Category: MIL-OSI

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the  unsealing of an indictment charging 13 individuals—all alleged members and associates of the Slime gang—with crimes including racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy, murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and retaliating against a witness. Slime was primarily active in the Northside and Oceanway neighborhoods of the greater Jacksonville area.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component under the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, awarded almost $290 million to support state, local, and tribal governments in criminal justice activities to keep American communities safe.

The awards, provided through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, represent the nation’s leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories. For more than 20 years, the JAG program has provided critical funding to support law enforcement’s ability to protect the communities they serve, supporting critical needs such as personnel, equipment and supplies, technology, training, information systems for criminal justice or civil proceedings, and other operational priorities. JAG funding also supports a wide range of programs that strengthen crime prevention efforts and enhance the effectiveness of prosecutors, courts, corrections agencies, and services for crime victims and witnesses.

“This funding strengthens our state, local, and tribal partners’ ability to address violent crime, support officers on the front lines, and keep our Nation’s communities safe,” said Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. “The JAG Program continues to provide essential resources that help jurisdictions meet today’s public safety threats and uphold the rule of law.”

In addition to foundational uses of JAG funds, specific areas of emphasis were included to the JAG funding opportunities highlighting and encouraging state and local jurisdictions to join federal law enforcement in addressing the most pressing public safety challenges. For Fiscal Year 2025, these areas of emphasis included combatting violent crime, immigration enforcement, safe communities, and safe houses of worship. 

BJA awarded more than $199 million in state JAG funding across 56 awards and more than $90 million in local JAG funding across 895 awards. 

Examples of initiatives supported by these grants include:

• Providing specialized training to strengthen the prevention, detection, and response to human trafficking and to enhance proactive crime‑reduction efforts through improved officer readiness and increased patrol capacity.
• Enhancing local crime‑fighting efforts by integrating innovative technology, training, and equipment, and using comprehensive crime‑data analysis to guide decision‑making, measure performance, and strengthen strategies addressing violent crime and other public safety issues. 
• Strengthening enforcement efforts by supporting investigations related to gang activity and narcotics through targeted operations carried out by specialized units. 
• Improving officer safety and readiness by replacing outdated ballistic helmets with modern protective equipment used during high‑risk incidents, tactical operations, active threat responses, warrant service, civil disturbances, and other dangerous calls for service.

All recipients for both state and local JAG awards can be found here.

About the Office of Justice Programs

The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership, grants, training, technical assistance, and other resources to improve the nation’s capacity to prevent and reduce crime; promote fair and impartial administration of justice; assist victims; and uphold the rule of law. More information about OJP and its program offices – the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking or SMART Office – can be found at ojp.gov.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs has awarded more than $8 million to Washington State, its cities and counties for law enforcement equipment, training and personnel, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that the United States has intervened in a whistleblower lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  The United States alleges in its complaint that three Colorado healthcare companies—Front Range Urgent Care, Inc., Comfort Care Family Practice, Inc., and QwikCareMD, LLC (together, QwikCare)—and two individuals, Anita Weiscamp, and Steven L. Wenrich, M.D., engaged in a scheme for nearly a decade to submit fraudulent claims for payment under federal health insurance programs.  Specifically, the complaint alleges that the defendants submitted inflated claims for payments using Dr. Wenrich’s provider number even when Dr. Wenrich did not provide nor supervise any services for which the claims were submitted.

Source: United States Department of Justice

Baltimore, Maryland – Three men are facing a superseding indictment in connection with a drug conspiracy that spanned from California to Maryland. Samir Footman, 38, of Halethorpe, Maryland; Kenny Guyton, 44, of Glen Burnie, Maryland; and Marcus McDaniel, 45, of Stockton, California, are charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Earlier today, Dingwei Chen, a 29-year-old citizen of the People’s Republic of China, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City to violating the Arms Export Control Act. U.S. District Judge David Sam accepted Chen’s guilty plea and scheduled sentencing for Oct 19. Chen faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Chen attempted to purchase military-grade satellite modems and radios manufactured for the U.S. military by American companies. The specific communications hardware Chen attempted to buy may not be legally exported from the United States without a license from the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, which generally does not issue licenses to export military goods and services to China.

“Chen tried to divert sensitive U.S. military technologies to the People’s Republic of China, technologies the PRC could have used against us in the future,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “These advanced technologies are a product of United States ingenuity and investment, and the National Security Division will act together with our partners across the government to enforce our laws to protect the military advantage bestowed by such technologies.”

