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James Styner, a 20-year-old resident of Garden Grove, California, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., after admitting to the online exploitation of at least twelve girls aged between 12 and 17.
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Lake Station man receives over seven years in prison for drug and firearm offenses

Johnny A. Bangs, a 46-year-old resident of Lake Station, Indiana, has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison and will serve an additional 24 months on supervised release.
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Former NASA employee pleads guilty with spouse in Houston mortgage fraud case

A Missouri City couple has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving false statements to loan businesses, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Philadelphia couple sentenced for importing counterfeit cell phones worth hundreds of thousands

Yangwei Li and Yawen Huang, both 38 and residents of Philadelphia, have been sentenced to 18 months in prison for their involvement in a scheme to import and sell counterfeit cell phones and accessories.
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Cincinnati man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking

A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for cocaine trafficking.
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District of Arizona files charges against over 200 individuals for immigration offenses

During the week of September 6 to September 12, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 215 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
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Nicholis Dorsey convicted of multiple assaults at Washington metro stations

Nicholis Dorsey, a 33-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on charges of misdemeanor sexual assault with felony enhancement.
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Chicago man receives 22-year sentence for armed carjackings

A man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for carjacking three vehicles at gunpoint and shooting one of the victims in Chicago.
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Jury convicts Turlock man on federal charges for receiving child sexual abuse material

A federal jury has convicted Edward Cragg, 46, of Turlock, Stanislaus County, for receipt of child pornography.
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Mexican national sentenced to over ten years for illegal reentry and new misconduct allegations

A Mexican national with a history of felony convictions has been sentenced in Houston for illegal reentry into the United States.
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York County man faces federal charge for threatening U.S. House Representative

A York County resident, Troy Lamont Rishell, 48, has been charged with threatening a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Philippine citizen charged with voter fraud after casting ballot in Pennsylvania

Emily Custodio, a 51-year-old resident of Clementon, New Jersey, has been indicted on charges related to voter fraud and voting by an alien.
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Philadelphia man sentenced for filing false tax forms related to COVID-19 relief

Carnell Ragan, a 59-year-old resident of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme involving the filing of false tax forms related to the Employee Retention Credit (ERC).
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Two Hogansburg men indicted for alleged cross-border alien smuggling operation

Two residents of Hogansburg, New York, Joseph Coffey and Darren Cook, were indicted on charges related to alien smuggling.
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Las Vegas man receives over ten-year sentence for selling methamphetamine and fentanyl

A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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Guatemalan man indicted in Florida for illegal reentry and failing to register as sex offender

A Guatemalan national, Jairon Micael Juarez-Gomez, has been indicted in Ocala, Florida on charges of illegal reentry after deportation and failure to register as a sex offender.
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McCurtain County man pleads guilty to failure to register as sex offender

A Broken Bow resident has pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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Beckley man receives nearly four-year sentence for illegal firearm possession

Ryan H. Guerrant, 34, of Beckley, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Mexican national sentenced for illegal reentry; faces deportation after DUI arrest

Jose Miguel Molina-Echavarria, a 40-year-old citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to time served—nearly four months in prison—by United States District Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. for illegally reentering the United States after having previously...
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Nadine Menendez receives prison sentence for role in bribery scheme involving former senator

Nadine Menendez, the wife of former Senator Robert Menendez, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for her involvement in a bribery and foreign influence scheme.
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