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Shiprock Man Charged with Assaulting Federal Officer
Marcus Allen Benallyhas been charged in federal court after he allegedly fired at a law enforcement officer during an emergency response in Shiprock.
Four Arizona Residents Charged with Anabolic Steroid-Trafficking Conspiracy in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
MOBILE, AL – A federal grand jury in Mobile returned an indictment charging four Arizona residents with a yearslong anabolic steroids-trafficking conspiracy.
U.S. Attorney’s Office Reports More Than $3.2M in Criminal and Civil Collections for April-June
The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) has announced that criminal and civil collections for the Northern District of Ohio during the months of April, May, and June the totaled $3,246,089.50.
Illegal Alien Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Re-entry and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) investigation leads to dismantling of dark web drug trafficking organization
CINCINNATI – Three defendants were convicted and sentenced in the Southern District of Ohio as part of a law enforcement operation against a dark web drug trafficking organization.
Bixby Man Convicted by Federal Jury for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
A federal jury convicted a Bixby man of possessing more than 220 images of child sexual abuse material, including an AI-generated and morphed video that he made of an identifiable toddler engaging in ...
USAO-DC's Civil Division Earns Supreme Court Victory in Miot v. Trump
Today, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, commended Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Civil Division for their work litigating Miot v. Trump o...
Alabama Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Crimes
Tallahassee, Florida– Justin William Gifford, 26, of Enterprise, Alabama, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being earlier found guilty by a federal jury in Tallahassee of one coun...
Crestview Cocaine Traffickers Plead Guilty
Pensacola, Florida– Arzalea Teshean McLaughlin, 37, Benjamin Eugene Mack, 54, and Roger Cornell Daniels, 38, all of Crestview, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to dist...
Concord Man Sentenced To Eighteen Years Of Imprisonment For Violent Extortion Scheme And Shooting At Federal Officers
OAKLAND – Joel Dowen was sentenced today to eighteen years in federal prison, for engaging in a violent extortion scheme, shooting at a federal officer, drug dealing, and bank fraud. Co-defendant Mic...
Ex-CBP Officer Sentenced for Opening His Inspection Lane to Cartel Drug Smugglers
SAN DIEGO – Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Jesse Clark Garcia was sentenced in federal court today to nine years in prison for allowing drug-laden vehicles to pass through his inspe...
Final member of COVID rental assistance fraud ring convicted at trial of wire fraud and money laundering
Seattle – The final defendant of a six-defendant fraud scheme that submitted fraudulent applications seeking more than $6.8 million in COVID benefits was convicted late yesterday in U.S. District Cour...
Homeland Security Task Force Secures Life Sentences for Two Leaders of Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine and Fentanyl-Trafficking Organization That Used Children as Couriers
MOBILE, AL – A Mobile man and woman were sentenced to life in prison for operating a multimillion-dollar drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) that distributed bulk cocaine and fentanyl and used child...
Terrebonne Parish Felon Indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Possession of Firearm to further Drug Trafficking
NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA –United States Attorney David I. Courcelle announced today that a federal grand jury indictedKENYA PATTERSON,(“PATTERSON”), age 34, of Houma, Louisiana, for:
Multi-Agency Gang Investigation in Las Cruces Leads to Federal Charges and Seizure of Firearms and Narcotics
Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies concluded a months-long joint investigation targeting violent gang activity in the Las Cruces area, resulting in federal and state criminal charges, ...
Felon Charged for Unlawful Possession of “Ghost Guns” and Ammunition
LAS VEGAS –A felon has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he unlawfully possessed ammunition and privately manufactured firearms. A privately manufactured firearm without a serial ...
District of Arizona Charges 227 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Aug. 1 through Aug. 7, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against...
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for Falsely Posing as a Commercial Airline Pilot
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Dallas Pokornik, 34, of Toronto, Canada, pled guilty yesterday in federal court to wire fraud.
Lincoln Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Receiving Child Pornography
James Dennise Barratt, 40, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 6, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln for receipt of child pornography.