All USAO Press Releases

RENO – A Reno woman made her initial appearance in court today for allegedly fraudulently obtaining her deceased uncle’s Social Security payments.

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced that a jury found CLIFTON SAVAGE, a/k/a “Lucky,” guilty today of two counts of murder as well as narcotics and firearms offenses. 

LAS VEGAS – A California man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 36 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in distributing large quantities of methamphetamine as part of a drug conspiracy. The government requested a sentence of 41 months in prison.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Khvicha Chalisuri, 63, a Canadian citizen and native of Georgia, pleaded guilty to bringing an alien to the United States, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

SAN JOSE – Ruben Guzman, 32, of San Jose, has been charged by indictment with attempted sex trafficking of a minor and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor

A federal jury in the District of Columbia convicted Devontee Parker, 38, of Dallas, today for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, interstate transportation for purpose of prostitution, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering.

LAS VEGAS – An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced today by United States Chief District Judge Andrew P. Gordan to 24 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for illegally reentering the United States after having been removed from the country on six prior occasions. The government recommended a sentence of 24 months in prison.

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, and Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Christopher Roberts, announced the conviction at trial today of JOHN LIVIGNI for his role as a leader in the drug trafficking conspiracy that flooded Washington Square Park and surrounding streets with fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, heroin, and crack cocaine between in or about 2020 and the arrests of numerous members of the

Tariq Lassiter, 28, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 13 months in prison today in U.S. District Court after directing his girlfriend to buy rifle ammunition and a 60-round capacity magazine the day after shots were fired at police vehicles in Southeast D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

A federal jury in the District of Columbia convicted Devontee Parker, 38, of Dallas, today for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, interstate transportation for purpose of prostitution, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.