DOJ
Edmond Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Former D.C.-Area Attorney Charged with Tax Crimes and Making False Statements to Federal Authorities
An indictment was unsealed charging an attorney with evading taxes on approximately $1 million of income, as well as filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal authorities. Richard Graham Foote O’Donoghue previously lived in Washington, D.C., but currently lives in the United Kingdom. He was arrested on entering the United States on May 9, based on the criminal charges.
Former D.C.-Area Attorney Charged with Tax Crimes, Making False Statements to Federal Authorities
An indictment was unsealed today charging attorney Richard Graham Foote O’Donoghue with evading taxes on approximately $1 million of income, as well as filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal authorities. O’Donoghue previously lived in the District of Columbia, but currently lives in the United Kingdom. He was arrested on entering the United States today, based on the criminal charges.
Fugitive Wanted for Murder in Saint Lucia Indicted in Atlanta on Firearm Charge
Orville Andrew Pernell, also known as “Oneil Christopher Reid,” 32, of Saint Mary, Jamaica, was arraigned today before the Honorable John K. Larkins, III, United States Magistrate Judge, on federal charges of possession of a firearm by an alien illegally or unlawfully present in the United States. Pernell was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 23, 2025.
Investigation into Black-Market Marijuana Operation Leads to 10 Defendants being Sentenced to Serve More Than 38 Years Collectively in Federal Prison
Last of Five Defendants Pleads Guilty in Pawn Shop Break-In, Theft of Arsenal of Firearms
CyJuan Hemsley, 18, of District Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with the December 2023 break-in and burglary of 34 firearms from a Maryland pawn shop.
Lebanese National Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Prison for Running a Ponzi-Scheme
On May 8, 2025, Henry Abdo, 48, of Lebanon, was sentenced to 168 months in prison and ordered to pay a $300,000 fine and $375,479 in restitution by United States District Court Judge William P. Dimitrouleas.