U.S. Department of Justice
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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A 44-year-old Mexican citizen, Arturo Cruz-Badillo, has been sentenced to federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after being previously removed from the country.
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Matthew Acquah, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for defrauding Utah-based credit unions.
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A Laredo man has admitted to robbing Falcon International Bank, leading to a dangerous police pursuit.
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On March 27, 2025, Cuong Quoc Tran, a 39-year-old resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to possession of a machine gun. U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson confirmed that Tran violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(o).
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The Justice Department announced a substantial initiative to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, particularly concerning missing and murdered indigenous persons.
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A resident of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been sentenced to prison for illegal possession of a firearm and unregistered pipe bombs. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the development after a three-day trial concluded with the jury finding...
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Nathan Nickless, a 40-year-old from Dakota City, Iowa, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Sioux City on April 1, 2025.
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A St. Louis resident has pleaded guilty to an armed robbery incident at a local store that took place in October 2023.
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A Guatemalan national, Wilmer Armando Xitumul-Godinez, 24, pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful reentry by a previously deported alien.
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U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig has sentenced a man involved in a nationwide luxury rental car theft operation to 75 months in prison.
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A Juneau resident, William Steadman, 35, has entered a guilty plea on charges of producing child pornography, as reported by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Two Venezuelan nationals, allegedly members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA), have been arrested on federal charges of international drug distribution.
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Shaukat Shamim, a Silicon Valley start-up founder, received a 30-month prison sentence for defrauding investors, according to an announcement by Acting United States Attorney Patrick D. Robbins and FBI Special Agent in Charge Sanjay Virmani. U.S....
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Edward Leon Sowards, a Hurricane resident, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm despite his conviction for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
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A Harlingen resident, Fidel Jose-Ramirez, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States.
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A man from Lowndes County, Mississippi, was sentenced to five years in prison for illegal firearm possession.
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A former official of a St. Louis County charity confessed to embezzling close to $700,000 on Tuesday.
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A man from New Orleans has been sentenced to 92 months in prison for illegal firearm possession.
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Jesse Taber, a 46-year-old resident of Rotterdam, New York, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a shotgun, according to an announcement by United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Bryan Miller, Special...
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced the sentencing of a Romanian national, Stefan-Alin Doleanu, to 24 months in prison.