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Recent News About U.S. Department of Justice
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William Powell, a 35-year-old resident of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to six months of home detention followed by three years of supervised release.
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Zai’Vohn Perry, a 25-year-old resident of South Bend, Indiana, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison following his guilty plea to charges related to firearm possession and drug trafficking.
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The former mayor of Inkster, Michigan, Patrick Wimberly, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to demanding $100,000 in bribes.
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Sean Charles Dunn, 37, has been charged in U.S. District Court for allegedly assaulting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer by shouting insults and throwing a wrapped sandwich at the officer.
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An Iuka, Mississippi man has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison after being convicted of possessing child sexual abuse materials.
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A federal court in San Juan sentenced Lionel Albino Galindo, 53, of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, to 30 years in prison for child exploitation offenses.
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A Montgomery County man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of distributing and possessing child pornography.
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A Guatemalan national residing illegally in Collin County has been indicted for returning to the United States after deportation, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.
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A federal grand jury in Vermont has indicted Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, Washington, on charges related to the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the assault of two other agents.
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A Waterloo man, Javoni Marcelius Butler, also known as “G Man,” has been sentenced to 37 years in federal prison for smuggling fentanyl into the United States and distributing it in the Waterloo area.
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A Moss Point, Mississippi resident has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for robbing a Family Security Credit Union branch in Mobile, Alabama.
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A Jacksonville man has been indicted for allegedly attempting to entice a 13-year-old child to engage in sexual activity using his cellphone and the internet.
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A Cranston businessman has pleaded guilty to tax evasion for failing to pay more than $1.3 million in taxes, penalties, fees, and interest owed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2007 through 2013.
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An Albuquerque couple, Nan Zhang and Sanjay Khurana, has been indicted for allegedly conspiring with human smugglers to use their rental properties as stash houses for individuals unlawfully brought into the United States.
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Keino Hughes, a 42-year-old resident of Saginaw, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison on August 14, 2025.
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A Mexican national, Cristian Mitchel Mondragon Gonzales, 30, was sentenced on August 14, 2025, to 34 years in prison for second-degree murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
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Robert Johnson, a 41-year-old resident of Syracuse, New York, has been charged with making false declarations in a bankruptcy case, bankruptcy fraud, and falsification of bankruptcy records.
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Two Missouri men have pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly two decades and defrauded more than 90 people out of at least $3 million.
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Two men have been indicted in connection with two carjackings that occurred in St. Louis in December 2024, while two women are facing charges for allegedly assisting in one of the incidents.
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A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after admitting to possessing three firearms despite being a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey delivered the sentence Wednesday to Derrick Lamar Rodgers, 34,...