“Today’s guilty plea underscores the serious consequences for those who attempt to illegally procure, export, or transfer sensitive U.S.-origin military equipment or technology in violation of our nation’s export control laws,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Spiros Karabinas of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Jersey. “Protecting American innovation and preventing critical technologies from reaching foreign adversaries, terrorist organizations, and transnational criminal organizations is a core national security mission. This investigation reflects the exceptional collaboration between HSI offices across the United States and its territories and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service to disrupt an illicit procurement network and hold accountable those who threaten the security of the United States.”

“Advanced communication systems – such as those increasingly sought after by adversaries for their sophisticated capabilities – are essential to protecting our warfighters and ensuring they can operate safely and decisively across modern battlespaces,” said Director James R. Ives of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). “Safeguarding this technology is critical to the men and women who rely on these systems when protecting our nation. As the criminal investigative arm of the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General, DCIS will aggressively pursue those who attempt to obtain and illegally export sensitive technology that could pose future risks to our troops and ensure they face justice.”

According to court records, Chen worked with others in China to try and acquire these sensitive communications systems from foreign arms dealers on the black market. They discussed various methods to export them to China. Initially, Chen and his co-conspirators sought to transship the goods through Switzerland; then they spoke about picking them up in Saipan; finally, they decided to smuggle through Mexico. 

After making an initial down payment of over $40,000 U.S. dollars, Chen and his co-conspirators switched to cryptocurrency, noting that “cold wallets are essentially anonymous bank accounts. Each transaction processed through them is private and untraceable.” They went on to pay roughly $30,000 worth of USDT, which is a type of cryptocurrency. These down payments related to the purchase of 10 modems. 

To avoid detection, Chen and his co-conspirators communicated using an encrypted app. Using the encrypted app, Chen claimed this was merely an initial deal, and he had funding to buy tens of millions of dollars’ worth of additional military equipment.

Assistant Attorney General Eisenberg thanked the hardworking HSI and DCIS agents who investigated this case.

The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Christopher Magnani of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Jackson, TN – Christopher Peyton Stricklin, 20, of Savannah, Tennessee, was sentenced to 300 months’ imprisonment for committing three sexual exploitation offenses against minors in August 2025. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.The investigation in this case revealed that Stricklin used a cell phone to videotape himself sexually molesting a minor female, and he then sent the video to another minor using the same cell phone. Stricklin was charged in a three-count indictment with… 

Source: United States Department of Justice

Today, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against three states that seek to undermine our Nation by placing aliens over citizens in clear defiance of Congress’s commands. The Department filed complaints against New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, challenging state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens. These laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships, create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal aliens with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for, all in direct conflict with federal law.

“Congress long ago made clear that States cannot put illegal aliens over our Nation’s own citizens,” said Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. “By granting illegal aliens in-state tuition, New York, Vermont, and Connecticut are doing just that. No more. As of today, we have now sued every state in the Second Circuit that seeks to thwart Congress’s clear prohibition by placing alien over citizen. And our efforts will not cease until President Trump’s promise is fulfilled: illegal aliens will not receive benefits denied to our Nation’s own citizens.”

“This is a simple matter of federal law: colleges cannot provide benefits to illegal aliens that they do not provide to U.S. citizens,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “This Department of Justice will not tolerate American students being treated like second-class citizens in their own country.”

In the complaints, the United States seeks to enjoin enforcement of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont laws, regulations, and policies that require colleges and universities to provide in-state tuition rates for all aliens who maintain in-state residency, regardless of whether those aliens are lawfully present in the United States. Additionally, the complaints seek to enjoin New York, Connecticut, and Vermont from enforcing state laws, regulations, and policies that afford financial assistance and scholarships to illegal aliens.

Today’s lawsuits mark 17 lawsuits challenging in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Under the leadership of Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Department’s efforts have already delivered wins for the American people, as five similar lawsuits in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, and Illinois have resulted favorable orders permanently enjoining and declaring unconstitutional analogous laws that gave reduced tuition to illegal aliens, including an order from the Fifth Circuit. Lawsuits against other states that similarly put illegal aliens ahead of U.S. citizens are pending across the across the country in Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Kansas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Colorado.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Defendant Michael St. Denny, age 37, of Lisbon, New York, was sentenced on July 24, 2026 by United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino to 120 months in federal prison to be followed by a term of fifteen years of supervised release. The announcement was made by First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Patrone Homeland Security Investigations Buffalo (HSI).

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Tallahassee, Florida – Adolph Sutton, Jr., 65, of Malone, Florida, and Michael Peak, 56, of Bascom, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and two counts of distributing 50 grams or more methamphetamine.