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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Central Ohio man sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after arranging online to meet 'minor' in Cincinnati for sex 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST CINCINNATI – A Dublin, Ohio, man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 151 months in prison for arranging online to meet up with who he believed was a minor to engage in sexual conduct. The defendant drove to Cincinnati within hours of when he first started talking to the purported minor online. Rochester Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Urbandale Man Charged with Making False Statements on Loan Applications and in Bankruptcy Proceedings 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST DES MOINES, Iowa – On November 13, 2025, a federal grand jury in Des Moines returned a three-count indictment with offenses relating to false statements on two loan applications and during bankruptcy proceedings. Repeat Offender Sentenced to More Than 3 Years for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm and Violating Terms of Federal Supervision 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST U.S. Attorney's Office Hosts Annual Meeting Of The Western District's Health Care Fraud Working Group 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST St. Pete Man Sentenced To 27 Years For Production Of Child Sexual Abuse Material And Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Ocala, Florida – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced David Araujo (57, St. Petersburg) to 27 years and 3 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Araujo entered a guilty plea on July 23, 2025.  Marion County Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Meet A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Shawn Adampeter Grunther (42, Marion County) has pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Grunther faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Several Recent Prosecutions in Connection With DOJ Take Back America Initiative 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Baltimore, Maryland – Today, U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland recently secured several criminal complaints, indictments, and sentencings in connection with the Department of Justice's Operation Take Back America.  Marion County Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Meet Two Minors To Engage In Sexual Activity 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Terry Levi Brown (36, Summerfield) has pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Brown faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Deltona Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Meet A 13-Year-Old Girl To Engage In Sexual Activity 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Keiron Jashua Williams (23, Deltona) has pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Williams faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. South Texas Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Jesus Roberto Tellez was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for transporting fentanyl and methamphetamine from Eagle Pass to San Antonio. Ocala Woman Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Ocala, Florda – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Christina Gates Thagard (40, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to bank robbery. Thagard faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 20, 2026. Palatka Man Charged For Bank Robbery 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the  unsealing of an indictment charging Jordon Roger Anchando (46, Palatka) with bank robbery. If convicted, Anchando faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Anchando was arrested on November 18, 2025. He is currently detained pending the resolution of the case. VIRGINIA WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO INTRODUCING METHAMPHETAMINE INTO FEDERAL PRISON 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Ashley Mullins, 40, of Appalachia, Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to introducing methamphetamine into the Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution (FCI).  OHIO MAN CHARGED WITH PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Ronald Pate Newman, 26, of Youngstown, Ohio, has been indicted in federal court for three counts of production of child pornography.  BRISTOL MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ATF AGENTS SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT 12/04/2025 07:00 AM EST TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – John Caleb Allen, 26, of Bristol, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury of ten counts, including two counts of attempted murder of a federal officer.  Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Election Official 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST Madison Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST Jury finds Lame Deer man guilty of assaulting federal officers on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST Former President of the Allen Firefighters Association sentenced to federal prison for fraud 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST The former president of the Allen Firefighters Association has been sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Smith County woman sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST A Tyler woman has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Jasper man sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST A Jasper man has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Honolulu Man Who Trafficked Illegally-Caught Hawaiian Tropical Fish Sentenced to Probation and Home Detention 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Shane Takasane, 43, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Shanlyn A. S. Park to three years of probation for selling illegally-caught Hawaiian yellow tang and kole tang, in violation of the Lacey Act.  Hunt County woman sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST A Quinlan woman has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Eagle River man sentenced to 20 years for child exploitation offenses 12/03/2025 07:00 AM EST ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 20 years in prison and will spend the rest of his life on supervised release for attempting to coerce a minor, and for receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography.

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