District of Puerto Rico Press Releases

Defendant Who Conspired to Traffick Methamphetamine in Northeast Arkansas Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison

Amie Dawn Eggers of Jonesboro will spend the next 132 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to commit …

Crips Gang Member Pleads Guilty To March 2021 Bronx Murder

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that ALIEU JARJOU, a/k/a “Scally,” a/k/a “Lu Scally,” pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to his criminal activities as a member of the “Rollin 20s …

Kansas farmer pleads guilty to crop insurance fraud

A Kansas man pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by falsely claiming severe weather destroyed crops that he had actually sold instead.  

North Fort Myers Man Sentenced to More than Six Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

Fort Myers, Florida – Michael Peacock (39, North Fort Myers) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek to six years and six months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Peacock pleaded guilty on October 28, 2025. United States …

U.S. Attorney’s Office Filed 131 Border-Related Cases This Week

SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 131 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain, reentering the U.S. after deportation, and importation of controlled substances …

St. Louis Carjacker Sentenced to 114 Months in Prison

Jonniece Wilson stole a Hyundai Accent at gunpoint in 2024.

Fort Wainwright Soldier sentenced to 32 years in sadistic child pornography case

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fort Wainwright soldier was sentenced today to 32 years in prison for possessing thousands of images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and for producing CSAM.

Prime Capital Ventures CEO Sentenced to 97 Months for Multimillion Dollar Wire Fraud Conspiracy

Hawaii Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Disaster Relief Funds Intended for Lahaina and Pacific Palisades Fire ...

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Chelsea Johnson, 32, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday to four months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release (the first four months to be served as home confinement …

Man Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for Sexual Assault on Grounds of Gateway Arch National Park

The sentence will run consecutive to the 84 months Monte Derrell Boatman is currently serving for violating his supervised release in a 2009 armed robbery case.

District of Arizona Charges 226 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week

PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from March 28 through April 3, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 226 individuals. Specifically, the United States …

Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

An Arkansas man pleaded guilty today to securities fraud in connection with insider trading based on material, nonpublic information that he misappropriated from a senior executive at a publicly traded company headquartered in Idaho. According to court …

Vermilion County Business Owner Sentenced to Jail for Tax Fraud

A Danville, Illinois, man, Howard Keith Wilson, 73, was sentenced on March 30, 2026, to three years of supervised release, during which he will serve thirty consecutive weekends in jail, for failure to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service …

California man appears on fraud charges

Salvadoran National Sentenced to 15 months in Prison for Illegal Presence in United States and Resisting Arrest

A Salvadoran national, Edwin Bonilla Mendoza, 39, who previously resided in Kankakee County, Illinois, was sentenced on March 30, 2026, to 15 months of imprisonment for being a removed alien found in the United States and resisting a federal officer.

New Orleans Man Sentenced to 138 Months Imprisonment for Possession of Over 100 Glock and AR-15 Machine Gun Conversion Devices, ...

Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

An Arkansas man pleaded guilty yesterday to securities fraud in connection with insider trading based on material, nonpublic information that he misappropriated from a senior executive at a publicly traded company headquartered in Idaho.

Kansas City Man Sentenced to 20 years for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

Brandon R. Haywood, 47, Kansas City, Mo., sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in drug trafficking and the illegal possession of a firearm 

Wilbraham Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Threatening Public Officials, Private Individuals and Children

BOSTON – A Wilbraham, Mass. man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield, Mass. for making numerous violent threats on social media targeting public figures, private individuals, children in Wilbraham and Boston, and an elementary school in …

Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain Visas for Alien ‘Victims’ of Staged Crimes

Oscar Gutierrez, 36, of Kansas City, Mo, a Mexican national in the Kansas City area has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to stage numerous armed robberies so that the purported victims of these crimes, who were illegal aliens in the United …