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You are subscribed to U.S. Attorneys News news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Lancaster County Felons Sentenced to Federal Prison in Separate Cases 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two felons in Lancaster County have been sentenced to federal prison for drug and firearm offenses in two separate cases.  Wholesale steel distributors settle Paycheck Protection Program false claims 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT Seven wholesale steel distributors have agreed to pay $3.3M to settle False Claims Act allegations arising from the submission of statements on their applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans. Berkshire County Man Sentenced to Prison for Child Exploitation 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – An Adams, Mass. man has been sentenced for sexual exploitation of children and producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearm Crimes 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT Baltimore, Maryland – A Brooklyn, Maryland, man pled guilty in federal court in connection with drug trafficking and firearm offenses. Sadontae Barnett, 22, is charged with possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.  Ohio Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm Possession 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT U.S. Attorney's Office Begins March With 187 New Immigration Cases in Western District of Texas 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 187 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from Feb. 27 to March 5. TALLAHASSEE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Theodore Roosevelt Robinson, Jr., 32, of Tallahassee, Florida, pleaded guilty to the federal charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.  Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Sentenced for $59M Medicare Fraud 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT A Texas man was sentenced Friday to 90 months in prison for his role in a $59.9 million conspiracy to pay kickbacks and submit claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) to Medicare. EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE RESIDENT INDICTED FOR NEGLECT OF A CHILD 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Devon Mae Witryk, 28, of Pensacola, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging her with one count of neglect of a child.  FEDERAL DRUG & GUN CHARGES FOR PENSACOLA FELON 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Travis W. Carroll, 26, of Pensacola, Florida, has been indicted in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.  Ganjei announces intent to resign from position of United States Attorney 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei has announced he will resign as chief law enforcement officer for the Southern District of Texas effective upon his appointment to the federal bench. Mexican National Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Firearms to Mexico 03/09/2026 08:00 AM EDT Martin Edgar Garza Pacheco, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic firearms. Indictment Returned Against Man Who Stabbed Six People in Northeast in April 2025 03/06/2026 07:00 AM EST Kevin Andrade, 34, of Washington, D.C., was indicted this week on charges related to a stabbing spree on April 3, 2025, where six people were attacked with a knife in Northeast D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Biloxi Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and a Lifetime of Supervised Release for Possession of Images of Minors Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct 03/06/2026 07:00 AM EST Iranian Intelligence Agent Convicted of Terrorism and Murder for Hire in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Politicians and Government Officials 03/06/2026 07:00 AM EST A federal jury convicted Asif Merchant, also known as "Asif Raza Merchant," of murder for hire and attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries. Merchant was a trained operative of the Iranian government's global terrorist force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Merchant admitted at trial that the IRGC sent him to the United States to arrange for political assassinations and steal documents, but law enforcement foiled the plot before any attack could be carried out. Merchant arrived in the United States in April of 2024, met with purported hitmen in June—who were in fact undercover U.S. law enforcement officers in New York—and was placed under arrest before leaving the country in July of 2024. Merchant faces up to life in prison. District of Arizona Charges 177 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week 03/06/2026 07:00 AM EST PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Feb. 28 through Mar. 6, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 177 individuals. Specifically, the United States filed 124 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and the United States also charged 35 aliens for illegally entering the United States. In its ongoing effort to deter unlawful immigration, the United States filed 17 cases against 18 individuals responsible for smuggling illegal aliens into and within the District of Arizona.

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