News from August 2025

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Two Houston residents have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Conner Buskey, a 20-year-old resident of Saratoga Springs, New York, was arrested and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A New Orleans resident has been indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to manufacture and distribute counterfeit $100 bills.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A Council Bluffs resident, David Michael Morse, was sentenced on July 24, 2025, to 180 months in federal prison after being convicted of receiving child pornography and possessing a firearm as a felon.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Kewhan Landrum, 19, and Deyonte’ Betties, 21, both from Pensacola, Florida, have been sentenced to federal prison for possession of a machinegun.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A 22-year-old Sinaloa, Mexico native, Jose Carlos Peraza Alvarez, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for operating a stash house linked to a drug trafficking organization,...

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A man from Newcomb, New Mexico, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Eugene Walter-George Rantanen, 37, of L’Anse, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder and first-degree child abuse of his 19-month-old son, Carter.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A Billings woman has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Matthew Carl Wilson and Candice Marie Logan, both residents of Hugo, Oklahoma, have been sentenced in federal court for transporting stolen goods across state lines.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Ukraine continues to face attacks from Russia, causing daily missile strikes and power grid threats.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Maggie Hassan have requested information from Aflac regarding a recent cyberattack on the company’s internal data systems.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Two men from Fort Thompson, South Dakota, have been sentenced to federal prison following their convictions in a violent assault case involving a firearm. U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte handed down the sentences after both men pleaded guilty...

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has announced updates regarding the committee’s ongoing review of the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A major law enforcement operation in the Rio Grande Valley has resulted in the arrest of 78 individuals for immigration-related violations, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Douglas Gibson, a 40-year-old resident of Lebanon, Indiana, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and will face a lifetime of supervised release.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has opened an investigation into allegations that leadership within the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., manipulated crime data to lower...

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A Worcester man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his involvement in a cocaine distribution conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
Miguel Angel Rodriguez Ramirez, a 40-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for the transportation of child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 25, 2025
A California resident has pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle her husband, who does not have legal status in the United States, across the border from Canada.