Legal

Cincinnati Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime

2026-09-03

Homeland Security Task Force Yields 30 Year Prison Sentence for Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Leader

Tampa, FL – Celso Navarro Diaz (65, Colombia) has been sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring to traffic more than five ki...

2026-09-03

Judge Deals 30-Year Federal Sentence to Texas Felon who Trafficked Fentanyl in State Prison

Verndale Ray Seals was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl while in prison

2026-09-03

Justice Department Seeks Relief for Maryland Military Families from Illegal Fees

The Justice Department has issued aletterurging the Maryland Department of Transportation to stop efforts to collect nonresident vehicle permit fees from servicemembers and their spouses that violate ...

2026-09-03

Hampton Man Indicted for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender

2026-09-03

Grand jury indicts former community school superintendent, business partner in $8 million fraud scheme

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has indicted the former superintendent and operator of a local community school and a business partner with wire fraud and other crimes related to an $8 million fraud...

2026-09-03

Chichester Man Indicted for Operating a $25 Million Hawala

2026-09-03

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas surpasses 100 prosecutors, marking historic staffing milestone

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas today announced that it has surpassed 100 Assistant U.S. Attorneys, the largest onboarding of federal prosecutors in the office’s...

2026-09-03

Richmond man sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material

Randon Alexander Sprinkle, 31, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distribution of child sexual abuse material.

2026-09-03

Westlake Man Arrested on Federal Indictment Charging Him with Threatening President Trump’s Life and Cyberstalking His Lawyer

A resident of the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles and one-time podcaster was arrested today on a three-count federal grand jury indictment charging him with threatening to kill President Donald T...

2026-09-03

Florence County Men Plead Guilty to Stealing Firearms from Florence Armory

FLORENCE, S.C.— Benjamin Lee Mercer, Sr., 54, of Florence, has pleaded guilty to stealing firearms from a dealer and illegally possessing firearms.

2026-09-03

Iowa Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Charges

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Three Iowa men were sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine and firearms-related offenses.

2026-09-03

Washington County Man Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Wire Fraud

ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Southern Utah man was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment after he posed as a ‘savant’ stock trader, obtaining at least $89 million from approximately 200 investors. The majorit...

2026-09-03

Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic to Face Drug Trafficking Charges Following a Homeland Security Task Force Initiative

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Dominican authorities extradited Fidel Antonio Knight-Cerda to the United States to face drug trafficking and money laundering charges filed in the District of Puerto Rico, ann...

2026-09-03

Armed Drug Trafficker with Machinegun Sentenced to 60 Years in Federal Prison

Tampa, Florida – Michael Devante Curry (31, Tampa) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle to 60 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute c...

2026-09-03

Madison Man Sentenced to More Than 3 Years for Illegally Possessing Firearm

2026-09-03

Venezuelans convicted of jackpotting a Kansas ATM face deportation

Two Venezuelan nationals face possible deportation after completing prison sentences for stealing thousands of dollars from an automated teller machine (ATM) through jackpotting.

2026-09-03

Guilty Pleas Entered for Pensacola-Area Gun & Drug Crimes

Pensacola, Florida– Andre Darrell Perry, 37, of Pensacola, Florida, and Loredana Alessandra Bassolino, 38, of Navarre, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute ...

2026-09-03

Burlington Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Charges

DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Burlington, Iowa man was sentenced on September 1, 2026, to 78 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.

2026-09-03

Texas National Guardsman Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

Estin Cole West was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 10 years in prison for possessing prepubescent child pornography

2026-09-03