MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andrew Johnson, 31, Knapp, Wisconsin, was sentenced on September 23, 2026, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 54 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Johnson pleaded guilty to this charge on July 14, 2026. On October 22, 2025, police searched a vehicle Johnson was driving in Dunn County, Wisconsin, and found a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun in the center…
A Daingerfield man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 206 months in prison, to be followed by six years of supervised release, on his conviction of cocaine trafficking while on federal supervised release, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan imposed the sentence on Richard Jasek, 43. According to information presented to the Court, Jasek engaged in cocaine trafficking between December 2024 and February 2025…
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Concepcion Soto-Rivera, a/k/a Conception Soto-Rivera, age 41, a Mexican national unlawfully present in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to time served for one count of Unlawful Reentry of Removed Alien. On May 12, 2026, Soto-Rivera pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, on March 17, 2026, Soto-Rivera, an alien, was found in the United States without obtaining the express consent of…
MADISYN PETTAWAY, 31, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to an offense related to her attempted deposit of a stolen U.S. Treasury check at a Connecticut credit union.
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - Connecticut
Two Indian nationals were found guilty by a jury today of conspiring to steal cargo from warehouses across Southern California by buying or fraudulently using legitimate trucking companies to bid on authentic shipping contracts, picking up the cargo loads, and never delivering the loads to the agreed upon destinations.
LAFAYETTE–On September 24, 2026, United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays sentenced Charles Jackson, 38, of Many, Louisiana, to 63 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release, for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, after his guilty plea on June 22, 2026. The same day, Judge Summerhays also sentenced Andrew Bulloch, 58, of Leesville, to 60 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for Conspiracy to…
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Louisiana, Western
Two Chinese nationals have been charged in a federal criminal complaint alleging they presented United States passports belonging to other people when they tried to enter the U.S. from Mexico last month at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport, the Justice Department announced today.
DES MOINES, Iowa –Two Delaware men were sentenced on September 25, 2026, to a combined 189 months in federal prison for their roles in an international cyber intrusion scheme.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Iowa, Southern
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Charles Thomas Clark, 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 188 months in prison and five years of supervised release by United States District Judge Juan R. Sánchez for the gunpoint robbery of a Montgomery County credit union. The defendant was charged by indictment in April 2024. In October of last year, he was convicted at trial of aiding and abetting armed bank robbery, and aiding and abetting using, carrying, and brandishing a…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Pennsylvania, Eastern
Tampa, Florida – Crispian Atkins (52, Valrico) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virgina M. Hernandez Covington to 12 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Atkins to pay $3,017,667.53 in restitution and to forfeit $1,563,292.24, the proceeds of his criminal conduct. Atkins pleaded guilty on May 20, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Pensacola, Florida – Ray Anthony Pearson II, 32, of Navarre, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud involving Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds. This prosecution was part of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud launched by President Donald J. Trump, a whole-of-government effort to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of…
HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Thomas E. Lauer, age 64, and Rebecca J. Davis, age 77, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to one count of conspiracy to commit major fraud against the United States. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, Lauer and Davis (formerly Rebecca J. Numer and Rebecca J. Elstner) each admitted that, from 2007 to 2014, they conspired with each other, and with other…
U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser of the District of Kansas cautions that irresponsible rumors about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations could potentially harm the Kansas agricultural industry.
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Brian Pittman, 47, was sentenced today to 18 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $200 special assessment, and $606,101 in restitution by United States District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge for defrauding a pandemic relief program and committing tax fraud. The defendant was charged via information in February of this year and pleaded guilty in March to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return, waiving…
DAYTON, Ohio – Michael Chang, 55, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to his role as a source of supply in a narcotics conspiracy punishable by at least 10 years and up to life in prison.
United States Attorney Matthew L. Harvey is proud to announce two Assistant U.S. Attorneys are featured as guest writers in The West Virginia Lawyer, a statewide publication of the West Virginia State Bar.
Matthew Randall Gigot, 40, a previously convicted sex offender residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 56 months in federal prison in connection with his trafficking of child sexual abuse material and his failure to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - District of Columbia
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons, announced during a press conference today the indictments of Leandro Juarez, Moses Juarez and Eduardo Lopez for several counts related to oil theft.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Texas, Western
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Dillingham man and former employee of Curyung Tribal Council, a federally recognized Tribe, was sentenced on April 17, 2026, to two years and a day in prison for stealing his co-workers’ identities and embezzling over $98,000 from the Tribe. According to court documents, William Corbett, 37, was hired by Curyung Tribal Council in February 2023 as an accountant and IT specialist. From October 2023 through February 2024, Corbett wrote multiple unauthorized checks from the Tribe’s accounts to his…