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Teachers Can’t Plaster Walls With Pride Flags, Second Circuit Rules
A Biden appointee affirmed schools can put reasonable limits on employees using classroom space to promote sexual ideology to kids. Public schools can prohibit teachers from plastering walls with LGBT...
Hong Kong court upholds conviction of pro-democracy humanitarian fund organizers
A Hong Kong appellate court on Thursday upheld the conviction of five pro-democracy activists for their failure to register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, created to support pro-democracy protester...
Armed Robber Pleads Guilty to 2023 and 2024 Crime Spree
Kwesi Pyne, 20, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today, for a series of robberies committed in October 2023 and February 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
District of Arizona Charges 265 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Aug. 29 through Sep. 4, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges agains...
Galloway car dealership owner pleads guilty to importing counterfeit air bags
COLUMBUS, Ohio – John Bojorquez, 35, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking in counterfeit goods by importing counterfeit airbags from China – claiming they were Honda airbags – f...
Montgomery Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Offenses
Armed Waterbury Drug Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison
FELIX NARVAEZ, 55, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for a firearm possession ...
Dog Fighting Investigation Results in Largest Single Property Dog Seizure in South Carolina History, 7 Men Charged
FLORENCE, S.C.— A federal grand jury in Florence, returned a nine-count indictment, presented by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, charging seven individuals from Chesterfield County for conspiracy to viola...
U.S. Attorney’s Office Committed to Protecting Children in the Digital Age
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia is proud to share two new online safety flyers designed to help parents, caregivers, educators, and community leaders safeguard ch...
Federal Fraud Charges Filed Against Former Indianapolis Daycare Operator
Panga Boat Pilot Sentenced in Human Smuggling Event that Killed Five
SAN DIEGO – David Alfonso Barrera Nunes, pilot of a smuggling boat that capsized off Imperial Beach in rough surf last year, resulting in the deaths of five undocumented immigrants, was sentenced in f...
Seventeen Charged in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation of Fentanyl Trafficking Network in San Diego
SAN DIEGO – Two complaints were unsealed in federal court this week charging 17 alleged members of a San Diego-based fentanyl trafficking organization with distributing large quantities of fentanyl th...
Dallas man sentenced to 720 months for sexual exploitation of a minor and offenses committed while a registered sex offender
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a Dallas man was sentenced yesterday to 60 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and committ...
Husband and Wife Sentenced in International Property Theft Scheme
SAN DIEGO –Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and his wife, Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez, Mexican nationals who entered the U.S. on tourist visas, were sentenced to 27 months and 10 months in custody, r...
South Florida Men Sentenced to Prison for $34.8M Health Care Fraud Scheme Targeting Medicare Beneficiaries
Two South Florida men were sentenced to multiple years in prison for their roles in a $34.8 million health care fraud conspiracy billing Medicare for thousands of orthotic braces sent to Medicare bene...
Federal authorities charge ex USCIS official and associate in sweeping corruption scheme involving unlawful approval and expedited processing of immigration applications
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, a former Senior Immigration Services Officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service...
New Orleans Man Guilty of Receiving Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA–JAKE ALEXANDER GRZELKA(“GRZELKA”),age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty on September 3, 2026, to Receipt of Materials Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, in violation of ...
Dillon man sentenced to 18 months for unlawfully possessing firearms
A Dillon man who unlawfully kept a cache of firearms in his home was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and a fine of $10,000.