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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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Jabree Jones, also known as “Breezy,” 33, of Schenectady, New York, pleaded guilty to charges related to drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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An inmate at Thomson Penitentiary in Illinois has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering a fellow inmate because of his religious faith.
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Edmond Anadio, 64, of Gloversville, New York, was arrested on allegations of fraudulently obtaining nearly $85,000 in disability benefits between 2021 and 2024.
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Hershel Andrew Green, III, a 42-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was arrested on August 24 at San Francisco International Airport.
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Mehrzad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian national, and his wife Linet Vartanniavartanians, a naturalized U.S. citizen, have pleaded guilty following a June confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Tempe, Arizona.
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Kevin Neysmith, also known as Kevin Blackwood, was sentenced to 160 months in prison for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
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Jose Rodriguez Barajas, a 40-year-old citizen of Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and three counts of alien smuggling in federal court in Albany, New York.
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Hector Luis Gomez DeJesus of Sanford, North Carolina, and Raymond Luis Saez Aviles of Poinciana, Florida, were sentenced to three years of probation each, including two months of home detention.
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Abouzar Rahmati, a 43-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Great Falls, Virginia, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for acting as an illegal agent of the Iranian government in the United States.
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A man from Moundville, Alabama, has been sentenced to 328 months in federal prison for enticement of a minor.
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Three Honduran nationals residing unlawfully in Oregon appeared in federal court after being arrested on charges related to fentanyl trafficking in downtown Portland.
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Ismael Zambada Garcia, known as “El Mayo,” pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to leading the Sinaloa Cartel and to charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
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A man from Poland, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland for committing Social Security fraud.
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A man from Forest City Township, Maine, was arrested in La Plata, Missouri on August 21 after being charged with making false statements to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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Two Houston residents have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Conner Buskey, a 20-year-old resident of Saratoga Springs, New York, was arrested and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.
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A New Orleans resident has been indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to manufacture and distribute counterfeit $100 bills.
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A Council Bluffs resident, David Michael Morse, was sentenced on July 24, 2025, to 180 months in federal prison after being convicted of receiving child pornography and possessing a firearm as a felon.
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Kewhan Landrum, 19, and Deyonte’ Betties, 21, both from Pensacola, Florida, have been sentenced to federal prison for possession of a machinegun.
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A 22-year-old Sinaloa, Mexico native, Jose Carlos Peraza Alvarez, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for operating a stash house linked to a drug trafficking organization,...