U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas
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Two Dallas residents have been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for their involvement in distributing more than $600,000 worth of fentanyl.
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A Fort Worth man has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for attempting to apply for two passports using stolen identities.
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A Dallas man, Thomas Keithlun Brown, 26, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.
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Seven family members from the Dallas area have admitted guilt in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as announced by Nancy E. Larson, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
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An individual previously convicted of murder has been sentenced to 69 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.
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A man with multiple prior felony convictions has been sentenced to 95 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine while armed.
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A federal jury has convicted Stephanie Hockridge, founder of the lender service provider Blueacorn, for her involvement in a scheme to fraudulently acquire millions of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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Following a two-month initiative called "Operation Showdown," 76 individuals have been arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, for firearms and drug offenses.
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A Dallas business owner was found guilty by a federal jury on charges of failing to pay over $3 million in employment taxes withheld from her employees.
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Andres Saucedo, Jr., a resident of Dallas, was arrested on June 4, 2025, following charges of shooting at an undercover FBI Task Force Officer.
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William R. McKelvy, a 65-year-old resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was found guilty of abusive sexual contact on Wednesday after a jury trial.
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A Fort Worth man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
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Nancy E. Larson has been appointed as the Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, following her appointment by President Donald J. Trump on May 29, 2025.
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The second individual involved in a significant methamphetamine trafficking operation in Duncanville, Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
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Kenneth Ray Peters, a 44-year-old resident of Dallas, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for his involvement in a violent drug trafficking operation.
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Two Texas residents, Abdul Hadi Murshid and Muhammad Salman Nasir, along with a law firm and a business entity, have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, visa fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and RICO conspiracy.
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A sex offender from Amarillo, Texas, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for possession of prepubescent child pornography.
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A fentanyl dealer has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for distributing more than $64,000 worth of the drug.
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A former theology professor and librarian at the Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
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An 80-year-old man from Richardson has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for sexually abusing a seven-year-old child.