Candidate for New York City Public Advocate Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Angela Aquino, a 2025 candidate for New York City Public Advocate, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in…
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Over 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Taken Off Utah Streets During Two Separate Unrelated Seizures
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Two Mexican Nationals, one of whom is an illegal alien, were indicted by a federal grand jury after they…
Continue ReadingFormer Owner of Telemedicine Companies Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for $110 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – The former owner of Expansion Media (Expansion) and Hybrid Management Group (Hybrid) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a…
Continue ReadingSt. Augustine Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Defrauding Senior of More Than $2 Million
Jacksonville, Florida – Eric James Stone (43, St. Augustine) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jordan E. Pratt to six years and eight…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia Man Charged by Indictment With Assaulting, Injuring a Federal Employee
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Steven Louis, 30, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment with assault on a federal…
Continue ReadingIndividual Indicted and Arrested for Carjacking
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On August 18, 2026, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Benjamín Obed Velázquez Hernández, from San Juan, PR, with…
Continue ReadingDallas man indicted for multi-million-dollar bank and wire fraud scheme
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced that a Dallas man was charged Aug. 19 in a sweeping, multi-count…
Continue ReadingMichigan Man Sentenced for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A self-proclaimed “sovereign diplomat” from Michigan, who had been living in a makeshift camp site in the George Washington and Jefferson…
Continue ReadingAugust Federal Grand Jury 2025-B Indictments Announced
United States Attorney Christopher J. Nassar today announced the results of the August Federal Grand Jury 2025-B Indictments. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingMultiple defendants sentenced after pleading guilty to firearms-related charges
Four men have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to various firearms charges in separate cases. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingFederal Court Protects National Energy Security and Rejects Dangerous State Efforts to Obstruct Sable Offshore Corporation’s Operation of the Santa Ynez Pipeline
In a significant victory for President Trump’s efforts to unleash American energy, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California affirmed the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Man Faces Federal Charges Following Violent Social Media Threats Against Former FBI Agent
Isiah Washington was arraigned yesterday in federal court after allegedly posting violent threats against a former FBI official on social media. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingBald Eagle Killer Sent to Prison
A 43-year-old Porter resident has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing a bald eagle Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingLexington Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Illegal Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Lexington, man, Jeremy Cowan, 35, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for being a…
Continue ReadingClark County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Illegal Possession of Firearm by Felon
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Winchester, Ky., man, Christopher Brookshire, 51, was sentenced on Wednesday to 180 months by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom for…
Continue ReadingMemphis Woman with Multiple Felonies Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm after Shooting Boyfriend in Domestic Violence Incident
Memphis, TN – Quineshia Townsel, 29, has pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after shooting her boyfriend in a domestic…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Stolen U.S. Treasury Check Wire Fraud
A Marietta, Georgia man received a five-year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty in a stolen U.S. Treasury check wire fraud conspiracy. The case…
Continue ReadingPittsburgh Resident Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Firearms Violations
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of four years on his…
Continue ReadingMaryland Woman Found Guilty of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Incapacitated Victim
Linda Laird, 62, of Cordova, Maryland, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury in connection with a scheme to abuse her position as the co-guardian and co-conservator of an 81-year-old vulnerable…
Continue ReadingConvicted Sex Offender Sentenced for Escaping from Custody and Failing to Register as Sex Offender
Baltimore, Maryland – A convicted sex offender received a federal-prison sentence for escaping from a Baltimore halfway house and then failing to register as…
Continue ReadingUnited in the Fight Against Violent Crime
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Birmingham Police Department along with federal law enforcement partners highlighted their strong and ongoing…
Continue ReadingGarvin County Teen Pleads Guilty as an Adult to Murder in Indian Country after Two Killed at Marijuana Grow
OKLAHOMA CITY – MATTHEW RAY JONES, of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with murder in the second degree…
Continue ReadingTallahassee Man Indicted for Possession of a Machine Gun & Postal Crimes
Tallahassee, Florida – Yasir Jaimon Za’Quis Hawkins, 20, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal possession of a machine gun, possession…
Continue ReadingBaltimore Felon Sentenced for Drug-Trafficking and Firearm Possession Charges
Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man learned his fate in federal court, today, in connection with drug-trafficking and firearm charges, stemming from a local drug-trafficking…
Continue ReadingCharleston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – William Curtis Atwell, 52, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.According to court documents and…
Continue ReadingSecond Suspect In August 2025 Mount Vernon Gunpoint Robbery Located In Poconos, Arrested, And Charged
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Felon Sentenced on Federal Drug and Firearm Charges
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – YUAN BUGGAGE (“BUGGAGE”), age 25, was sentenced on August 13, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to 117 months in…
Continue ReadingLakeville Man is 23rd Defendant to be Sentenced in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir, 34, of Lakeville, Minnesota, was sentenced to 78 months in prison…
Continue ReadingKanawha County Woman Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution for Wire Fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Kelli Rucker, also known as “Kelli Engler,” 48, of Nitro, was sentenced today to nine months in prison, to be followed…
Continue ReadingRepeat Felon Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Firearm Offense
Gainesville, Florida – Robert Anthony Yancy, Jr., 25, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a…
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