News from April 2025

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A 23-year-old Mexican citizen has pleaded guilty to alien smuggling resulting in a fatality, as announced by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today in McAllen, Texas.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A 27-year-old man from New Haven, Mervin Figueroa, has received a 14-month federal prison sentence for his involvement in a catalytic converter theft ring. U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala handed down the sentence in Hartford, which includes...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Burlington, Vermont – On March 31, 2025, Nathaniel "JJ" Jones, aged 39, from Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced by United States District Judge William K. Sessions III to 135 months in prison followed by a three-year supervised release term.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A man from New Hampshire, Douglas Reynolds, 37, has been charged by a federal grand jury in Vermont with using a firearm to assault a federal officer and discharging the firearm during the event.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A New Jersey resident has been charged with sexual assault following an incident on a flight from Bozeman, Montana to Dallas, Texas.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A federal jury has found Charles W. Lantzman, a Pittsburgh-based snow removal business owner, guilty of five counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
PHILADELPHIA – Xing Zheng, a resident of Queens, New York, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder approximately $2.98 million of fraud proceeds. U.S. Attorney...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Eric C. Jackson, a 33-year-old resident of San Diego, California, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his involvement in a drug-trafficking operation that distributed methamphetamine in Onondaga County and other parts of Central New York.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Eli Torres-Banos, a 37-year-old Mexican citizen, received a 51-month federal prison sentence on cocaine trafficking charges.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A former employee of the First Judicial District in Iowa has been sentenced to federal prison for her involvement in a wire fraud scheme.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Ajear Anthony Miller-Carter, a 24-year-old resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for possessing a firearm unlawfully.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
An Ecuadorian national has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, for illegally entering the United States following a previous removal.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Several individuals from the Houston area have been taken into custody on charges related to an extensive illegal gambling and money laundering operation. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced this as one of the largest law enforcement...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A Missouri man from O'Fallon has admitted to possessing child sexual abuse material across various electronic devices and an online cloud account.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A Mexican national has been sentenced for illegally reentering the United States, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of Texas, Abe McGlothin, Jr.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
America's President has declared April 2025 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, emphasizing the importance of nurturing children's well-being.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Matthew Carl Wilson and Candice Marie Logan, residents of Hugo, Oklahoma, have pleaded guilty to a charge of interstate transport of stolen goods, as reported by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Two men from Oklahoma City will serve over 19 years in federal prison collectively for illegal firearms dealing and possession.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
Ernest D. Pheasant, Sr., a 47-year-old member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2013 murder of Marie Walkingstick Pheasant, as reported by Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 3, 2025
A Fairbanks man admitted guilt to the charge of distributing fentanyl, leading to a fatal overdose of a local resident.