DOJ Press Releases
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SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 111 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and impo…
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Oct. 10 through Oct. 16, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 279 individuals.
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Al Justin Carter, 24, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was indicted on October 15, 2026, with Coercion and Enticement of a Minor.
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that John Junior Fritz, 48, of Waimanalo, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 120 months in federal pris…
NEW ORLEANS, LA. – STERLING PIPKINS (“PIPKINS”) , age 42, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 8, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon for drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Cource…
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that David Yamamoto, 28, of Waipahu, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park to 264 months in federal prison for the prod…
SAN DIEGO – Ricky Jesus Rodriguez and his daughter, Jasmine Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting they participated in a months-long conspiracy to smuggle banned refrigerants from Mexico into the Un…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DAVID MOREL (“MOREL”) , age 43, of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 14, 2026, for Possession of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United…
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Michael Herrera, 45, of the Bronx, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, was sentenced to serve 54 months in prison b…
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Patrick Kerwin, 43, of Java Center, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent mino…
BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that James R. Muench Jr., 47, of Depew, NY, who was convicted of entering aircraft or aircraft area, was sentenced to serve five years’ probation and ordered …
An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Delaware charging Jamar Geeter, 39, of San Francisco, California, Kalvin Carter Jr., 44, of Waldorf, Maryland, and Jada Hasty, 29, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, with co…