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Lake Ethan Roberts, 26, Kansas City, Mo., entered a plea of guilty to one count of possession of unregistered destructive devices

Kevin Harkins, 28, Barnhart, Mo. pleaded guilty to destroying property at a Telsa dealership in Kansas City, Mo. and to unlawfully possessing an unregistered destructive device.   

Trung Nguyen Van, 37, a Vietnamese national, was charged for his role in defrauding a victim out of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency in a wire fraud “pig butchering” scam. 

Jose Manuel Lopez-Maderos, 40, a Guatemalan national illegally living in the Kansas City, Mo. area, was sentenced to seven months in federal prison for violating immigration laws. 

Alverez O. McCullough, 30, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

Derrick Crumble, 34, of Jefferson City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Jayden Lamar Wright, 21, of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced in federal court yesterday for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance while in possession of firearms.

Andrew Reed, 23, of Joplin, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for his illegal possession of a firearm recovered following a shooting.

Alyshia Smith, 33, of Kansas City, and Michelle Green, 36, of Grandview, Mo., have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their receipt of fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. 

Amador Salinas-Rodriguez, 47, an illegal alien, was found guilty by a federal jury for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously removed from the United States.

Van Calvin Callahan, Jr., 46, of Kansas City, Kan., was found guilty by a federal judge of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence on Sep. 14, 2026.

R. Matthew Price, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today a complete defense verdict in Richardson v. United States, a wrongful death lawsuit brought against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act.