WASHINGTON — A Laurel man who worked as an information technology contractor for the U.S. Department of Justice was sentenced Tuesday to prison after federal prosecutors said he stole more than 4,800 government cell phones and sold them to phone reselling businesses.
Javan King, 42, of Laurel, was sentenced May 26, 2026, in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud.
King pleaded guilty Feb. 10 before U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb, who also ordered him to serve two years of supervised release and pay $1,319,172.85 in restitution. Federal prosecutors had requested a 24-month prison sentence…