Gainesville, Florida – Eddie Jerome Scott, 39, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
CONCORD – Vermont resident David Courtemarche, 45, was sentenced today in federal court for violating his sex offender registration requirements, specifically knowingly failing to report his employment in New Hampshire as mandated by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Courtemarche was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro to 21 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. On November 14, 2025, Courtemarche pleaded…
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Daniel Christian Pettit, 48, of Portage Township, Minnesota, was indicted by a grand jury for one count of damaging an aircraft and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. His initial appearance was before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois on September 21, 2026. According to the indictment, on or about May 15, 2026, Pettit knowingly and willfully damaged and disabled a firefighting aircraft using a firearm while the…
DETROIT - United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced today that Lifeview Group, Inc., together with its corporate predecessors and affiliates (Lifeview), agreed to a settlement of $5,059,808.00 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. Gorgon was joined in the announcement by AbilityOne Commission Chairperson Christina Brandt, Acting Inspector General Carla Smith and Investigative Attorney Lina Younes of the U.S. AbilityOne Office of the Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, United States Attorney Thomas Govan announced that a former police officer has been convicted for using his position to violate a woman’s constitutional right to bodily integrity while responding to a shoplifting call. On September 18, 2026, a federal jury found Markelle Jaquan Cox, 32, guilty on four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and three counts of obstruction of justice. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, on October 20, 2023, Cox, then a…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Alabama, Middle
Brad Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 18, 2026, Joseph James Nantomah (aka “The Black Mentor”) (age 49), was sentenced to 48 months’ incarceration for committing an investment fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $2,700,000 to investors across the country and abroad. According to court records, Joseph Nantomah entered the United States on a visitor’s visa from Nigeria in 2016. Within a few years, he had cultivated a false…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a two-count indictment on September 16, 2026, against David Kerr, 68, of Knoxville, for posting public threats on Bluesky to maim and murder ICE agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) (interstate threats). Kerr appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra C. Poplin in the Eastern District of Tennessee on September 21, 2026, and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges in the indictment. He was detained pending trial, which has been set for November…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced today that ENIN GOMEZ RAMOS (“RAMOS”), age 19, of Metairie, was charged on September 17, 2026, in a two-count Indictment for Possession of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2) and was also charged as an Illegal Alien in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8).
A Chicago felon who perpetrated a sophisticated and extensive fraud scheme involving stolen and altered U.S. Treasury checks presented at Eastern Iowa financial institutions in 2023 and 2024 was sentenced on September 9, 2026, to more than 13 years in federal prison. Tyrone Terrell Harris, age 34, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after he pled guilty on March 24, 2026, to five counts of theft of government property, five counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of money laundering, and one…
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Law enforcement leaders from more than 20 agencies across the greater Lynchburg area announced the results of Operation United Resolve today. Between August 1, 2026, and August 31, 2026, law enforcement officers from 21 partner agencies arrested 140 fugitives and executed 316 warrants. The operation resulted in the seizure of more than 600 grams of cocaine, 25 grams of fentanyl, 212 grams of MDMA, and 30 grams of methamphetamine. The quantity of fentanyl seized during the operation was enough to…
Memphis, TN – A federal grand jury in Memphis has returned indictments in two separate interstate cargo theft investigations resulting in nearly $600,000 in losses to commercial freight carriers and companies operating in West Tennessee. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictments today. In the first matter, the grand jury indicted Aubrey Brown, 53, and Kemptrell Daniels, 24, for conduct occurring from July 2024 through August 2024. According to the…
CONCORD – Following a 4-day trial, a federal jury found Dominican national Andri Pimental Arias, 23, guilty last Friday for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Arias was convicted for his role in a multistate fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. United States District Court Judge Landya B. McCafferty has set sentencing for January 7, 2027. According to the…
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - New Hampshire
A 30-year-old man with a history of drug trafficking offenses has been sentenced to prison after he was once again found in violation of federal drug and firearms laws.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Ohio, Northern
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a man who fired multiple rounds from an AR‑style rifle off the Margaret McDermott Bridge amid New Year’s Eve celebrations was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm as an illegal alien.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Texas, Northern
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Lexington man, Kevin Sanders, 48, was sentenced on Friday to 330 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier for several drug trafficking and firearms charges. Sanders was convicted in May 2026 of four counts of distributing fentanyl, three counts of distributing methamphetamine, three counts of possessing with intent to distribute 600 grams or more of fentanyl, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual). He was also convicted of possession of a firearm…
David Paul Williams, 46, pleaded guilty to defrauding several Newport, Oregon, property owners, announced U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford for the District of Oregon.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Oregon
Carrie Wallace, 48, of Fort Bragg, California, was sentenced today to one year in prison for tampering with a consumer product and mail theft by a postal employee
SAN DIEGO – Franco Fuentes was sentenced in federal court today to 57 months in prison for defrauding elderly victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as a bank employee and tricking them into surrendering their bank cards, which he then used to make lavish purchases and large cash withdrawals. Fuentes, a Peruvian national and green card holder, was also ordered to pay victims more than $270,000 and forfeit property seized from his residence, including over $37,000 in cash and a bill-counting machine.
Seattle – A 29-year-old registered sex offender who had been living in Snohomish County, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two counts of enticement of a minor for his sexual abuse of two 14-year-old teens.
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 97 months in prison to be followed by 35 years of supervised release for maintaining two large collections of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and distributing CSAM utilizing a peer-to-peer network. The government requested a sentence of 97 months in prison.