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A 47-year-old man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of sending, receiving, and possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM), and to coercing a 13-year-old girl to meet him for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of rental properties in Ohio for engaging in sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

Two people have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to produce child pornography by sexually exploiting two children.

Hundreds of individuals were apprehended and taken into custody throughout northern Ohio as part of a multi-agency strategic initiative to combat violent crime. The multi-jurisdictional sweep across eight cities, known as Operation Northern Shield, was coordinated among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and task forces. 

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. Of this amount, more than $4 million has been awarded to agencies in the Northern District of Ohio including in Akron, Cleveland, Canton, Lima, Lorain, Toledo, Warren, Youngstown, Lake County, and Mahoning County. 

The United States Attorney’s Office has announced immigration enforcement actions in the Northern District of Ohio. These are separate cases and are not related.

These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) has announced that criminal and civil collections for the Northern District of Ohio during the months of April, May, and June totaled $3,246,089.50.

A 36-year-old man was sentenced to prison after he admitted to receiving and sending child sexual abuse materials through online and social media platforms.

An 80-year-old man pleaded guilty in federal court to shipping firearms purchased in Northeast Ohio to sell in Greece.

A 42-year-old man was sentenced to prison for intending to distribute nearly four and a half pounds of cocaine that was mailed to Ohio from Puerto Rico.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio will join fellow law enforcement partners to participate in “National Night Out Against Crime,” Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, from 4-8 p.m. at Steelyard Commons, 3447 Steelyard Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, 44109. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public. 

A 43-year-old man was sentenced to prison for his role in a conspiracy that trafficked illegal drugs sourced from Mexico and mailed to Ohio through the U.S. Postal Service.