U.S. Department of Justice
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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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A Mescalero man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for sexually abusing a minor.
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A man from Santa Ana, California, has been sentenced in federal court for producing child pornography.
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Sejaryee Lee Bear, a 41-year-old resident of Okemah, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to one count of Accessory After the Fact to Murder in Indian Country.
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Adam Richard Jacobs, 35, of Woods Cross, Utah, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for child exploitation crimes.
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A Berkeley man pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to charges that he conspired to steal or attempt to steal 16 homes and a duplex by filing fraudulent property deeds.
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A federal inmate, Daniel V. Smith, has been convicted of first-degree murder following a jury trial in the Southern District of New York.
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A Butte resident has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges related to the distribution of fentanyl, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
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A Blanchard, Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and communicating a threat, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
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A Mexican national, Adrian Palomeque Gordillo, was sentenced to 108 months in prison on August 14, 2025, for smuggling more than a metric ton of cocaine.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officer Jeffrey Paul Vappie, II, have been indicted on federal charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
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Jajuan Gripper, 22, of Washington, D.C., was convicted on all charges in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the murder of Rynell Bradford.
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Shem Wayne Alexander, a 35-year-old national of Trinidad and Tobago, pleaded guilty in Tampa, Florida to conspiracy to smuggle firearms from the United States to Trinidad and Tobago.
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A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas has indicted Joel Calzada-Macias, a 46-year-old Mexican national residing illegally in Grand Prairie, for reentering the United States after deportation.
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Torrey Lane Hodsden, 28, of Asheville, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
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Federal authorities have charged six individuals in an alleged interstate drug trafficking operation moving methamphetamine, cocaine, and other controlled substances from California to Ohio.
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Five residents of the Rio Grande Valley have been indicted on charges of wire fraud related to alleged misuse of federal pandemic relief programs, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Miami resident, Andre Alexander Pino, 45, has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material.
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On April 17, 2025, Attorney General Pamela Bondi appointed Ryan Ellison as the interim United States Attorney for New Mexico.
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A Meridian resident, Steven Wright, 30, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
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An American citizen living in the United Arab Emirates has pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact on a flight, according to federal authorities.