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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. U.S. Unseals Warrant for Tanker Seized by Coast Guard Off the Coast of Venezuela 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia today obtained an order unsealing its seizure warrant for the M/T Skipper (IMO #9304667), announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and FBI Director Kash Patel.          The seizure warrant was signed on November 26, 2025. On December 10, the U.S. Coast Guard boarded and seized the crude oil tanker as it traveled on the high seas after departing Venezuela. Federal Jury Convicts San Diego County Sheriff's Deputy of Using Excessive Force, Violating Inmate's Civil Rights 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST SAN DIEGO – San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah Manuyag Flores was convicted by a federal jury today of violating the civil rights of a man in pretrial custody at the San Diego Central Courthouse by using excessive force that caused serious injuries and then writing a false report to cover up his illegal actions. Carmel Man Found Guilty Of Murder And Narcotics Offenses 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that a jury found DWAYNE PULLIAM guilty today of Travel Act murder, participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, and the distribution and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin.   District Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Murder of Woman Found in Mall Dumpster 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Richard Dyson, 58, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 24 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Donnella Bryan, 62, whose body was found in a Hechinger Mall dumpster in Northeast Washington D.C. Cuban National Indicted For Assaulting Transportation Security Officers In Las Vegas 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST LAS VEGAS – A Cuban national living in Las Vegas made his initial court appearance today for attempting to access a secure passenger boarding area using a false boarding pass and assaulting officers at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.  Billings man sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Sex Abuse Material 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST A man who distributed child sex abuse material to his co-defendant girlfriend was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in federal prison. Benjamin L. Wallace Appointed United States Attorney for the District of Delaware 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Federal jury convicts Russian woman of the international kidnapping of her daughter 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Federal jury convicts Russian woman of the international kidnapping of her daughter Hinesburg Man Sentenced to More than Two Years for Being a Felon In Possession of a Firearm 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Mexican National Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Florida Man Convicted of Leading $300 Million Money Laundering Operation for Transnational Criminal Organizations 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani, a resident of Miami, Florida and a citizen of France and Colombia, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn on all five counts of a superseding  indictment charging him with money laundering conspiracy, bank fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, and operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business related to his laundering of drug proceeds through financial institutions in the United States.  San Antonio Pipe Bomb Investigation Leads to Felon's Arrest, Alleged Discovery of Home Explosives Lab 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Dustin Jay Ammons was arrested in San Antonio on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of firearms and explosives Four Family Members Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Tax Refund Fraud Scheme 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST A jury in Fort Worth, Texas convicted four family members yesterday of participating in a multimillion-dollar tax refund fraud scheme. Rockford Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST JESSE HERBIG arranged to have a parcel containing meth to be shipped from Arizona to Rockford. Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty To COVID-19 Fraud 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST LAS VEGAS – An Illinois woman pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States by making claims for refunds of false COVID-19 related employment tax credits. Waldorf Man Sentenced to 55 Years for Robbery and Murder 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Baltimore, Maryland – Today, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Thaddeus Lamont Wills, 52, of Waldorf, Maryland, to 55 years in federal prison for his role in a string of commercial armed robberies. The robberies occurred in 2020 and 2021, in Prince William County, Virginia, and in Prince George's and Charles County, Maryland.  During one of the robberies, Wills shot and killed a business owner. Trinitarios Gang Member Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison in Connection With Two Shootings and an Attempt to Smuggle Contraband into the Metropolitan Detention Center 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Abel Mora, also known as "Moreno," was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to 135 months' imprisonment.  Mora, a member of the Trinitarios street gang, pleaded guilty last year to Hobbs Act robbery and discharging a firearm after he robbed and shot an individual in East New York on August 13, 2023.  After his guilty plea, and while detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York (MDC), Mora attempted to smuggle a rope full of contraband, including a weapon, drugs and other items, into the MDC.   U.S. Attorney's Office Filed 98 Border-Related Cases This Week 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST SAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 98 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. Two Men Sentenced to Federal Prison in Separate Drug Cases Investigated by the BADGES Task Force 12/12/2025 07:00 AM EST U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced the results of two separate drug distribution cases in eastern Idaho today.  Both cases were investigated by the BADGES Task Force, which is a HIDTA-funded task force that includes the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pocatello Police Department, the Idaho State Police, the Bannock County Sheriff's Office, and the Chubbuck Police Department.

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