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Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Lawrence Nathanial Harris, 33, of Temple Hills Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison in connection with two cases — one involving drug-trafficking and firearms crimes — and the other relating to identity-theft and wire-fraud charges.

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Nichelle Henson, 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, to four years in federal prison for bank fraud and making false statements in connection with filing fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans applications. Henson filed the applications in the names of multiple purported businesses that she previously incorporated in the state of Maryland. 

Greenbelt, Maryland – Brendyn Andrew, 34, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pled guilty in federal court to all charges listed in a 10-count superseding indictment, including SNAP benefits fraud, possessing unauthorized access devices, aggravated identity theft, passport fraud, and witness tampering. 

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted a Laurel, Maryland, man today, for allegedly mishandling classified information. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones, 61, is charged with transmission and retention of national defense information.

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland’s recent prosecutions in connection with the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America. 

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Isiah Lewis, 35, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, to 53 months of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a conspiracy and scheme to defraud the Maryland Department of Labor and California Employment Development Department. 

Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland unsealed a superseding indictment today, charging three cousins in connection with a tax-fraud scheme. Daiwor “Mark Brown” Woah-Tee, 52, of Belcamp, Maryland; Dekwii Woah-Tee, 47, of Baltimore, Maryland; and Laiworpaye Woah-Tee, 49, of Nottingham, Maryland, are charged with conspiracy to submit false, fictitious, and fraudulent claims.  

Greenbelt, Maryland – Marcus Jerome Hunt, 32, of Temple Hills, Maryland, pled guilty today, to two counts of transporting child sexual abuse material in federal court. Hunt is a previously registered sex offender.

Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland unsealed a superseding indictment today, charging two additional members of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of MS-13 in Baltimore, in connection with a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act Conspiracy. In July 2025, four other members were indicted as part of the RICO conspiracy, bringing the total to six. This superseding indictment also adds a fourth murder and an attempted murder to the list of charges.

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Duane Watts, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The sentence is in connection with Watts’ participation in an unemployment insurance (UI) fraud scheme involving the use of the personal identifying information of multiple victims, including vulnerable victims, to cause financial losses of more than $167,000. The victims were vulnerable because of their mental status or cognitive impairment. 

Baltimore, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced today that, thanks to cooperative efforts between Federal, State, and local partners, statewide violent crime continued to significantly decline in 2025. Homicides and non-fatal shootings are down statewide, including in Baltimore City, for the fourth year in a row.

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Edwin Armando Sanchez-Montiel, 32, a national of El Salvador residing in Silver Spring, Maryland, to 16 1/2 months in federal prison for re-entry of an alien removed after being convicted of accessory after the fact to first degree murder in Montgomery County, Maryland, an aggravated felony.