United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today charges against KAHEEM ARCHER, CALVIN BENT, CHRISTINE FERGUSON, LAMONT MARTIN, AJANI MCCHRISTON, and CHAD REED in connection with a multi-year scheme to steal rental cars worth millions of dollars using stolen…
FRESNO, Calif. — Rachel Bernal, aka Rachel Bernal Dunn, 48, of Victorville, and her husband, Rodney Dunn, 48, who is incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) due to a 1996 first degree murder conviction, have been indicted for bribing an employee of KVSP to smuggle fentanyl, methamphetamine, cell phones, and other contraband into the prison.
RUTLAND – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on August 19, 2026, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Dylin Wainscott a/k/a “Slim,” 30, of Springfield, Massachusetts and Precious Okorie, a/k/a “P,” 32 of Springfield Massachusetts, with the fatal shooting of a victim in Rutland, Vermont on November 15, 2024, in the course of a conspiracy to distribute drugs in Vermont. The indictment also charged Dakota Moretti, 35, of Rutland, Vermont, and…
A New Jersey man admitted to participating in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme and fraudulently obtaining more than $1.8 million of federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On August 18, 2026, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Benjamín Obed Velázquez Hernández, from San Juan, PR, with two carjackings, announced Héctor Ramírez Carbó, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. On July 30, 2026, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Velázquez Hernández with two carjackings and two counts of firearms violations.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Puerto Rico
In the last month, three members of the Memphis-based gang known as Young Mob or Young Mob Military have pleaded guilty to Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, robbery, death by firearm, and drug crimes.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · Criminal Division
A Beaumont convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms possession in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Texas, Eastern
The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a nine-count Indictment charging Louis Trejo, also known as “Machete;” Kenneth Garner, also known as “KG;” Harold Stevenson, also known as “Bazz;” and Erihk Belis, also known as “Eddie” with racketeering, violence in aid of racketeering, firearms, fraud, narcotics, and money laundering offenses for their roles in a wide ranging racketeering conspiracy involving the fabrication of transportation data used to support over at least $12 million of fraudulent…
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - New York, Southern
St. George, Utah – An illegal alien from French Guiana, France, is in federal custody after a federal grand jury in St. George returned an indictment charging him with federal crimes after he allegedly made multiple discriminatory and threatening phone calls to a bulk store employee and a car dealership employee.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Utah
A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted Sioux Erosion Control Inc. (Sioux), its part-owner and vice president, and another employee for participating in a five-year price-fixing conspiracy targeting over $100 million in publicly funded transportation construction contracts across Oklahoma.
Antitrust Division · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Tampa, Florida –Kylie Perez, a/k/a “Natalie Monroe,” has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to one year in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing a false tax return. Perez pleaded guilty on May 20, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
A Beaumont convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Texas, Eastern
A Beaumont felon has been sentenced to federal prison following a neighborhood shootout in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Texas, Eastern
AMONDA MENDEZ, also known as “M-Dot” and “Dot,” 35, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 150 months of imprisonment and eight years of supervised release for selling narcotics and a firearm while on federal supervised release.
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced that a West Dallas man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he used stolen identities and fake IDs to deposit over $15 million in U.S. Treasury checks intended for various businesses throughout the U.S.
A Portland man was sentenced to federal prison today for interstate domestic violence and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – James Masters, 38, of Victor, was sentenced today to one year of federal probation and ordered to pay $150 in restitution for theft of government property. According to court documents and statements made in court, from in or around October 2025 to in or around February 2026, Masters was employed by the National Park Service when he stole approximately $150 from a donation box at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center, part of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in Lansing, Fayette County. As…
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Alabama returned an indictment today charging an Alabama man with preparing false and fraudulent tax returns for others and filing false and fraudulent tax returns for himself.
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - Alabama, Northern
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A federal grand jury indicted a former deputy with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office on one count of deprivation of rights under color of law arising out of his alleged sexual assault of a female inmate in his custody. According to the indictment, on July 29, 2025, Cass Aaron Close, 56, violated the civil rights of the victim when he sexually assaulted her. At the time of the assault, Close was on duty as a Kanawha County Sheriff’s deputy and the victim was in his custody at the Kanawha…
Civil Rights Division · Civil Rights - Criminal Section
MACON, Ga. – U.S. Attorney William R. “Will” Keyes is urging every citizen in the Middle District of Georgia to join the fight for a fentanyl-free America and Georgia ahead of National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day this Friday, August 21, through a newly launched public service announcement.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Georgia, Middle