Legal

New York Judge Blocks State of New York’s Unconstitutional Climate Superfund Act

Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that the State of New York may not impose strict liability on energy companies for their alleged contributions to global gree...

2026-08-31

Capitol Hill Armed Robber Gets 16.5 Years in Prison

Dereon Butler, 19, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 16.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to his participation in an armed robbery spree that occurred in December 2024, announced U.S. Attorn...

2026-08-31

Area Political Consultant Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes

2026-08-31

Uintah County Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years’ Imprisonment After Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Death

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Uintah County man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another individual.

2026-08-31

Burlington, Vermont Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine

2026-08-31

Ohio State University Agrees to $2.1M Settlement to Resolve Allegations that it Failed to Disclose Employees’ Ties to the People’s Republic of China in Applications for Federal Research Funding

Ohio State University (OSU), a public university in Columbus, Ohio, hasagreedto pay a total of $2,100,000 to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose OSU employees’ affiliations with and s...

2026-08-31

U.S. Attorneys and Department of Justice Join Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security and White House Fraud Task Force to Launch Historic Interagency Effort to Crack Down on Fraud in Trucking Industry

Eight U.S. Attorneys and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today joined Secretary Sean P. Duffy of the Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Secretary Markwayne Mullin of the Department of Homeland S...

2026-08-31

Illegal Alien Indicted in Marriage-Related Immigration Fraud

2026-08-31

Justice Department Secures Denaturalization of Convicted Rapist from India

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered judgment revoking the naturalization of convicted rapist Gurmeet Singh.

2026-08-31

Life Sentence for Wilmington Kidnapper and Murderer Affirmed on Appeal

On August 27, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit summarily affirmed the conviction and life sentence of Kimon Burton-Roberson, 32, of Wilmington, for a brutal, gang-related kidnappi...

2026-08-31

Convicted Felon Fraud Promoter Sentenced to Federal Prison for Scheme Involving $6.5 Million in Stolen Checks

Shamarri Tache Brooks, a multi-convicted felon and rapper, was sentenced to federal prison for a fraud scheme involving thousands of checks stolen from the mail.

2026-08-31

U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $13,102,601 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2025

U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser announced that the District of Kansas (USAO-KS) collected $13,102,601 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $12,029,108 was collected in...

2026-08-31

Missouri man who had methamphetamine in rental car sentenced to prison

A Missouri man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for transporting methamphetamine across state lines.

2026-08-31

Dunnellon Man Arrested for Threatening Communications to the NAACP

Ocala, Florida – Jeremiah James Schwier (47, Dunnellon) has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate transmission of a threat to injure. If convicted, Schwier faces a maximum pe...

2026-08-31

Manchester Man Sentenced to a Decade in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking

2026-08-31

Crawfordville Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Crimes

Tallahassee, Florida– Anthony Wayne Lanier, 33, of Crawfordville, Florida was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Attempted ...

2026-08-31

Incarcerated Ambridge Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Machinegun and is Sentenced to Five Years of Prison

2026-08-31

Champaign Business Owner Charged with Tax Fraud and Wire Fraud Related to COVID Relief Funds

URBANA, Ill. – A Mahomet, Illinois, man, Hans Lee Grotelueschen, 56, has been charged with allegedly failing to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service and fraud related to Economic Injur...

2026-08-31

Hogansburg Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance

ALBANY, NEW YORK – David Terrance appeared in federal court on charges of  possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Homeland Secu...

2026-08-31

Oklahoma City Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison Following 40-Pound PCP Seizure

2026-08-31