News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
A Mexican national, Joel Becerra-Cesario, has pleaded guilty to charges of illegal reentry after deportation.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
An Eielson Airman, Kyle Cozens, was sentenced to five years in prison for paying to receive child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
A man from Chatham County has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for planting and detonating a bomb that caused significant damage to a woman's home.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
A Providence woman has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention Center.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Dwight RE, LLC to address lead paint exposure risks in New Haven, Connecticut.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
A Highland woman has confessed in federal court to trafficking counterfeit designer goods and infringing on registered trademarks.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
A Dallas man, Jordan Ford, has been sentenced to over 13 years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 20, 2025
Acting U.S. Attorney Sara C. Sweeney has announced that Emmanuel Dourthe, a 26-year-old from Deltona, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire reports | Feb 19, 2025
Former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Michael O’Reilly said policymakers have “an obligation” to modernize the U.S. freight rail’s wireless technology, and effort he said has been “stymied by what appears to be the freight rail industry’s lack of prioritization.”

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) announced the introduction of the NO GOTION Act, aimed at preventing foreign adversaries, such as Chinese companies owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from exploiting tax privileges.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
U.S. Representatives French Hill and Bryan Steil have called for Congressional action to support technological innovation, which they believe will yield economic benefits for all Americans.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
CBP officers at the Tecate Port of Entry seized over 1,500 pounds of narcotics in a series of incidents last week.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
NFIB members recently attended the Small Business Deduction Summit of 2025 in Washington D.C. to advocate for making the 20% Small Business Deduction permanent.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai engaged in an introductory call to discuss the U.S.-Thailand alliance.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A significant legal action has been initiated in the Southern District of Texas against 14 members and associates of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and Mascareros Motorcycle Club.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A McAllen man has been sentenced to over 33 years in prison for crimes involving the enticement of a minor and the production of child sexual abuse material. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Christian Hanks, aged 29, pleaded guilty...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Terry Lavon McDonald, Jr., a 32-year-old resident of Bradenton, Florida, has been sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A Memphis man, Maceo Roberts, has been sentenced to 270 months in prison for his involvement in a sex trafficking conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
Alexzandra Blanco, a 24-year-old resident of Norfolk, Nebraska, has been convicted by a jury for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, resulting in serious bodily injury.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 19, 2025
A member of the East Side Money Gang has been sentenced to over six years in prison for involvement in a narcotics distribution conspiracy.