News from August 2025
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted Joshua Mandel, a 46-year-old film production accountant from Woodland Hills, alleging he embezzled more than $1.9 million from independent film productions that employed him.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Travis Legg, a 44-year-old resident of Woodruff, South Carolina, has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and over 40 grams of fentanyl.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Elpidio Abelardo Perez-Perez has pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of illegal reentry by a removed alien, according to an announcement from John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
During the week of August 2 to August 8, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 172 individuals.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Frank Romero, who operated the company Trend Deploy, will be required to turn over the remaining funds in his bank and retirement accounts as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Christopher Purvis, 29, has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump used his Truth Social account on August 8, 2025, to emphasize the revenue generated by tariffs under his administration.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A woman from Brandon, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing and distributing methamphetamine in the Sioux Falls area.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A former Massachusetts State Police trooper has been sentenced in federal court for his involvement in a scheme to falsify Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) test scores.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
An Islesford resident, William Heutz, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland to providing false information to a federal firearms dealer.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Four men from South Dakota have been arrested and federally charged following a multi-agency operation targeting child exploitation during the 2025 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A Dominican national living in Worcester has been indicted on charges of illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia has indicted Brandon M. Kelley, 29, and Stacey D. Kelley, 26, both residents of Fort Stewart Army Base in Liberty County, Georgia, on charges related to the death of their child, Vyolet Kelley.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
Kevin Freeman, a 20-year-old resident of Washington D.C., was sentenced to five years in prison for robbing an elderly man at knifepoint on a Metro train.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A Cleveland man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
A Brazilian national living in Milford, Massachusetts, has been sentenced for unlawfully reentering the United States after being deported.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
David Jamal Watson, 40, of Fort Washington, Maryland, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two children and producing child sexual abuse material. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also ordered Watson to serve 15...
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
The Department of the Interior has announced that $102.9 million in funding under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has signed a new Secretary’s Order that aims to change how energy projects are permitted on federal lands.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 7, 2025
The rise of China as a military power has reshaped global strategic calculations.
