Federal Justice Desk

Federal justice archive, page 97

Browse stored official records 2305-2328, with source links, jurisdiction details and related federal coverage.

2761 official records

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

Press release

District of Colorado Indicts Seven Defendants On Alien Smuggling, Forced Labor Charges, As A Result Of Human Trafficking Scheme

DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Freddy Alberto Gomez Urena (aka Chun Chun), Ligia Zulay Gonzalez Sanchez, Josue Reinaldo Cordoba Somasa, Narkys Doralddy Gomez Urena, Miguel Eduardo Cardenas Perez, and Wualter Alexander Castellanos Bermeo, have each been charged with one count of conspiracy to provide and obtain forced labor, multiple counts of forced labor, and multiple counts of alien smuggling. A seventh defendant, Franklin Alexis Contreras Carrillo, is…

USAO - Colorado
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

Operator of Minnesota-Based Money Transmitter Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds for Mexican Cartel Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that a federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota returned an indictment on August 20, 2026, charging Christopher A. Bravo Marin, aka Bravo, 46, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Mexican national, with conspiring to launder at least $750,000 in drug proceeds on behalf of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), one of the most prolific and dangerous drug cartels in Mexico. Bravo was arrested yesterday by Homeland Security Investigations…

USAO - Minnesota
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

Ohio Man Arrested for Threatening a U.S. Congressman

Orlando, Florida – Alex Justin Miller (26, Columbus, OH) has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate transmission of a threat to injure. If convicted, Miller faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

USAO - Florida, Middle
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

Mexican National Sentenced to 24 Months for Illegal Reentry

Jacksonville, Florida – Juan Jesus Mendoza (60, Mexico) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard to two years in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States. Mendoza pleaded guilty on May 19, 2026. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

USAO - Florida, Middle
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

Honduran National Indicted for Illegal Reentry of Deported Alien

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JOEL ALBERTO HENRIQUEZ-HERRERA (“HENRIQUEZ-HERRERA”), age 40, a native of Honduras, was indicted on August 21, 2026, for illegal reentry of removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. According to court documents, HENRIQUEZ-HERRERA, an illegal alien, was found in Orleans Parish on August 18, 2026. He had previously been removed from the United States back to his native Honduras on July 22, 2014. If…

USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

Pearl River Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography

Jackson, MS – On August 25, 2026, a Pearl River man pleaded guilty to Production of Child Pornography. U.S. Attorney J.E. Baxter Kruger and Robert Eickhoff, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Office made the announcement. According to court documents, Eli Joe, 22, knowingly enticed or coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct that were sent to Joe using the internet. Joe is scheduled to be…

Department of Justice · USAO - Mississippi, Southern
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

New Orleans Man Indicted for Being Felon in Possession of a Firearm

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On August 21, 2026, GERALD FRANKLIN (“FRANKLIN”), 35, from New Orleans, was charged in a two-count indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
Read inside EZ News →

Press release

Cerro Gordo County Husband & Wife Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

Bruce Sogard, age 68, from Jewell, was sentenced July 1, 2026, to more than 8 years in federal prison, after a February 12, 2026, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Cheryl Zeien Sogard, age 63, from Mason City, was sentenced August 18, 2026, to more than 4 years in federal prison, after an April 20, 2026, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Evidence in the case revealed that between January 2025, and continuing to at least September 20, 2025, Sogard and Zeien…

USAO - Iowa, Northern
Read inside EZ News →

Your local desk

Choose a location

Search uses official 2025 U.S. Census location data.