News Releases

Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Michael Eugene Williams (60, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of…

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Gary Todd Smith (“Todd Smith”) (47, Fayetteville, North Carolina) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud affecting a financial…

ATLANTA - Quentin Pickett and Cornelius Henderson have been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. Pickett, Henderson, and three other individuals were indicted for, among other things…

BOSTON – Two men were arrested for allegedly trafficking nearly seven kilos of cocaine that were sent from the Dominican Republic to Boston on a commercial airline.

Juan Luis Perez Garcia, 44, a Dominican national residing in Bronx, N.…

RENO, Nev. – A California woman was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Miranda M. Du to 15 months in prison for making counterfeit $100 bills, then spending the counterfeit money at businesses in Northern Nevada, announced Acting U.S.…

DALLAS — Rolando Benitez, aka “San Luis,” 35, arrested in July 2015 following a law enforcement operation that was led by the FBI, the Dallas Police Department and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, has been sentenced,…

Spokane, WA – Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Scott Johnson, age 43, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced, after having previously pled guilty on November 24, 2015, to…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Keniona Thomas, 24, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft for stealing the Personally Identifying Information (PII) of victims from the patient files of a Charlotte-area medical practice where she was…

(WASHINGTON) –Early this morning, Special Agents from the Secret Service Washington Field Office and officers from the Metropolitan Police Department investigated a report of a potential threat against Secret Service protectees. The Secret…

Raleigh - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced seven defendants to federal prison for their participation in an identity theft and credit card…

BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to steal personal information and bank account numbers to withdraw money from retirement accounts.

Kevin Marseille, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge…

SAN DIEGO – Joseph Daniel Saucedo of Vista pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges, admitting that he attempted to manipulate two children, ages 11 and 16, into sending sexually explicit photographs of themselves, and then threatened…

SAN JOSE - Grant Ridder was arraigned yesterday on federal charges of production of child pornography, distribution and possession of child pornography, cyberstalking, and coercion and enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney…

(Peoria, IL) – A Secret Service child pornography investigation concluded with a lengthy prison sentence imposed against a Peoria, IL, man.

Jordan D. Salem, was sentenced May 5, 2017, for producing child pornography while registered as…

(Washington, D.C.) – Chief Kevin S. Simpson, United States Secret Service Uniformed Division is announcing his retirement after 28 years of public service. The retirement is effective May 31st.

“For nearly three decades, Kevin Simpson…