Justice Department announces election-crime charges against 16 people

The release is dated Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, and marked updated that day. It does not cite a statute section. This account uses the offense names the release uses and does not supply section numbers.

In New Mexico, Patrick Perea, 62, has been indicted on one count of fraudulent voting. The release says he tried to cast his deceased wife’s absentee ballot in the November 2024 general election by turning it in to the Bernalillo County clerk in Albuquerque. That is the voting on behalf of the deceased

In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, four people are charged with voting by an alien

In the Southern District of Alabama, two lawful permanent residents are charged by criminal complaint with voting as an alien. Silvia Delgado Phelps, 78, a Peruvian national, allegedly voted in more than one election in Baldwin County. Staciann Pollion Davis, 42, a Jamaican national, allegedly voted in the November 2024 general election in Clarke County.

In the Northern District of Alabama, Forrest Scott Woody, 68, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, is charged with illegally voting more than once

In the Western District of Missouri, Andre's Garcia, 64, a Cuban national and lawful permanent resident, is charged with two counts of illegally voting in the federal elections of November 2022 and November 2024. The release says he knew he was not a citizen and still claimed to be one when he registered in 2004 and again in 2013, and that he has allegedly voted regularly for about 20 years. The release prints the name as Andre's Garcia.

In Idaho, Stanley Walton, 82, a Canadian national and lawful permanent resident, is charged with unlawfully voting in the 2022 general election.

In New Jersey, Lizabeth Almonte Rosa, 24, described as a naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, is charged by criminal complaint with voting by an alien

In the Southern District of Ohio, Cary Ann Patterson, 59, a British national and lawful permanent resident, is charged with illegally voting in a federal election as an alien. The complaint alleges a November 2024 vote. The release says a 2005 registration card marked her as a citizen, and that county records show she allegedly voted in at least 10 elections.

In the Northern District of Ohio, two lawful permanent residents are charged by criminal complaint. Arshed Zuberi, 69, a Pakistani national, allegedly registered in September 2015 and August 2016 and voted in at least six elections. Eliza M. Moss, 63, a Filipino national, allegedly registered in September 2004 and February 2023 and voted in several primaries and general elections. The release says Moss told investigators that the person who helped fill out her registration told her she could vote even though she was not a citizen.

In Hawaii, Dawid Nalepa, 45, a Polish national, is charged by information with unlawfully voting as an alien. The next sentence of the release spells the name Nepela and says he came to the United States around 2020 through the Visa Waiver Program, overstayed, and then applied for permanent residence. It says he was not a citizen when he allegedly voted in the November 2024 general election, and that he understood he was not a citizen.

In the Western District of Kentucky, Sandra Madeline Watson, 59, a Canadian national and lawful permanent resident, is charged with illegal voting by an alien

The department’s line: a complaint, an indictment, and an information merely contain accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This release is separate from the department’s Oct. 5 announcement of charges against 16 other people.