News from December 2024

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
A former officer of the Manchester Police Department, Shawn Curry, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for civil rights violations. U.S. District Judge Robert Wier delivered the sentence following Curry's admission of guilt to charges of...

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Donald Hill, known as "Man Man," has been sentenced to 170 months in federal prison for drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
In Jefferson City, a legal challenge has been filed with the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn Proposition A. The petition was discussed by NFIB State Director Brad Jones in an interview with Gabrielle Teiner at Columbia's KMIZ.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
CDT Europe, along with thirteen civil society organizations, has addressed a joint letter to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
United States District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Gustavo De Jesus Ramirez-Ramirez, a 54-year-old Colombian national, to 27 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Jeffrey McWhorter, former President and CEO of Palmetto Railways, has admitted guilt in a conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
The president of a North Carolina-based entertainment production company has agreed to plead guilty to new federal fraud charges.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
A New York man has been arrested on charges stemming from his alleged involvement in the events of January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Anette Sanabria-Velez, a 40-year-old resident of Morgantown and Granville, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
The U.S. Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, together with the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs, has successfully conducted an end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile at Cape Canaveral Space Force...

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Matthew A. Bugielski, a 26-year-old resident of Lake Station, Indiana, has been sentenced to 360 months in prison after pleading guilty to the charge of Sexual Exploitation of Children.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that Tekedra N. Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo, will deliver the keynote speech at the CES 2025 Leaders in Technology Dinner.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission’s newly appointed Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, is being urged to reconsider previous proposals as she prepares to approach the Digital Networks Act (DNA).

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Franklin Siate, a 42-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was found guilty of assaulting two men due to their perceived LGBTQ status and threatening a female security employee at the 9:30 Club.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Roger Wayne Legg, a 33-year-old resident of Charleston, West Virginia, has been sentenced to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Jacqueline Brewster, a 54-year-old nurse from Belfry, Kentucky, has admitted to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and wrongfully disclosing health information.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Two men have been sentenced for cyberstalking in separate domestic violence cases, as announced by U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson in Tulsa, Oklahoma. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced Terrance DuJuan Reed, 23, from Tulsa, to 60 months of...

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Scott William Lanham, a 45-year-old resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced the latest round of awards from the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) program, with six recipients eligible to receive a total of $46.9 million in payments if they meet...

By Federal Newswire | Dec 12, 2024
Robert Micco Harjo, a resident of Stilwell, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.