News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain, Stash’s Pizza, has admitted to submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in order to secure a loan for a business he no longer owned.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Philadelphia resident, Emmanuel F. Almonte Mejia, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in northern New Jersey.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Duane A. Evans has stepped down from his role as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, effective February 12, 2025.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio engaged in a conversation with Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente to address several critical issues concerning both nations.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A Lawton resident, Jeremiah Alexander Dearing, 20, has entered a guilty plea for the unlawful possession of a machinegun.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Dr. Sonny Saggar to 35 months in prison for defrauding Medicare and Missouri Medicaid.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Angel Cooper Vause, a 57-year-old resident of Georgetown, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
A man from Morris County, New Jersey, has admitted to concealing his efforts to provide material support and resources to ISIS.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the dismissal of over 1,000 employees.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
James Eugene Wells, a 73-year-old resident of Marmet, West Virginia, has entered a guilty plea for withholding records related to the financial affairs of a debtor in bankruptcy.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Juan Carlos Jacinto-Ramos, a Guatemalan citizen, and Qing Zhu from China have been charged with border-related offenses, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Jarrett Lewis, a former finance director from Washington, D.C., has admitted to embezzling over $320,000 from a local non-profit advocacy organization.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Robert Davis, a resident of Oakland, has been convicted by a federal jury for dealing firearms without a license and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
The House Budget Committee has put forward a budget resolution that outlines significant tax and spending cuts over the next decade.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
An undocumented immigrant in St. Charles County, Missouri, has been indicted on charges related to child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
David Dion, a 47-year-old resident of Greenwich, New York, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
Myles Robert Williams, a 37-year-old resident of Beckley, West Virginia, has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division and the FBI have introduced a new online portal aimed at enhancing their ability to apprehend international fugitives charged with antitrust offenses and other crimes affecting competition.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 13, 2025
U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell has sentenced Cleveland Pegues, a 40-year-old resident of Charlotte, to five years in prison for armed cocaine trafficking.