United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and the Acting Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Darnell Edwards, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging JACOB FRANKEL and CHRISTOPHER DINELLI with securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, and charging FRANKEL with investment adviser fraud and making false reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. FRANKEL will…
SOUTH BEND – Mark Murphy, Jr., 37 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Murphy was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release." For too long, methamphetamine has torn apart Indiana families, fueled violent crime, and devastated our streets. This individual chose to…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Indiana, Northern
garces-perez_filed_complaint.pdf Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, an illegal alien from Venezuela, was federally charged in Austin with assaulting, resisting, interfering, and impeding a federal officer
BOSTON – A Randolph man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for cocaine trafficking and firearm charges, following a series of arrests targeting gangs in the Brockton and Randolph areas.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Utah man and convicted felon with a criminal history of possessing, using, and distributing drugs was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment today for possessing fentanyl that ultimately resulted in the death of another person.
Two Mexican nationals were arraigned in the Western District of Texas after being extradited from Mexico to face charges for smuggling unaccompanied alien children into the United States.
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A South Bay family therapist was sentenced today to 200 months in federal prison for installing a hidden camera in the stall of a women’s bathroom located at his place of work where he provided therapy services to, among others, young girls.
A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment charging three Oregon men with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Tampa, FL — A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida charged two individuals, Swapnadip Roy, 33, and Vicky Ramancha, 37, both Indian nationals, with conspiracy and smuggling related to an alleged transnational counterfeit prescription drug distribution scheme. The indictment alleges that Roy, Ramancha, and their co-conspirators sold counterfeit Ozempic to distributors in the United States at deeply discounted prices. Roy was extradited from Italy to the United States and made his initial appearance in…
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Hassian Humphrey, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit firearms offenses, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. In addition, co-defendant Keishawn Turner, 25, of Kannapolis, NC, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in the firearms business without a license, which also carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
LEXINGTON Ky. – A Virgie, Ky., man, Charles Hopkins, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday to 80 months by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for possession of child pornography. On May 6, 2025, law enforcement received a tip that a sexually explicit video of a minor victim (who was under the age of 12) was uploaded to Hopkins’ internet-based Verizon cloud storage account. Law enforcement seized and searched Hopkins’ phone and discovered additional child pornography, including images depicting minors under the age of 12 and…
Tampa, Florida – Trang Johnny Nha Phan (34, Sarasota) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle to eight years in federal prison for attempted arson of federal property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Phan pleaded guilty on June 2, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
BOSTON – A Quincy man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston with being a felon in possession of a firearm and distribution of and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
A man who possessed child pornography and used Artificial Intelligence to produce other child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), pled guilty September 29, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City. Evan Marra, 31, from Hull, Iowa, was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography and one count of producing, receiving, and distributing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children. At the plea hearing, Marra admitted that from November 1, 2019, through May 14, 2026, he received and possessed…
Today, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division announced the results of a surge of criminal enforcement actions targeting fraud in the Social Security Administration (SSA)’s benefits programs, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Warren Holt Jr., of Duluth, Minnesota, was sentenced to 110 months in prison for one count of carjacking. Holt was sentenced before U.S. District Judge John R. Tunheim on September 28, 2026. He previously pleaded guilty on November 7, 2025. According to court documents, on June 16, 2021, the defendant brutally attacked a then-78-year-old victim during a carjacking in Duluth, Minnesota. On that day, Holt approached the victim’s home and told the…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Minnesota
Tallahassee, Florida – David Benjamina Davis, 43, of Tallahassee, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Florida, Northern
EL DORADO – An El Dorado, Arkansas man was sentenced on September 28, 2026, to 210 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for possessing with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine—his second drug trafficking conviction. The Honorable Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court, at El Dorado. According to court records, on October 21, 2024, Lucas Wyatt Smith, age 34, was the sole…
Keishawn Johnson, 23, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 204 months in prison in connection with kidnapping two girls and the sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - District of Columbia
A Great Falls man who was dealing fentanyl from a motel room was sentenced Monday to five years and four months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release.