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A Hattiesburg resident, Velton Taylor Williams, Jr., was sentenced in federal court to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining and using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
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Las Vegas man pleads guilty to possessing ghost gun as prohibited person

A Las Vegas man with a history of felony convictions has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing an unserialized, privately made AR-15-pattern pistol, often referred to as a "ghost gun."
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Honduran national sentenced to eight months for illegal reentry into U.S

A Honduran national, Oscar Guillen Orellana, 60, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
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Miami jury convicts Argentine man for producing child sexual abuse material

A federal jury in Miami has convicted Osvaldo Daniel Fernandez, a 61-year-old Argentine national, on two counts of production and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Salvadoran man pleads guilty to illegal reentry after prior felony conviction

A Salvadoran national living in Lynn, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported.
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Brazilian national sentenced for role in multi-state driver’s license fraud scheme

A Brazilian national living illegally in Waterbury, Connecticut, was sentenced on September 26, 2025, for conspiring to obtain driver’s licenses for individuals who were not eligible, primarily undocumented immigrants.
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Oklahoma City men sentenced for illegal weapons and explosives offenses

Caleb Graves of Del City and Robert Allen Keefe of Oklahoma City have been sentenced to a combined total of 109 months in federal prison for offenses related to illegal possession of ammunition and an unregistered destructive device, according to...
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Man sentenced to prison for online threats against conservative Christians

Isaac Sissel, 26, was sentenced to thirty months in prison for threatening to kill conservative Christians with an AR-15 rifle.
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Dominican national pleads guilty to drug distribution and illegal reentry charges

A Dominican national residing unlawfully in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to federal immigration and drug charges, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan.
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Former LA sheriff's deputy pleads guilty in extortion scheme tied to crypto figure

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy and helicopter pilot has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges for his role in aiding a cryptocurrency businessman with extortion and orchestrating a false arrest of a rival.
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Mobile man receives 18-month sentence for firearm possession as felon

A Mobile man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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New York man sentenced to ten years for fentanyl and cocaine trafficking to Maine

A man from Union, Maine, was sentenced in federal court in Portland for distributing fentanyl and cocaine.
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Prince George’s County man charged with assaulting officers at NSA campus

A man from Prince George’s County has been charged with assaulting federal law enforcement officers on the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Maryland.
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Four Mexican nationals sentenced for drug trafficking offenses in northern Alabama

Four individuals who are citizens of Mexico have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in drug trafficking and firearms offenses, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco handed...
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Mexican national charged after large drug seizure in Phoenix

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, a 47-year-old Mexican national residing illegally in the United States, has been charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Jacksonville man pleads guilty to wire fraud and PPP loan scheme

Jared Dean Eakes, a 34-year-old resident of Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and bank fraud, according to the United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.
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Lewisburg woman receives federal prison sentence for international parental kidnapping

Kate Carson, a 38-year-old resident of Lewisburg, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for international parental kidnapping.
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Phoenix man faces federal drug charges after large seizure

John Avendano, 21, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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New City Funding settles allegations over unlawful car repossessions from military personnel

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights for the United States Department of Justice, Harmeet K. Dhillon, announced that New City Funding Corp. has agreed to pay at...
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Honduran man sentenced for drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and illegal reentry

A Honduran national, Miguel Angel Solorzano-Dominguez, was sentenced on September 25, 2025, in New Orleans after pleading guilty to four federal charges.
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