News from April 2025

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A man from Queens, New York, Anthony Phelps, was sentenced on April 14, 2025, to 57 months in prison for firearm and drug-related charges.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Daniel Hooker, a Los Angeles resident, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for his participation in a money laundering scheme related to purported drug trafficking proceeds.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A Forsyth County man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to a series of armed robberies in multiple counties in North Carolina, as per the announcement by Acting United States Attorney Randall S. Galyon.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Eric Jason Franklin, a resident of Okemah, Oklahoma, has pled guilty to a federal firearm charge.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Donald J. Trump issued several posts on Truth Social on April 18, 2025, focusing on a contentious individual and apparent divergences with the Democrats.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A Houston man has admitted guilt to federal charges related to distributing fentanyl along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
During a recent week of enforcement operations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 329 individuals with immigration-related criminal offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Former banker Russell Lucius Laffitte, age 54, has admitted guilt in federal court to conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, and misapplication of bank funds.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A man from Dry Ridge, Kentucky, Rodney Ruggles, has been handed a 120-month prison sentence by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Last week, a pharmacist from Franklin, Kentucky, was sentenced to three years in federal prison, while his wife received a two-year sentence.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
In a recent announcement, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei revealed that 216 new cases related to immigration and border security were filed from April 11-17.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Louisville, KY - The final defendant in a federal methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy has received sentencing. U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge John Nokes of the ATF Louisville Field...

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Santiago Prieto, a 65-year-old resident of Nampa, has been sentenced to 52 months in federal prison for unlawful firearm possession, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A Waynesburg, Kentucky man, Steven Fellmy, was sentenced to 300 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A Sanford, North Carolina man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison following his guilty plea related to drug trafficking charges.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
On April 17, 2025, the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Owin Thomas, a resident of New York City, was sentenced to 70 months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
President Donald J. Trump engaged in a conversation with the United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer today.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Morris Gary Hibbitt has been sentenced by United States District Judge G. Murray Snow to 13 months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
A man from Burlington, Kentucky, Juan Velazquez-Rodriguez, has been sentenced to 85 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning for illegal possession of a machine gun.

By Federal Newswire | Apr 18, 2025
Damani Lamont Carmon, 31, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for possessing a Glock firearm during a traffic stop in April 2024. U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr., ATF Special Agent Anthony Spotswood, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief...