News from 2023


Federal Arrest of an Undocumented Non-Citizen for Assault on a Federal Officer

News Release: EL PASO, TX-On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Venezuelan national, 19-year-old Jhon Rincon-Teran for assaulting a federal officer in El Paso, Texas.


Exton, Pennsylvania Lab Agrees to Pay $125,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Frontage Laboratories, Inc. (Frontage) has agreed to pay $125,000.00 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain complete and accurate records of controlled substances and...


Week ending March 11: Justice Department publishes 2 notices

There were two notices published by the Justice Department in week ending March 11, according to the Federal Register.



Rep. Stewart and Chairman Jordan Launch Investigation into Unauthorized Disclosure of Servicemembers’ Private Records

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall demanding information on the serious breach of servicemembers’ personal information without their knowledge or consent.


Mescalero man charged with assault in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Joshua Davis made an initial appearance in federal court on March 6 facing a charge of assault resulting in...


Queens Man Sentenced 121 Months In Prison For Laundering Millions Of Dollars Of Fraud And Hacking Schemes And Committing Bank Fraud

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DJONIBEK RAHMANKULOV was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for laundering millions of dollars in criminal proceeds obtained from computer hacking, healthcare fraud, and Small Business Administration...


Brittany Busby Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl at Northern Lights Transitional House

News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Brittany Busby, 31, formerly of Washington, Vermont, was sentenced on March 15, 2023 in United States District Court in Rutland to 28 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to distributing fentanyl. U.S. Chief District Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Busby serve three years of supervised released and pay restitution in the amount of $250 to the family of a victim.


Good Samaritan Helps Apprehend Armed Man Brandishing Two Loaded Guns In Manhattan

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...



Former Rochester, New Hampshire Man Sentenced to 68 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentantyl

News Release: CONCORD - Craig Wiggin, 44, formerly of Rochester, New Hampshire was sentenced to 68 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.


Another guilty of trafficking women in cantina backroom

A 30-year-old man who resided in Houston has pleaded guilty to several sex trafficking crimes and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


Jacksonville Man Sentenced To More Than 8 Years For Downloading Thousands Of Videos And Images Of Children Being Sexually Abused

United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Michael Ray King (42, Jacksonville) to eight years and one month in federal prison for using the internet to download and receive videos and images showing children being sexually abused.


St. Louis Man Accused of Producing Child Sexual Abuse Materials with Multiple Victims

A man from St. Louis, Missouri has been charged by complaint in U.S. District Court with production of child pornography and accused of making and disseminating videos involving multiple victims.


West Seneca Man Going To Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography

U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Shawn Johnson, 35, of West Seneca, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.


HSI San Juan Arrests 2 Men on Child Exploitation Charges

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents with the support of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, arrested two men charged with Transportation of Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, Production of Child Pornography and Coercion and Enticement of minors, in two separate and unrelated cases.


Des Moines Woman Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation Charges

A Des Moines woman was sentenced Friday, February 24, 2023, to a total of 45 years in prison for conspiring to produce child pornography and child exploitation.


Mason County Man Sentenced to Prison for Child Pornography Crime

Matthew Ryan Harper, 22, of Point Pleasant, was sentenced today to six years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Harper must also register as a sex offender.


Repeat Offender Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

A Camden County man was arrested for possessing multiple images and videos of child sex abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Jury Convicts Warren County Man of Receiving, Transporting and Possessing Child Pornography

Wesley Guard, age 34, of Queensbury, New York, was convicted Friday, after a four-day jury trial, of receiving, transporting and possessing child pornography using the online social networking application Kik.