Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Orlando, Florida – Christian Eric Harmon (38, Kissimmee) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for receipt of child sexual abuse material. Harmon pleaded guilty on August 7, 2025. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
BOSTON – The former Director of Plymouth Public Schools’ Food Services program has been charged in connection with a long-running fraud scheme that began in 2014 in which he allegedly stole food and commercial kitchen equipment for use and sale at his private business, the “Snack Shack” on Sandy Neck Beach.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
BOSTON – The Mitchell Eye Center, a Florida ophthalmology practice, and Dr. Alan Mitchell, an ophthalmologist and former owner of the Mitchell Eye Center, have agreed to pay $415,000 to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Mario Bustamante Leiva, 50, a Chilean national illegally residing in the United States, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison in connection to a string of thefts that included stealing the Gucci handbag belonging to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem as she dined with her family at a District restaurant.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to bringing an alien to the United States, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Orlando, Florida – Nico Jonte Lennear (35, Rockledge) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed to 15 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Lennear pleaded guilty on December 10, 2025. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Michael Alfonso, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the arrest of WILLIAM ANTONIO SOLIS, a/k/a “Vegano,” a/k/a “La Vega,” in connection with the June 21, 1993, execution-style murders of Luis Guerrero and his wife, Danis Sime, in the Bronx.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Orlando, Florida – Seven members of a gun trafficking scheme have been sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roy. B. Dalton. Six of the individuals pleaded guilty. Jincheng Shi was convicted by a jury. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
A 15-count indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia and charges six individuals in connection with their roles in a conspiracy that allegedly stole at least 20 cars in the Washington metropolitan area and Pennsylvania, transported the vehicles across state lines, and sold the vehicles to buyers in the United States and the African nation of Ghana.
Source: United States Department of War
Following the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel’s recommendation and at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the Marine Corps has upgraded valor awards for Marines assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, who stood at Abbey Gate on Aug. 26, 2021.