Homewood Felon Pleads Guilty to Possession of Firearm and Ammunition
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on May 12, 2026, to violating a federal firearms law, United…
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Mexican Human Smuggler Sentenced for Role in Years-Long Smuggling Organization
A Mexican national was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison for her role in a years-long, prolific smuggling organization that operated at the…
Continue ReadingMeth trafficker sentenced to federal prison
A Laurens County man with a checkered criminal history has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingLeader of Alaska drug trafficking organization sentenced to 15 years in Homeland Security Task Force case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A California man that acted as the leader for an Alaska drug trafficking organization was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in…
Continue ReadingSerial Fraudster Sentenced for Embezzling from Multiple Employers in San Antonio
Image Credit: U.S. v. Vasquez Case #5:24cr246 SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio woman was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for wire…
Continue ReadingTren de Aragua leader extradited on terrorism and international drug distribution charges following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
A 24-year-old Venezuelan national is set to make his initial appearance in Houston federal court for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization…
Continue ReadingRochester man who threatened and stalked a police officer going to prison
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Orlando Justice, 38, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of transmission of threatening communications in interstate…
Continue ReadingTren de Aragua Leader Extradited on Terrorism and International Drug Distribution Charges Following Homeland Security Task Force Investigation
A 24-year-old Venezuelan national is set to make his initial appearance in Houston federal court for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization…
Continue ReadingJury Finds D.C. Man Guilty of First-Degree Sexual Abuse Against Two Victims
Maurice Spears, 34, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury for charges stemming from the sexual abuse of two different women,…
Continue ReadingExtradited Honduran National Sentenced for His Role in International Human and Drug Smuggling Conspiracy
An extradited Honduran national was sentenced today to over four years in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle nearly two dozen…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Using the Internet to Sexually Exploit a Minor in the Philippines
Bradley D. Hounsell, 44, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, to be followed by seven years of supervised release,…
Continue ReadingGhanaian Nationals Indicted for Romance Fraud Scams
Two brothers from Ghana and a woman from the U.S. have been indicted for allegedly being a part of a criminal network that devised…
Continue ReadingAustralian Man Caught in Arkansas Sting Operation Sentenced to More Than 28 Years in Federal Prison for Child Exploitation Offenses
FAYETTEVILLE – An Australian permanent resident was sentenced on May 12, 2026, to 345 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole to…
Continue ReadingBaltimore County Felon Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearm Charges in HSTF Case
Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore County man pled guilty in court today, to drug and firearm charges in connection with a federal drug surveillance operation.…
Continue ReadingFederal arrests shut down alien smuggling scheme at the western edge of the U.S. Border with Canada
Tacoma – Two residents of British Columbia, Canada appeared in U.S. District Court in Tacoma yesterday afternoon charged in connection with their scheme to…
Continue ReadingFormer Hanahan City Councilman Indicted on Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Abuse Charges
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Charleston returned a 23-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging Kevin Phillip Hedgpeth, 48, of Hanahan,…
Continue ReadingSouth Texas Man Sentenced to 9 Years Imprisonment in Homeland Security Task Force Drug Trafficking Case
Terry Lynn Clay was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 108 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingCharges Of Sexual Exploitation And Child Pornography Involving An Infant
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced the arrest yesterday of CORY MATTHEWS, and the Indictment, on April…
Continue ReadingSix Drug Traffickers, Including One Illegal Alien, Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison
INDIANAPOLIS- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana has secured prison sentences for six individuals convicted of trafficking methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl,…
Continue ReadingMexican National Sentenced for Role in Cross-Border Tunnel Smuggling
Ricardo Guadalupe Dominguez was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to 42 months in prison for facilitating alien smuggling operations using cross-border…
Continue ReadingJamaican national sentenced to prison for lottery scam that devastated southwest Washington retiree
Tacoma – A Jamaican citizen was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years in prison for wire fraud for…
Continue ReadingLexington Man Sentenced for Series of Armed Robberies
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Maurice Curry, 24, of Lexington was sentenced on Thursday to 288 months by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell for five counts of…
Continue ReadingRaleigh Man Sentenced to over 17 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Pornography
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Daniel Shane Tyrolf, 35, to 17.5 years in federal prison, 25 years supervised release, and a $5,000…
Continue ReadingSeven-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced to more than 17 Years in Prison on Methamphetamine Trafficking Offense
ANNISTON, Ala. – A Calhoun County man has been sentenced on drug-trafficking charges, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Crosby.U.S. District Judge Corey L.…
Continue ReadingFive Defendants Charged Following Investigations by the Nashville Homeland Security Task Force
NASHVILLE – Five defendants – including suspected associates of Tren De Aragua (“TdA”) or “Anti-Tren,” a splinter faction of TdA comprised of current and…
Continue ReadingMan Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Receiving Child Pornography
U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today that Saul Salazar-Leon, 46, of Mexico, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for crime of…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania Man Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation Involving Multiple Victims in Different States
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Trevor Metterhauser, 41, of Pennsylvania was sentenced on May 8, 2026, to 80 years in prison for attempted aggravated sexual…
Continue ReadingNew York-Based Iranian National Pleads Guilty to Alien Smuggling and Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Iranian national Sharon Gohari pleaded guilty to unlawfully smuggling aliens into the United States…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Man Guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine
NEW ORLEANS, LA – BLAKE ANTHONY BACHEMIN (“BACHEMIN”), age 28, of Orleans Parish, pled guilty on May 7, 2026 to possession with intent to distribute…
Continue ReadingMadison Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm
MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcus Brinkley, 23, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced last…
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