Syracuse Man Charged With Receiving Child Pornography
Thomas Pennington, age 57, of Syracuse, New York, appeared in federal court October 2, 2026, on charges of receiving child pornography. Pennington was detained pending…
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Shooting on the Grounds of Watkins Elementary School Yields 32 Years in Prison for D.C. Man
Antonio Hawley, 23, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today in D.C. Superior Court for the October 2021 shooting death of 26-year-old Aaron Wiggins on…
Continue ReadingFour Additional Defendants Plead Guilty in Gun Trafficking Conspiracy
CONCORD – United States Attorney Erin Creegan announced today that four additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal firearms offenses in connection with an…
Continue ReadingAlien Illegally and Unlawfully in the U.S. Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distribution of Cocaine and Firearm Offenses
Louisville, KY – A Mexican national illegally and unlawfully living in Louisville was sentenced on October 7, 2026, to 10 years in prison for…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Carson, California man, Genghis Khan Ali Stevenson, 48, was sentenced on Friday to 150 months in prison by Chief U.S. District…
Continue ReadingD.C. Man Sentenced to 65.5 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Two Victims in 2024
Maurice Spears, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a total of 65 years and 180 days in prison for the sexual abuse…
Continue ReadingFormer Southeast Texas teacher indicted for child exploitation in the Eastern District of Texas
A former Southeast Texas teacher has been charged with federal child exploitation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. …
Continue ReadingMan Sentenced for Role in Smuggling Organization that Kidnapped Migrants and Extorted Their Families; One Dead, Another Missing After Families Paid Ransoms in Vain
SAN DIEGO – Isaac Jimenez, a U.S. citizen residing in Tijuana, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 years in prison for his…
Continue ReadingD.C. Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced for Role in Narcotics Trafficking Conspiracy
Darae Vaughn, 31, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 96 months in federal prison in connection with…
Continue ReadingTotal of Four Defendants Plead Guilty in Connection with Widespread Child Exploitation Conspiracy
Four defendants have now pled guilty in connection with a multi-jurisdictional child exploitation conspiracy that included the trafficking of child pornography produced during the…
Continue ReadingLouisville Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
FRANKFORT Ky. – A Louisville, Ky., man, Edward Long, 22, was sentenced on Friday to 84 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge David…
Continue ReadingDistrict of Arizona Charges 345 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Oct. 3 through Oct. 9, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of…
Continue ReadingLocal man sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for threatening the President and federal law enforcement officers
A Springtown, Texas, man who repeatedly issued violent threats against the President of the United States and federal immigration officers was sentenced to 33…
Continue ReadingFormer National Guard task force member sentenced for illegal firearm possession offenses that came to light during an investigation into leaks of sensitive operational information
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ruby Celly Uribe, 37, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins to two years and five months…
Continue ReadingShelbyville Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material and Other Charges
Frankfort, Ky. – A Shelbyville man, Natividad Aguilera Garcia, 40, pleaded guilty on Friday, October 9, 2026, before Chief U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning…
Continue ReadingJacksonville Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography
A Jacksonville, Illinois, man, Daniel Brannan, 48, was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison, to be followed by a 10-year term of…
Continue ReadingJustice Department Announces Charges Involving 16 Individuals for Election Crimes
Today the Justice Department announced charges involving 16 individuals, including an illegal alien, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election…
Continue ReadingHomeland Security Task Force Arrests Alvaro Pulido Vargas to Face Charges in Multibillion-Dollar Venezuelan Money Laundering and Bribery Schemes
A Colombian national charged in two separate federal indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion in connection with Venezuelan government bribery…
Continue ReadingHomeland Security Task Force Arrests Alvaro Pulido Vargas to Face Charges in Multibillion-Dollar Venezuelan Money Laundering and Bribery Schemes
A Colombian national charged in two separate federal indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion in connection with Venezuelan government bribery…
Continue ReadingClermont Woman Pleads Guilty to $3.9 Million Embezzlement Scheme
Orlando, Florida – Colleen Kieran (57, Clermont) has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in connection with a long-running embezzlement scheme. She faces a maximum…
Continue ReadingMexican national illegally residing in Stanislaus County charged with federal firearms offense after train heist of firearms
A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Ricardo Landeros, 39, a citizen of Mexico, illegally residing in Keyes, charging him with…
Continue ReadingHSTF Prosecution Sends Career Drug Trafficker to Federal Prison for 20 Years
A Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) case resulted in an Austin man being sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison for trafficking…
Continue ReadingFormer College Basketball Player Admits to Fraud
A former college basketball player and Estonian national has admitted to carrying out a fraud scheme totaling millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Matthew L.…
Continue ReadingRaleigh Crack Dealing Gang Banger Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison
RALEIGH N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Joseph Tyre Cumberlander, also known as “X Suave”, 31, to 25 years in federal prison for possession…
Continue ReadingMan Sentenced to 87 Months’ Imprisonment for Role in Interfering with Commerce While Stealing Marijuana
MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that Eric Maurice Holliday was sentenced to 87 months in prison on one count of…
Continue ReadingGuatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Transporting Illegal Aliens
Juan Carlos Paxtor-Chay, 42, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to an immigration violation in the Western District of Missouri. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingRockford Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Government of More Than $2 Million in Federal Unemployment Benefits
CARISSA JORDAN submitted false Pandemic Unemployment Assistance applications. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue Reading23 Skid Row Drug Dealers Arrested as Part of Homeland Security Task Force Takedown Targeting High-Crime Areas of Los Angeles
Law enforcement today arrested 23 defendants out of a total of 28 individuals, including residents of West Covina and Studio City, charged in federal…
Continue ReadingOhio Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Attempting to Entice Nine-Year-Old for Sexual Activity
An Ohio man has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and attempting to entice a nine-year-old to engage…
Continue ReadingKearney Man Sentenced to More Than 26 Years for Child Pornography Charges
Paul J. Gray, 51, of Kearney, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 7, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for one count of receipt…
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