Legal

The Department of Justice Sues Maryland, Challenging its State Laws that Provide In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens

Today, the Department of Justice sued Maryland, challenging its state law and regulation that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens. The Department alleges in its filing...

2026-07-16

Shelburne Man Charged with Four Counts Of Bank Fraud

2026-07-16

Tuscaloosa Man Charged with Christmas Eve Kidnapping

2026-07-16

Six defendants plead guilty to conspiracy to steal crude oil in the Permian Basin

Six men and women have pleaded guilty to charges arising from a seven-count indictment alleging that 14 defendants conspired to steal crude oil from Permian Basin oil producers and resell it for signi...

2026-07-16

New Castle Resident Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking

2026-07-16

Ross Township Resident Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Production and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

2026-07-16

Homeland 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 for conspiracy to distribute and possess...

2026-07-16

Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

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 Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The sente...

2026-07-16

Lawrence 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.

2026-07-16

July term of the Federal Grand Jury returns indictments for firearms and immigration charges

Multiple defendants have been indicted by the July term of the federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of Georgia for firearms offenses and immigration violations.

2026-07-16

Sioux Falls Crypto Investor Indicted for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft

United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a federal grand jury has indicted a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man on charges of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity The...

2026-07-16

Missouri woman pleads guilty to oxycodone trafficking

A Missouri woman who was part of a Chicago-based drug ring that illegally obtained oxycodone from Montana pharmacies admitted to charges today.

2026-07-16

Alabama man pleads guilty to his role in international drug trafficking ring involving pharmaceuticals

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Leeladhar H. Tandel, 44, of Mobile, AL, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distrib...

2026-07-16

Chula 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 another fraud, admitting she used forged letters purp...

2026-07-16

Española 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.

2026-07-16

Billings man pleads guilty to trafficking methamphetamine on Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations

A Billings man who trafficked methamphetamine on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations admitted to charges today.

2026-07-16

Barry 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 furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

2026-07-16

El 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 Noel Coreas, 22, in August 1997, announced U.S. Attorne...

2026-07-16

Omaha 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 child pornography and one count of receipt and distribution of child...

2026-07-16

Oakland Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Human Trafficking On The Oakland Blade

OAKLAND — Michael Simon, 37, of Oakland, pleaded guilty in federal court today to Conspiracy to Commit Human Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion

2026-07-16