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.
Memphis, TN – Kokou Sanoumegah, 29, of Memphis, has pled guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and illegal possession of a machinegun. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today. On April 16, 2025, a private fugitive recovery unit located Sanoumegah, a fugitive with active arrest warrants, in Memphis, Tennessee. According to the evidence, while taking him into custody, they discovered a Glock 17 9mm pistol in Sanoumegah’s waistband…
Gainesville, Florida – Quardarell Henry Robinson, 38, of Gainesville, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the plea.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
TUCSON, Ariz. – David Kapone Williams, 36, of Tucson, was sentenced on Sep. 16, by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 335 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Williams previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Participate in a Pattern of Racketeering Activity.
“Today marks the next major phase in our pursuit of accountability for the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida. “Our work did not end with the men who planned and carried out this assassination. We will follow the evidence wherever it leads, to those who financed it, facilitated it, supported it, or committed crimes to make it possible. Five years later, we are still bringing defendants before American courts, and we are not…
BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Shameik Camara, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been charged by criminal complaint with knowingly and intentionally distributing cocaine base, a Schedule II controlled substance. On September 17, 2026, Camara appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle, who ordered that Camara be detained during the pendency of this matter. According to court records, Camara’s charge resulted from a controlled purchase in which…
A Georgia man made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge after a federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging him with crossing state lines to allegedly have sex with a minor.