Case docket
United States v. Krista Marie Menchaca — S.D. W. Va., Charleston, No. 2:25-cr-00068
United States of America v. Menchaca - Krista Menchaca — 11 court filings in the archive from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, filed between April 23, 2025 and August 12, 2025. Among them: 4 orders and 1 waiver.
See also: United States v. Krista Marie Menchaca — PPP loan case, S.D. W. Va. — the same docket (docket No. 2:25-cr-00068) under another case page, 7 public filings.
Case facts
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Filings | 11 public filings |
| Filed | 2025-04-15 – 2025-08-12 |
| Document types | orders (4), waiver (1) |
| Original PDFs | 11 of 11 |
Case summary
Krista Marie Menchaca was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston, No. 2:25-cr-00068, before Senior District Judge David A. Faber. At a plea hearing on April 30, 2025 she waived indictment, waived reading of the information and pleaded guilty to the information, and the court conditionally approved a plea agreement summarized on the record by the government. A $10,000 bond was set with standard conditions. She was sentenced on August 12, 2025 to three years of probation, restitution of $21,963.96 with interest waived and a $100 assessment; the court adopted the findings in the presentence report and accepted the plea agreement. The information is not among the filings on this page, and no filing on the page states the offense or names a relief program.
Case at a glance
| Defendant(s) | Krista Marie Menchaca |
|---|---|
| Court and docket | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia at Charleston, No. 2:25-cr-00068 (Senior District Judge David A. Faber) |
| District | Southern District of West Virginia prosecutions → |
| Program | Not named in the filings on this page |
| Charges | One information, to which she waived indictment and pleaded guilty on April 30, 2025. The information is not among the filings on this page; the waiver of indictment and the written plea of guilty are page-stamp scans that yield no text, so the offense charged cannot be stated |
| Outcome and sentence | Pleaded guilty to the information on April 30, 2025. Sentenced August 12, 2025 to three years of probation, restitution of $21,963.96 with interest waived and a $100 assessment. The daybook entry records a base offense level of 6, a total offense level of 8, criminal history category I, a custody range of 0 to 6 months, a probation range of 1 to 5 years, a supervised release range of 1 to 3 years and a fine range of $2,000 to $20,000. A clerk's receipt of August 12, 2025 records payment of the $100 criminal debt |
| Status checked | 2026-09-23 · against DOJ press releases through 2026-09-22; court docket not yet read |
What was she sentenced to?
The sentencing daybook entry for August 12, 2025 records that the court adopted the findings in the presentence report, accepted the plea agreement, heard the defendant, her counsel and the Assistant United States Attorney, and imposed three years of probation, restitution of $21,963.96 with interest waived and a $100 assessment, and that the defendant was advised of her right to appeal.
What do the filings say about the charge?
The plea-hearing daybook entry for April 30, 2025 records that the defendant was placed under oath and found competent to go forward, that the government summarized the plea agreement and filed the original, that the court conditionally approved it, that the defendant waived reading of the information and filed a waiver of indictment, that she pleaded guilty to the information, that the court read the statute with which she was charged and advised her of the elements of the offense, and that the government placed the factual basis on the record. Neither the information nor the statute is identified in any filing on this page.
What else do the filings show?
The government moved on April 15, 2025 to schedule a guilty plea hearing, which the court granted on April 23, 2025. An appearance bond of $10,000 with standard conditions was set at the plea hearing on April 30, 2025. An order of August 7, 2025 set sentencing for August 26, 2025, and an amended order of the same date moved it to August 12, 2025.
Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.
Filings
11 public filings from this case, in filing-date order.
- MOTION by United States of America to Schedule Guilty Plea Hearing as…Motion · Dkt. 6 · PDF
- Order granting government's 6 Motion to Schedule — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 7, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
- WAIVER OF INDICTMENT by Krista Marie MenchacaWaiver · PDF
- Written Plea of Guilty by Defendant Krista Marie Menchaca — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 12, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
- Order Setting Conditions of Release as to Krista Marie Menchaca — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 14, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
- Appearance Bond as to Krista Marie Menchaca in the amount — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 15, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
- Plea Hearing as to Krista Marie Menchaca — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 8, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
- DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS ACT ORDER TO ALL COUNSEL REGARDING BRADY…Dkt. 9 · PDF
- Order as to Krista Marie Menchaca — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 17, S.D. W. Va.)Order · PDF
- Amended Order as to Krista Marie — United States v. MenchacaOrder · PDF
- Sentencing as to Krista Marie Menchaca — United States v. Menchaca (Dkt. 21, S.D. W. Va.)PDF
Court, dates and docket numbers are as recorded on the filings.