Vacaville Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Possession
James Cargill, 44, of Vacaville, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and one count of possession of…
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Sacramento County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Child
Mark Sigl, 63, of Antelope, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez for attempted coercion…
Continue ReadingTampa Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Gas Station and Discharging Firearm
Tampa, FL – Rafael Jimenez (31, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act robbery, one count of possession and discharge of…
Continue ReadingPalmetto Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon
Tampa, Florida – Markis Maxwell (41, Palmetto) was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland today to seven years in federal prison for possession of a…
Continue ReadingSeattle man convicted of abusive sexual contact on flight from Billings, Montana to Seattle
Seattle – A 55-year-old Seattle man was convicted late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Seattle of abusive sexual contact aboard an aircraft, announced…
Continue ReadingSioux Falls Man Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Federal Prison for Assaulting a Federal Officer
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of…
Continue ReadingTwo Individuals Sentenced for Child Exploitation
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On February 10, 2026, United States District Court Judge Gina R. Méndez-Miró sentenced David Montes-García, 49, from San Juan…
Continue ReadingEagle Pass Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years for Role in Alien Smuggling Conspiracy
Juan Antonio Flores was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 212 months in prison for conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens causing…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta responsible for over $77 million in collections and forfeitures during fiscal year 2025
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia collected over $35 million in civil and criminal penalties and forfeited nearly $8…
Continue ReadingFounder of Beverage Company Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Defrauding Investors of Millions of Dollars
The founder and executive chairman of a now-defunct beverage company was sentenced yesterday for lying to solicit investments. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingHonolulu Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography
HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Devan Caulk, 21, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today to fifteen years in federal prison…
Continue ReadingMexican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry
Javier Luis Arias-Zamudio, aka Jose Luis Cordova, 34, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally reentering the United States after…
Continue ReadingAsphalt companies agree to pay $30 million to settle False Claims Act allegations
CINCINNATI – Two asphalt companies have agreed to pay $30 million total to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted fraudulent test results…
Continue ReadingMilford Man Who Threatened Federal Law Enforcement Officer is Sentenced
HAMILTON CLARK SMITH, 61, of Milford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 43 days of imprisonment, time…
Continue ReadingJURY FINDS CONVICTED FELON GUILTY OF ESCAPING HALFWAY HOUSE
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Trashad Laron Roberts, 35, of Tallahassee, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury of escape from federal custody. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingKanawha County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Donald Renard Taylor, 50, of Dunbar, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by three years of…
Continue ReadingHONDURAN AND EL SALVADORIAN NATIONALS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE
United States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jostin Antonio Orellana-Romero, age 22, a citizen…
Continue ReadingRetired U.S. Army Officer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Disclosing Classified National Defense Information
Tampa, Florida – Kevin Charles Luke (62, Tampa) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Moody, Jr. to 24 months in federal prison for the disclosure…
Continue ReadingBronx Gang Member Convicted Of 2013 Murder
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that a jury found LAMAR WILLIAMS, a/k/a “Black,” a/k/a “Little Black,”…
Continue ReadingSocial Security employee sentenced in multimillion-dollar fraud and identity theft scheme
A former Social Security employee has been ordered to federal prison for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to steal government funds Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingDetroit Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Federal Drug and Gun Crimes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Antonio Shelby Jr., 33, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on Thursday, February 5, 2026, to 12 years in prison, to be…
Continue ReadingConvicted drug trafficker pleads guilty mid-trial to methamphetamine trafficking
After one day of trial testimony, Nora Baca pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingNigerian National Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison for Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar Inheritance Fraud Scheme
A Nigerian National was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for participating in a years-long conspiracy to defraud elderly and vulnerable Americans…
Continue ReadingThird Coconspirator in Fatal Benghazi Attacks in U.S. Custody, Charged in Washington D.C. with Murder and Terrorism Counts
Zubayar Al-Bakoush, an armed coconspirator in the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three…
Continue ReadingMexican National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the Country
PORTLAND, Maine: A Mexican national pleaded guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland to illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.According to…
Continue ReadingMemphis Man Convicted of Making Threats to Murder Federal Prosecutors and a Federal Judge
Nashville, TN – Justin Deshun Stiger, 33, of Memphis, Tennessee was convicted this week of making threats to murder two Memphis federal prosecutors and a…
Continue ReadingJefferson County Man Sentenced to 210 months for Producing and Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Wednesday sentenced a man to 210 months in prison for child pornography offenses involving…
Continue ReadingFirst week of February sees another 365 people charged in border security-related matters in the Southern District of Texas
A total of 363 cases have been filed related to immigration-related crimes from Jan. 30-Feb. 5 Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingMan Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Child While Serving in U.S. Military
Baltimore, Maryland – A 32-year-old man pled guilty in federal court to child sexual abuse crimes. Daniel Lara-Salazar, charged with sexually exploiting a child, committed…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake Woman Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment After Embezzling Nearly $1.4M from her Employer in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Utah woman was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release after she used her…
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