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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for her role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving methamphetamine and fentanyl in South Dakota.
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A former property manager in Portland, Maine, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for embezzling from a federally funded housing organization and conspiring to alter money orders.
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Christian Mur-Santana, a 39-year-old Cuban national living in Las Vegas, Nevada, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the distribution and possession with intent to distribute over five kilograms of pure methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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A Rapid City man has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing ammunition. U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler handed down the sentence to Dylan Sanchez, 33, on September 29, 2025.
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A Mexican citizen has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), alleging that the department has engaged in a pattern of delaying concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits for law-abiding citizens.
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A man from Shiprock, New Mexico, has been charged with federal crimes after allegedly pointing an assault-style rifle at a minor and several witnesses during a confrontation that resulted in the minor being hospitalized.
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Tammy Barcus, a 56-year-old resident of Berlin, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and tax evasion after admitting to embezzling more than $1.7 million from her former employer, an Ocean City-based home builder.
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A Chester County man has pleaded guilty to stealing valuable coins from a bank safe deposit box in Philadelphia.
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After a five-day federal trial, a jury found Tiwan Robert Bailey, also known as “Quick,” and Carrie Roy, also known as “Carrie Ash,” guilty of sex trafficking conspiracy in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Robert John May, III, a 38-year-old former state lawmaker from West Columbia, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.
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A Lewisville man has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in multiple bank robberies across Texas, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.
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Janette Ramirez, a 34-year-old resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on September 25, 2025, to interstate transmission of a ransom demand before U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe.
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Three Guatemalan citizens were arrested in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 30, 2025, following an indictment by a grand jury.
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A New Jersey resident was sentenced in federal court in Bangor, Maine, for failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the Calais international port of entry.
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) to assess whether the university has violated federal civil rights laws by denying equal treatment based on race or...
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A Mexican citizen, Javier Amateco-Navarrette, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to reentering the United States illegally after having been previously removed from the country twice in 2018.
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A woman from Canton, Mississippi, has admitted to stealing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that are intended to help low-income families purchase groceries.
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Three men have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in the murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermont.
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Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 74 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a series of robberies that took place on August 26, 2024.