Criminal illegal alien sentenced for reentry into U.S. after deportation
An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced to 24 months in prison for returning to the United States after previously being deported. Source: U.S.…
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Smithfield man pleads guilty to illegally selling the firearm used in the campus shooting at Old Dominion University
Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, pled guilty today to illegally selling the firearm used in the campus shooting at Old Dominion University. Source:…
Continue ReadingMorris County Man Sentenced to 288 Months in Prison for Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer, as well as Narcotics and Firearm Offenses, Including the Possession of Multiple Assault Rifles
A Morris County man was sentenced to 288 months in prison for the attempted murder of a federal officer, as well as narcotics offenses…
Continue ReadingIllegal Alien from England Sentenced for Entering the US Without Inspection and Lying to Federal Investigators
Hameed Mohammed Nagi, 21, was sentenced to time served. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingDallas Seafood Business Fined $250,000 for Falsifying Country of Origin for Salmon
Seafood Supply Co., a Dallas seafood wholesaler, was sentenced to pay a $250,000 fine for violating two counts of the Lacey Act. Source: U.S.…
Continue ReadingSterling man sentenced to five years in prison for trading in child sexual abuse material
John Joseph Chanel, 37, of Sterling, was sentenced to five years in prison for receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingHomeland Security Task Force Yields 27 Year Prison Sentence for Hardee County Methamphetamine Trafficker
Tampa, Florida – Herbert Battle, Jr. (54, Hardee County) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virgina M. Hernandez Covington to 27 years in federal prison…
Continue ReadingTwo D.C. Men Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for 2024 Shooting of Dunbar High School Student
Saki Frost, 19, and Azhari Graves, 20, of Washington, D.C., were sentenced today for charges related to a shooting near Dunbar High School in May…
Continue ReadingBoone County Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine
Law enforcement made several controlled purchases of drugs from BRADLEY WALTERS at his place of business. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingLawrence Man Sentenced to Prison for Bank Embezzlement
BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Citizens Bank branch in Tewksbury, Mass. Source:…
Continue ReadingEspañola Man Sentenced for String of Armed Robberies that Led to Murder
Ricky Eddie Martinez, Jr. was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a 2022 crime spree that left one person dead. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingMexican National Sentenced For Federal Drug Crime
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jorge Luis Mejia-Mejia, 40, of Mexico, was sentenced…
Continue ReadingHuntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dylan James Pettyjohn, 21, of Huntington, was sentenced today to one year and six months in prison, to be followed by…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina Man Sentenced to Nine Years for Racially Motivated Shooting
The Justice Department announced that Jonathan Andrew Felkel, 34, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina to 9 years in…
Continue ReadingBarry County Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug Trafficking and Illegally Possessing Firearm
Dennis E. McMullen, 69, of Purdy, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and illegally possessing a firearm in…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador National Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for 1997 Double Murder
Oscar Diaz Romero, aka Oscar Alonzo Salguero, 47, of El Salvador, was sentenced today for shooting and killing Jose Roberto Molina, 21, and Jose…
Continue ReadingFormer Census Bureau Program Manager Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Procurement Fraud Conspiracy
A former supervisory official with the U.S. Census Bureau was sentenced today to two years in prison followed by a year of supervised release…
Continue ReadingChula Vista Woman on Supervised Release for Fraud Admits New Forgery and Fraud Crime
SAN DIEGO – While on supervised release for two prior federal fraud convictions, Ashleigh Lynn Chavez pleaded guilty today in federal court to yet…
Continue ReadingFort Dodge Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking
A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 12 years in federal prison.Sally Marie Green, age 52, from Fort…
Continue ReadingFranklinton Woman Sentenced For Social Security Fraud
NEW ORLEANS – On July 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier sentenced BARBARA AUGUSTIN (“AUGUSTIN”),age 59, of Franklinton, Louisiana, to three (3)…
Continue ReadingCharleston Man and Woman Plead Guilty to Roles in Drug Conspiracy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, Kelvin Rydele Myles, also known as “D,” 49, of Charleston, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl and Kristina Renea Clark,…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans Man Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Committing Federal Firearms Offenses
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – TYRONE WHITTINGTON (“WHITTINGTON”), age 41, was sentenced on July 16, 2026 by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to 10…
Continue ReadingTexas Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison for Smuggling Six Kilograms of Cocaine
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Texas man has been sentenced for smuggling six kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. U.S. District Judge…
Continue ReadingFormer Census Bureau Program Manager Sentenced for Bribery and Procurement Fraud Conspiracy
Greenbelt, Maryland – A former supervisory official with the U.S. Census Bureau received a federal-prison term, today, for conspiring with a subcontractor to receive $790,000…
Continue ReadingOmaha Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Production and Distribution of Child Pornography
Collin D. Jerabek, 29, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 14, 2026, in federal court in Omaha for one count of production of…
Continue ReadingConvictions through Guilty Pleas in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions (July 7 through July 11, 2026)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, Acting United States Attorney, in conjunction…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia Prosecuting Multiple Project Safe Childhood Cases
Two men appeared in federal court this week on charges involving child pornography and sex offender registration, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Robert…
Continue ReadingHuntington Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime and Supervised Release Violation
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Daniel Legette, also known as “Bam,” 50, of Huntington, was sentenced today to eight years in prison, to be followed by…
Continue ReadingMichigan Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Samuel Jermaine Caples, also known as “EJ,” 25, of Pontiac, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distribution of 50 grams or more…
Continue ReadingDallas man sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Ryan Raybould, announced that Demario White, a 40-year-old Dallas man who distributed fentanyl pills to…
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