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Offices of the United States Attorneys   You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Detroit Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Children 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Guatemalan National Previously Convicted for Drug Trafficking Indicted for Illegal Reentry 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT PROVIDENCE - A Guatemalan national deported in 2015 after having been convicted for drug trafficking has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island on a charge of illegal re-entry, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. Two Women Sentenced for Running a More Than $1.5 Million COVID-19 Fraud Scheme 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Texas Man Indicted For Sex Trafficking 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the  unsealing of an indictment charging Jazzmen La Vone Gaskins (38, Texas) with sex trafficking and transportation of an individual to engage in prostitution. If convicted on all counts, Gaskins faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.  Maryland Man Indicted for Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Property, and Failure to Disclose an Event 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted Andrew Langford, 49, of Ft. Washington, Maryland, charging him with wire fraud, theft of government property, and failure to disclose an event.  Clermont Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Bank Fraud 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Carlos Calderon (56, Clermont) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Calderon faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Jury Finds Sioux Falls Man Guilty of Carjacking and Carrying and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Michigan City Man Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Fort Wayne Man Ordered to Repay Funds From PPP Loan Fraud 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT MEMBERS OF A LOCAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Acting United States Attorney April M. Leon announced the sentencing of five individuals by U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick in connection with an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a large-scale cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine trafficking network based in Iberville Parish. Fugitive Wanted for Murder in Saint Lucia Indicted in Atlanta on Firearm Charge 05/09/2025 08:00 AM EDT Orville Andrew Pernell, also known as "Oneil Christopher Reid," 32, of Saint Mary, Jamaica, was arraigned today before the Honorable John K. Larkins, III, United States Magistrate Judge, on federal charges of possession of a firearm by an alien illegally or unlawfully present in the United States.  Pernell was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 23, 2025.  Dealers Sentenced for Supplying Local Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Markets 05/08/2025 08:00 AM EDT ABINGDON, Va. – A major supplier of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia—and a pair of related dealers—were sentenced this week to lengthy federal prison terms, dealing a major blow to the drug market in Southwest Virginia.  You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the Offices of the United States Attorneys website. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW · Washington, DC 20530 · 202-514-2000 and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. Manage your Subscriptions | Department of Justice Privacy Policy  | GovDelivery Privacy Policy Follow the Offices of the United States Attorneys on Twitter: @USAttorneys