Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland
Recent News About Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland
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Federal jury finds Maurice Mitchell guilty of illegal firearm possession
A federal jury in Monroe, Louisiana, delivered a guilty verdict against 42-year-old Maurice Mitchell for illegal firearm possession.
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Executive director found guilty of failing to pay employment taxes
A federal jury in Akron, Ohio, has convicted Michael Roberts of failing to pay required employment taxes to the IRS.
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Sussex County man receives 80-month sentence for distributing child pornography
A man from Sussex County, New Jersey, Gaetano Lapegna, has received an 80-month prison sentence for the distribution of child pornography.
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Pennsylvania man charged with threats against President Trump and U.S. officials
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with making threats against President Donald J. Trump, various U.S. officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Mechanicville man sentenced for drug and firearm convictions
Charles Brennan, a 45-year-old resident of Mechanicville, New York, received a sentence of 97 months' imprisonment.
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Pasco drug trafficker convicted on multiple charges, faces possible life sentence
A federal jury has convicted Pierre Marquis Fowler, also known as "Durk," on multiple charges related to drug trafficking offenses.
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Mother sentenced for injuring her infant in Washington D.C. incident
Shanta Watson, a 34-year-old from Washington D.C., was sentenced to a five-year prison term for an incident involving her three-month-old baby. U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr. and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department...
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Former law firm accounting chief sentenced to over 10 years for embezzlement
The former head of the accounting department at the now-closed Los Angeles law firm Girardi Keese, Christopher Kazuo Kamon, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison.
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Florida man pleads guilty to smuggling firearms to Haiti
Jean Wiltene Eugene, a resident of Key West, Florida, admitted guilt in a U.S. District Court for his involvement in a firearms smuggling operation transporting weapons from Florida to Haiti.
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Del Rio man gets 30-year sentence for child pornography production
A man from Del Rio, Texas, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
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United States shares asset forfeiture funds with Puerto Rican agencies
San Juan, Puerto Rico - United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow, alongside Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón and Puerto Rico Police Bureau Commissioner Joseph González, shared updates concerning the United States Department of...
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Federal inmate charged with murder may face death penalty
A federal grand jury has indicted Ishmael Petty, 56, on two counts of murder charges.
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Former teacher sentenced to six years for child exploitation crimes
Daniel Janke, a former high school teacher from Mankato, Minnesota, has been sentenced to six years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Minnesota couple charged in $15 million Medicare, Medicaid fraud case
A Minnesota couple, Gabriel Langford and Elizabeth Brown, has been charged with defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance companies out of $15 million.
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Missouri man pleads guilty to fraud involving student visa and other documents
A Missouri man, Mercy Ojedeji, admitted in a U.S. District Court to fraudulently obtaining a student visa and associated documents.
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Tobyhanna resident charged with fraud in pandemic stimulus fund misuse case
William Freeman, IV, a 45-year-old from Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, has been charged with wire fraud and making a false tax return.
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Campbell Sales Group settles for $1.5 million over PPP loan fraud case
Campbell Sales Group, Inc., operating under the name LeatherItaliaUSA, has agreed to pay $1,499,164 to resolve its criminal liabilities regarding a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan scheme.
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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week observed in North Carolina with ceremony and dedications
In April, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) is observed, with the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) at the forefront.
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Chicago broker sentenced for $3 million investor fraud scheme
A Chicago real estate broker, Stanislav Sannikov, known as "Steve Sannikov," has been sentenced to more than four years in prison following his involvement in a fraud scheme that deceived investors of over $3 million.
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Honduran national indicted for illegal reentry into the United States
Misael Garcia-Diaz, a 34-year-old Honduran national, was indicted on April 8, 2025, by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States.