News from August 2025
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted Thomas Ford, 61, of St. Petersburg, on a charge of accessing child sexual abuse material with the intent to view it.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Sandra Meza-Casillas, a 51-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to assaulting a federal officer.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Laura Gema Carroll, a 36-year-old resident of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
A Bethlehem man, Earl Burford, 47, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing child pornography and possessing a firearm as a felon.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Federal authorities have charged 17 individuals in connection with an alleged armed drug trafficking operation accused of distributing fentanyl, cocaine, and other controlled substances in Athens, Georgia.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
A Portsmouth man, Joshaua Sheimel Anderson, 25, has been sentenced to four years and five months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
A Beaumont resident has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking fentanyl, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs for the Eastern District of Texas.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Aryan Deshwal, a 21-year-old citizen of India, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and five counts of alien smuggling.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has announced that several major hospital systems and health providers in the United States have stopped offering gender transition...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Timothy D. Luckett, also known as “Fetty” and “Jack Boi,” of Detroit, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl in Huntington, West Virginia.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has initiated an investigation into the federal funding provided to the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
An Oregon resident has been charged in the District of Alaska with offenses related to the creation and operation of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Kristy Loree Gordon of Quitman, Arkansas, has been sentenced to four years’ probation after pleading guilty to the excavation and removal of archaeological resources, including Native American human skeletal remains, from public land.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted a Uintah County man on charges of second degree murder following the death of his mother in July 2025.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Munef Fadhel, a 38-year-old resident of Lackawanna, New York, has been sentenced to one year of probation for health care fraud.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
A Rosedale man was sentenced to 20 months and 20 days in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar issued the sentence to Alfredo Carreon-Lopez, 39, on Tuesday.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump posted on Truth Social on August 18-19, 2025 about global efforts concerning missing children with Ursula von der Leyen and criticized wind energy projects in New Jersey for rising costs and insufficient...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Louis Terrell Jones, a 42-year-old resident of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a machinegun.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Allied Stone Inc., a company based in Dallas, Texas, and its president, Jia “Jerry” Lim, have agreed to pay $12.4 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2025
Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump shared updates on meetings with European leaders and praised Republican legislators in Texas via posts dated August 18-19, 2025.
