News from August 2025

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott has signed Senate Bill 2361, officially transferring the University of Houston-Victoria to the Texas A&M University System.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A California resident, Gabriel Omar Gigena, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of assaulting a federal officer.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted a Fairbanks resident, Jacob Peter, 25, on charges of distributing fentanyl that led to a fatal overdose in March 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Timber Lake man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for abusive sexual contact without consent.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A former deputy with the Steuben County Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A federal grand jury in Madison, Wisconsin has indicted Robert Gilkey-Meisegeier, 30, of Madison on charges related to child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A woman from Hays, Montana, has pleaded guilty to strangulation following an incident on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Pleasant Grove couple has been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking operation, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Terrance Bradford, a 46-year-old resident of Tampa, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of wire fraud in federal court.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Deer Lodge resident, Christopher Allen Rochon, was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Anabell Santiago, a 53-year-old resident of Jamestown, New York, has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to narcotics distribution and firearms possession.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Maryland woman has admitted to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicaid through her leadership role at a Virginia-based home health agency.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Gonzales man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug and gun offenses, according to an announcement from Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Jackie Duncan, 35, and Nia Hall, 30, both from Lawton, Oklahoma, have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 45 years in federal prison for their roles in a child sex trafficking conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Daniel LaRock, a 21-year-old resident of Oswego, New York, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of possession of child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Juan Amaya-Ramirez, also known as “Cadaver,” was sentenced to 45 years in prison for his involvement in the murder of 17-year-old Andy Peralta.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Franklin County resident has admitted to using stolen mail to commit bank and check fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
A Helena resident, David Alan Moorse, 39, was sentenced to 148 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Michael Wilson, a 24-year-old Jamaican national from Kingston, has been charged in federal court with possession of a firearm while being an alien unlawfully present in the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 27, 2025
Traveous Anderson, a 39-year-old resident of Palmetto, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute at least 40 grams of a fentanyl mixture.