By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
A former TD Bank employee based in New Jersey, Oscar Marcel Nunez-Flores, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and facilitating the movement of more than $26 million from the United States to Colombia through a money laundering scheme.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shared key updates on Twitter in January 2026 regarding joint activities with ICE, use of technology for voluntary self-deportation, and agricultural inspections at Detroit’s port of entry.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
Darran Joyner, a 33-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl on multiple occasions.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
A woman from Laplace, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to charges related to fraud involving the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
An Albuquerque resident has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly embezzling more than $2 million from the Norbertine Community of New Mexico and Santa María de la Vid Abbey, and for filing a false federal tax return.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
Delon Richard Smith, a 47-year-old resident of Daytona, Florida, has been sentenced to 327 months in federal prison for sex trafficking two women.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 23, 2026
Michelle Shropshire and Harlisha Jones, both former train operators for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges related to a health care fraud scheme.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
A Japanese national has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to illegally export firearm components and tactical accessories from the United States to Japan.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
A mother and son from Newport News, Virginia, were sentenced to prison on January 20 for their involvement in a firearms conspiracy.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, Texas, intercepted more than $1.2 million worth of narcotics during two separate incidents over the weekend.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the San Diego Field Office intercepted nearly 33,000 pounds of narcotics valued at $111 million during the last quarter of 2025, according to a quarterly report released by the agency.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
Thomas Edgar Hall, a 36-year-old resident of Jacksonville, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
Quentes Durrelle Simpson, a 33-year-old resident of Melbourne, Florida, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drug distribution and firearm offenses. U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger handed down the sentence after Simpson was...
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
On January 21, 2026, Donte Patterson, 33, was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for his involvement in two armed carjackings and an armed robbery that occurred in Chicago and Milwaukee.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
A Wasilla man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for distributing carfentanil, a potent opioid, which led to the fatal overdose of a minor and the near-fatal overdose of an adult.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
Starr Ledford, a 43-year-old woman from Manson and Atlantic, Iowa, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on January 21, 2026.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
Jason Allen Henning, a 43-year-old resident of Cape Coral, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing and accessing with intent to view images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
A Lufkin man has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs of the Eastern District of Texas.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
Stephen Hans Jenkins, 40, of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, was sentenced to over 20 years in federal prison for transporting child pornography. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley handed down a sentence of 246 months in prison followed by a lifetime...
By F. E. Simons | Jan 22, 2026
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois announced it collected more than $8.1 million in civil and criminal actions during Fiscal Year 2025. U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft reported that the office gathered $3,937,603...