U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington
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Over the past 36 hours, law enforcement in Tacoma executed 13 search warrants and arrested eight of nine individuals indicted for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
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A Snohomish County man has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material and attempting to entice minors, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
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Yehoshua Kilp, 39, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for leading a drug distribution cell linked to Aryan prison gangs.
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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.
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A Deming, Washington man was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison for receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Two Estonian nationals, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, were sentenced in Seattle to 16 months in prison for running a large-scale cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide.
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Two men from the Seattle area have been sentenced to six years in federal prison for their roles in a violent drug trafficking organization.
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A Seattle resident, Richard Stanley Manness Jr., was convicted of producing child sexual abuse imagery in a case involving the direction and receipt of images from Vietnam.
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A registered sex offender from Washington state has pleaded guilty to federal charges of sexually exploiting ten minor girls, ages 12 to 16, after removing his electronic monitoring device and fleeing state supervision.
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A Seattle man with a history of violent threats and prior convictions was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying during an attempt to purchase a firearm, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
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A Seattle man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for carjacking and using a firearm during a crime of violence.
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A Renton, Washington resident was sentenced to an additional five years in prison for drug trafficking after failing to report to serve a previous federal sentence.
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A 59-year-old man from Auburn, Washington, Johnny Elias, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for his involvement in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl pills.
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Seattle – A Seattle man with prior convictions was found guilty in U.S. District Court of drug trafficking and firearms offenses, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
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The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has announced its support for the City of Seattle's motion to terminate a longstanding consent decree involving the Seattle Police Department.
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Seattle – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington has initiated a civil action to forfeit approximately $7.1 million in cryptocurrency tied to an oil and gas investment fraud scheme.
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Two Texas men appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle on July 17, 2025, charged with conspiracy to commit robbery.
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Seattle – A California man was convicted in U.S. District Court in Seattle for defrauding over 1,000 homeowners facing foreclosure, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
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A former semi-professional rugby player from Seattle has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for wire fraud related to a cryptocurrency mining Ponzi scheme.
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An Army veteran from Snohomish has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegal gun possession.