Baltimore, Maryland – A federal jury convicted a Washington, DC, man of multiple drug-trafficking and firearm crimes. The jury found Ronthony Ward, 60, guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and phencyclidine; possession of a firearm by a prohibited person; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Maryland
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that William F. Dunbar Sr., 42, of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty this afternoon before United States District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge to two counts of tax evasion, one count of making and subscribing a false tax return, and one count of aiding and assisting the presentation of false tax returns. Dunbar was charged with those offenses by information, arising from his evading the assessment of taxes and filing of six years of false…
A Santa Barbara County man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for illegally collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees from Mexican nationals in exchange for visas permitting them to be employed as farmworkers in the United States, then paying them at a reduced rate for their work.
A Billings man who trafficked meth and unlawfully kept a stash of guns was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Montana
U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser announced that the District of Kansas (USAO-KS) collected $13,102,601 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $12,029,108 was collected in criminal actions and $1,073,493 was collected in civil actions.
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Diego City Attorney’s Office and Aztec Link today launched its fourth anti-fentanyl social media campaign, #BeOnTheSafeSide, featuring local college athletes – this time San Diego State University football players – to coincide with International Overdose Awareness Day. Starting in 2023, the social media campaigns have showcased the San Diego State University Men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams and the MESA Foundation, plus the University of San Diego women’s…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Khalil Lee, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison, three years’ supervised release, and $2,015 in restitution by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond for robbing two city banks the same day. In July of last year, the defendant was charged by indictment with the June 2, 2025, robberies of Citizens Bank branches on the 2000 block of South Broad Street and the 8000 block of Germantown Avenue.…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Pennsylvania, Eastern
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Marion Lopatniuk, age 45, was arraigned in federal court August 27, 2026, before Magistrate Judge Paul J. Evangelista on a charge of using an interstate commerce facility in the commission of a murder-for-hire. A grand jury indicted Lopatniuk on August 12, 2026. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, made the announcement.
CONCORD – A Manchester resident was sentenced today in federal court for distributing over 3.7 kilograms of fentanyl and possessing with intent to distribute 1.2 kilograms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Xavier Santana, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul J. Barbadoro to 120 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. On May 20, 2026, Santana pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing at least 400 grams of fentanyl, three counts of distributing at least 50 grams of…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - New Hampshire
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that the State of New York may not impose strict liability on energy companies for their alleged contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2024, New York enacted the “Climate Change Superfund Act,” which purported to impose billions of dollars on domestic and foreign energy companies that extract fossil fuels or refine crude oil. A coalition of states and trade organizations sued, alleging that the Act is preempted by the federal…
On August 27, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit summarily affirmed the conviction and life sentence of Kimon Burton-Roberson, 32, of Wilmington, for a brutal, gang-related kidnapping and murder.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Delaware
Two Colombian nationals have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to their alleged involvement in an organized jewelry theft ring that targeted mall-based stores and kiosks across the country.
Criminal - Office of International Affairs · USAO - Connecticut
A federal jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, convicted the former president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) local 2419 union, Kimberly Goodwin, 54, of Bowie, Maryland, of participating in a wire fraud conspiracy and eight counts of money laundering.
Criminal Division · Criminal - Violent Crime and Racketeering Section
Baltimore, Maryland – A man pled guilty in federal court, today, to charges stemming from his involvement in a technical-support fraud scheme. Priyanshu Walia, 41, of both Westminster, Maryland, and Cleveland, Ohio, pled guilty to wire fraud in connection with the scheme.
OKLAHOMA CITY – DEANGELO DEMANES HAWKINS, 51, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to serve 216 months in federal prison for possession of PCP with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. According to public records, on September 16, 2025, an officer with the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Hawkins. During the stop, officers learned Hawkins did not have a valid driver’s license and had an…
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Carlos Cadena Duran, 26, a citizen of Venezuela, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker to 9 months in prison for assaulting, resisting, and impeding federal officers in the performance of their official duties. On November 26, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers transported Cadena Duran from Detroit to the Calhoun County Jail. Although restrained, Cadena Duran…
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Cecil Monroe Bowman, 72, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 2, 2026, law enforcement officers had an arrest warrant for Bowman and encountered him with a vehicle in a Huntington gas station parking lot. A K9 unit alerted to the vehicle, and officers seized a quantity of a methamphetamine mixture from the vehicle during a subsequent…
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Uintah County man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after distributing fentanyl that caused the death of another individual.
Seattle – A 32-year-old Bellingham woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten months in prison for making a false statement in an application for a passport as part of her scheme to kidnap her 4-year-old son and travel to Panama, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to making threats to murder U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, and a special agent and two task force officers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced. Dale Ankney, 72, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand to three counts of retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by…
Ocala, Florida – Jeremiah James Schwier (47, Dunnellon) has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate transmission of a threat to injure. If convicted, Schwier faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
DOTHAN, Ala. — Today, United States Attorney Thomas Govan announced that a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, sitting in Dothan, Alabama, convicted 37-year-old Pravin Dewayne Simpson of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony. The jury returned its verdict on August 27, 2026. According to evidence presented at trial, in July 2024, officers with the Dothan Police Department executed a…
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Alabama, Middle
RALEIGH, N.C. - On August 25, a federal grand jury indicted Miguel Angel Olivera‑Borda, 38, a Peruvian national illegally present in the United States, after reviewing evidence presented by federal prosecutors. The indictment alleges that Olivera‑Borda knowingly made false statements in his application to become a lawful permanent resident of the United States, a process that requires applicants to provide accurate information about their personal history and marital status. Prosecutors further allege that…
Ohio State University (OSU), a public university in Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay a total of $2,100,000 to resolve civil allegations that it failed to disclose OSU employees’ affiliations with and support from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in connection with federal research funding.