DOJ Press Release

Tallahassee Man Indicted for Child Pornography Offenses

Tallahassee, Florida – Zachary Phillip Larson, 29, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been indicted in federal court on one count of distribution of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Uruguayan fugitive arrives in the United States to face charges of laundering proceeds of his drug-trafficking organization

Uruguayan national and alleged cocaine trafficker Sebastian Marset Cabrera, 34, was charged in federal court in Alexandria today for his alleged role in a money laundering conspiracy. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney Announces Additional Enforcement Action as Part of National Effort to Combat Electrical Stimulation Fraud Scheme and Recover Millions

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the filing of a complaint under the False Claims Act in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This is the latest action in the national investigation into the scheme of improper billing using the RST-Sanexas neoGEN-series electric stimulation device. Federal healthcare programs do not reimburse for electrical nerve stimulation…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Honors Law Enforcement Partners for Outstanding Investigative Work

Federal, state, and local law enforcement investigations that ultimately led to successful outcomes throughout 2025 were recognized at the U.S. Attorney Office’s Law Enforcement Awards ceremony held recently. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Guatemalan Illegal Alien Sentenced for Helping Other Illegal Aliens Obtain Counterfeit Identity Documents

Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Pensacola Member of Outlaws Motorcycle Club Pleads Guilty to Arson

Pensacola, Florida – Gregory E. Simonds Jr., 42, of Pensacola, pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of arson by means of an explosive causing personal injury. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Apollo Beach Businessman Charged with COVID-19 Fraud

Tampa, FL – Caleb Walsh (36, Apollo Beach) has been charged by federal indictment with bank fraud, wire fraud, and illegal monetary transactions. If convicted on all counts, Walsh faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Walsh that the United States intends to forfeit a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon,…
Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 4 Years for Cocaine Distribution and Money Laundering

MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Travis L. Ingram, 38, Mosinee, Wisconsin, was sentenced on March 12, 2026, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 52 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine, maintaining a drug trafficking premises, and money laundering. Ingram pleaded…
Second Southern Colorado Funeral Home Operator Sentenced To 18 Years In Federal Prison After Pleading Guilty To Defrauding Grieving Families, COVID-19 Funds

DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Carie Hallford, 49, of Colorado Springs was sentenced to 216 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and $1,070,413.74 in restitution after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Jackson Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery with Firearm

Jackson, MS – A Jackson man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, March 13, for the attempted robbery of a dollar store in Jackson. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 2, 2022, Torrance Stewart, 31, entered a local business with the intent to rob the store with…
Guatemalan National Sentenced to four Months in Prison for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Twice-Convicted Criminal Alien Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the Country

Pensacola, Florida – Jose Francisco Santizo-Perez, also known as “Jose Mynor Castillo Lazaro,” 41, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegal reentry by a removed alien. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
York Man Charged With Possessing Guns As A Felon

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Bair, age 36, of Windsor, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 4, 2026, by a federal grand jury for unlawfully possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the indictment alleges that Bair unlawfully…
Former Manager of Lafayette Medical Clinic Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $500k From Employer

LAFAYETTE– On March 16, 2026, Brooke Miller Duck (formerly “Brooke Miller Tauzin”), a 31-year-old resident of Midland, Texas (and former resident of Arnaudville, Louisiana), pled guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from her medical clinic employer to make personal purchases. Duck now faces up to 20 years in federal prison for wire fraud. “Brooke Duck now…
Arkansas man sentenced to 17+ years for robbing Maryville motel

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A district judge sentenced an Arkansas man to 210 months’ imprisonment after he admitted to robbing a motel in Maryville at gunpoint.Rickey Martin, Jr., 36, pleaded guilty in November to one count of Hobbs Act robbery and one count of brandish and use of a firearm during a crime of…
Louisville Man Sentenced to 15 years for Drug and Firearms Offenses

Louisville, KY – A Louisville, Kentucky man was sentenced this week to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking in firearms, distribution of methamphetamine, and illegal possession of firearms.U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge John Nokes of the ATF Louisville Field Division, Special Agent in Charge Jim…
Jury convicts Kansas City-based music artist of illegal firearm possession

A federal jury convicted a Kansas man of illegally having a firearm as a convicted felon. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Venezuelan National Convicted of Assaulting Federal Officer

SAN DIEGO – Robert Antonio Bastardo Llovera, a Venezuelan national residing illegally in the U.S., was sentenced in federal court today to eight months and two days in custody for assaulting a federal officer near Mission Bay. Bastardo pleaded guilty March 3, 2026, admitting that on July 15, 2025, he assaulted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Department of Justice Reveals Seizure of $14.9 Million from Cartel-Linked Money Laundering Operation

DETROIT – On Friday, the Department of Justice unsealed a civil case aiming to forfeit over $14.9 million seized from an international drug money laundering scheme, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced. The lawsuit—originally filed in 2024—details the seizure of the funds and alleges a complex pattern of trade-based drug money laundering. Trade-based money…
Massachusetts Man Sentenced to More Than 9 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Offenses

NICHOLAS KINGSLEY, 42, of Agawam, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 110 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for firearm possession offenses. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
D.C. Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Strangling Romantic Partner

Myron Caldwell, 31, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 14 months incarceration on charges stemming from strangling his romantic partner in November 2025, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Two Wilmington Men Charged with Federal Fentanyl and Gun Offenses

WILMINGTON, Del. – Two Wilmington men were arrested March 10, 2026, for unlawfully possessing guns and over 400 grams of fentanyl. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
D.C. Man Sentenced to 14-Month Prison Term for Strangling Romantic Partner

Myron Caldwell, 31, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 14 months incarceration on charges stemming from strangling his romantic partner in November 2025, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Leader of North Shore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Nineteen Years in Prison

BOSTON – A Saugus man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for leading a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine and laundered the proceeds. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Detroit Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Timothy D. Luckett, also known as “Fetty” and “Jack Boi,” 33, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl.According to court documents and…
Illegal Alien from Mexico Indicted After Agents Seized Large Quantities of Narcotics, Including 22 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment against an alleged drug trafficker, living in the United States illegally, for multiple drug crimes after agents seized large quantities of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine from defendant’s residence. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
New Orleans Man Indicted for Being Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – CORTEZ JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”), age 42, was indicted on January 9, 2026, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and for being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 264 Months in Federal Prison

Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 11, 2026, Daniel L. Anderson (age: 56) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 264 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Lynn Adelman.Anderson previously pled guilty to receipt of child pornography with a predicate (prior) qualifying conviction. Court…
Southwest Georgia Repeat Offender Sentenced for Illegal Gun Possession

ALBANY, Ga. – A Moultrie, Georgia, resident with prior felony convictions was sentenced to prison for illegally possessing four firearms discovered during an investigation into armed drug trafficking in the community. Johnny Will Murray, Jr., 41, of Moultrie, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release…
Three Charged for Interstate Wildlife Violations

Three people are facing charges for illegally transported wildlife across state lines, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. A federal indictment charges Brian Poling, 51, of Albright, West Virginia; Levi S. Weaver,74, of Fredericksburg, Ohio; and Leroy M. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio; with violations of the Lacey Act. Source: U.S. Department of Justice