NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ROMALIS WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 33, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on October 1, 2026 by United States District Judge Brandon S. Long after being found guilty by a jury of possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) and being a felon in possession of firearms, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S. Attorney David I.…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that a federal jury has convicted Akram Marseet, 42, a native of Libya living in Golden, Colorodo, with threatening to murder two Rochester Federal judges while they were engaged in the performance of their official duties. The conviction carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
On September 2, 2026, John Vincent Dimick Jr., aka “Wo,” of Gloversville, NY; Quadir Jameek Powerful Supreme Johnson, aka “Q,” of Johnstown, NY; and Darena Ann Rutauskas, also of Johnstown, all age 21, were arrested in Gloversville and charged with distribution of a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Farhana Islam, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement…
Demonte Gibson, 28, Tre’Quan Nelson, 26, and Asani Forte, 29, all of Washington, D.C., were found guilty today in D.C. Superior Court, related to a shooting on November 3, 2021, that killed 34-year-old Delonte King and injured several others, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Vaughn Ludwig, 50, of Kailua, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by United States Chief District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 70 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
A Billings man who was found in his parked car unlawfully carrying a firearm was sentenced Wednesday to three years and one month in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Montana
Rashim Johnson, 35, a previously convicted felon residing in Warsaw, Virginia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to 84 months in federal prison in connection with his illegal possession of a fully loaded Glock 19 handgun and a large quantity of methamphetamine while he was on supervised release for two serious felonies, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
A 43-year-old man living in Richmond, TX will serve time in federal prison for orchestrating a years-long scheme involving fraudulent student financial aid applications and the misuse of victims’ identities
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - Texas, Southern
ROANOKE, Va. – Four Maryland residents who conspired with Dr. Rotimi Iluyomade, an Annandale-based doctor convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills, 34,000 milliliters of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine solution (also known as “Tussionex”), and 107,000 milliliters of promethazine-codeine solution (also known as “lean”) were sentenced today in federal court.
BOSTON – Two Massachusetts men were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to damage a building on Harvard Medical School’s (HMS) campus using a large commercial firework.
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Deaundray Chrisshawn Williams, age 36, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to thirty-seven months in prison for one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm. On September 23, 2025, Williams pleaded guilty to the charge. According to investigators, on December 15, 2024, law enforcement discovered Williams in possession of a revolver after having previously been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Oklahoma, Eastern
On August 31, 2026, Michael Conner, age 58, formerly of Lake George, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to 10 years’ imprisonment to be followed by 3 years’ supervised release. The sentence was for Conner’s conviction by a jury on 22 counts of wire fraud and 2 counts of tax fraud in April 2025. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III, Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, IRS-CI New York, and Anthony Patrone, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo…
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that Troy Nathaniel Navarro, 34, was sentenced Oct. 1 to life in federal prison for committing severe child‑exploitation offenses over multiple years. Navarro pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor, production of child pornography, and commission of a felony offense involving a minor by a registered sex offender on May 8.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Texas, Northern
Pensacola, Florida – Shawn Steele, 52, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for making false statements to federally insured institutions. This investigation is part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Florida, Northern
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Anthony Bell, 20, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro to conspiracy to commit carjacking, three counts of carjacking, two counts of attempted carjacking, two counts of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and aiding and abetting, arising from his role in a series of carjackings and attempted carjackings committed in…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Pennsylvania, Eastern
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JOSHUA PAUL FALGOUT (“FALGOUT”),age 32, of Houma, Louisiana, was charged on September 25, 2026 in a recently unsealed indictment with Receipt of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252 (a)(2), and (b)(1), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
ABINGDON, Va. – Two individuals who conspired with others to execute a business email compromise scheme that stole more than $1.5 million from victims throughout the United States were recently sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. Shelton, 57, of Wytheville, Virginia, and Olivia Oxley, 36, of Brooklyn, New York, both pleaded guilty in July last year to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. For her role in the conspiracy, Oxley was sentenced to one year and one day of imprisonment followed by three…
Jeffrey Scott Hamm, Jr., age 33, of Binghamton, New York, pleaded guilty Wednesday, September 16, 2026, to transmitting threats to injure another in interstate commerce. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of social security fraud, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. The two-count Indictment named Daniel M. Wallar, 70, as the sole defendant, and was unsealed today upon Wallar’s arrest. According to the Indictment, from June 3, 2019, until May 30, 2025, Wallar—who was named as the representative payee on another person’s Social Security benefit account—unlawfully converted…