All USAO Press Releases

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On July 16, 2026, a federal grand jury indicted NICKY PARFAIT (“PARFAIT”),age 37, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, for violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. 

United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced at a joint press conference held today in Rapid City, South Dakota, that a multi-agency law enforcement operation has resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals located throughout the Pine Ridge Reservation, Rapid City, and Box Elder, South Dakota, as well as in Colorado, as part of Operation Take Back America, with the goal of protecting our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. 

BOSTON – A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee has been arrested and charged for allegedly committing wire fraud and submitting false statements in a mortgage application seeking a mortgage backed by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA).

A Tyler man previously convicted of a child pornography violation, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. 

A California man was arrested yesterday after a grand jury sitting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania returned an indictment charging him with conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering.

Memphis, TN – A federal Judge has sentenced Steven McCurdy, 46, (aka "Stephen McCurdy", aka "Kroger Man", aka "Plug Tunchii") to over 24 years in prison for distributing heroin and carfentanil that resulted in death. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.

On May 11, 2020, victim W.B. and a witness purchased what they believed to be... 

BOSTON – An El Salvadoran national unlawfully residing in Everett, Mass., has been charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. Defendant allegedly grabbed and unholstered officer’s weapon while resisting arrest. 

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal judge sentenced a Baltimore County man to prison, today, in connection with drug-and-firearm charges related to a federal drug investigation. U.S. District Judge Adam B. Abelson sentenced Jacque “Hammer” Brown, 50, of Randallstown, Maryland, to 135 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, after law enforcement recovered 500 grams of fentanyl and two firearms from his home. 

Atio Terrain Walton, 23, of Richmond, was sentenced to prison after being caught with drugs and a firearm while on supervision for the same crimes in the same place.

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Adnan Arshad, also known as “Eddie,” was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to 97 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a scheme to steal over $19 million from Medicaid.  Arshad was also ordered to pay forfeiture of over $19 million, including the forfeiture of several real properties and vehicles.