falsify records, falsification of records, and making false statements to federal agents.
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Two men from Manatí, Puerto Rico, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to traffic suboxone and introducing contraband into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo.