Legal

Cuban National Sentenced for Assaulting Transportation Security Officers and Local Law Enforcement Officers at Airport

LAS VEGAS– A Cuban national who was on probation following a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon and with other prior violent convictions was sentenced today by Chief United States District Ju...

2026-09-10

Southeast Missouri Man Who Victimized Children Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

Lantz D. Crawford recorded his sexual abuse of five girls, ages 2-6.

2026-09-10

Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Physically and Sexually Assaulting Two Minors While Serving Abroad

Adam Schlueter, 40, of Atlanta, was sentenced today to life in prison and lifetime supervised release for physically and sexually assaulting two minors under the age of 10.

2026-09-10

Virginia Beach cocaine dealer sentenced to eight years in prison

Andre Lawrence Shorts, 35, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...

2026-09-10

Fall River Man Sentenced for Shipping Cocaine Through the Mail

BOSTON – A Fall River man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a drug trafficking offense arising from his shipment of cocaine through the U.S. mail from California to Massachusetts.

2026-09-10

RAD Diversified REIT Co-Founders Indicted for Stealing Funds from Their Employees’ Benefit Plans

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the  unsealing of an indictment charging Brandon “Dutch” Mendenhall (47, Brandon, Florida) and Amy Marie Smith Vaughn (48, New Port R...

2026-09-10

Atoka Resident Sentenced For Illegally Possessing Firearm

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA –The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Vet Sentrel Colbert, age 44, of Atoka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years’ probation for one...

2026-09-10

Leader of the Manchester N.H. Chapter of Trinitarios Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

BOSTON – A member of the Manchester Chapter of the Trinitarios has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for racketeering charges, including his participation in the attempted murder of rival gang...

2026-09-10

Repeat Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in D.C. After Shooting Two Women in Separate Attacks Months Apart

Joseph Knight, 32, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison in connection with two separate shootings and h...

2026-09-10

Convicted Felon Found Guilty of Using a Firearm During a Brooklyn Attempted Bank Robbery

Pierre Lee, also known as “Pierre Wilmoth,” was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of use of a firearm during a crime of violence.  The charge relates to Lee’s attempted robbery of a Capita...

2026-09-10

Sex Offender Living in Mayes and Tulsa Counties Sentenced for Failing to Register

A man required to register as a sex offender was sentenced today for knowingly failing to register that he was living in Mayes and Tulsa Counties, announced U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Nassar.

2026-09-10

Seminole Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm Offense

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA –The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dalton Dean Harjo, a/k/a Dolo, age 19, of Seminole, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one c...

2026-09-10

Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

2026-09-10

Two Men, including a Mexican National, Indicted for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Two men, including a Mexican national, were arraigned after being indicted for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to transport a large quantity of cocaine into New Jersey.

2026-09-10

Jury Finds District Man Guilty of 2022 Armed Carjacking

Andrew Patrick, 38, of Washington, D.C., was convicted by a Superior Court jury yesterday of armed carjacking and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Fe...

2026-09-10

Brandon Pulmonary Practice Agrees to Pay Over $400,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Violations

Tampa, FL – Pulmonary Associates of Brandon, P.A. has agreed to pay $419,410 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for certain Evaluation and Ma...

2026-09-10

Honduran Illegal Alien Sentenced to More Than Six Decades in Federal Prison for Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes

Baltimore, Maryland– A federal judge sentenced a Honduran illegal alien, unlawfully residing in the United States, to prison, today, for child sex-abuse crimes. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett ...

2026-09-10

Career Criminal Sentenced for Drug Distribution

A Huttonsville, West Virginia man will spend the next 87 months in prison for selling methamphetamine in Randolph County, U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced.Justin Michael Hoover, 35, sold meth...

2026-09-10

Defendants Convicted for Scheme Enabling More Than 100 Drivers, Many Not Proficient in English, to Fraudulently Obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –All six defendants involved in a bribery scheme, that enabled more than 100 people to fraudulently obtain commercial driver’s licenses, have now pleaded guilty, announcedU.S. A...

2026-09-10

Proposed $125M Settlement Agreement Provides Critical Work for Advancing the Lower Passaic River Superfund Cleanup

The Justice Department, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today lodged a proposed settlement agreement with Environmental Resource Holdings LLC (ERH) to perform critical work to ...

2026-09-10