News from February 2025

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
A Honduran national, Eliseo Garcia Gordillo, also known as Julio Antonio Caceres Morales and Julio Caceres-Antonio, has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally reentering the United States and failing to register as a sex offender.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
On February 5, 2025, United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Zachary Peter Timm, a 32-year-old resident of Spokane, Washington, to 15 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. has announced that Lionel Haile of St. Francisville, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
In Raleigh, North Carolina, a judge has ruled that racial bias influenced the jury selection in the case of Hasson Bacote, a Black man who contested his death sentence under the North Carolina Racial Justice Act (RJA).

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
As Valentine's Day approaches, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists are preparing to inspect floral imports at ports of entry.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
Brandon Salyers, a 31-year-old resident of Columbus, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his involvement in the distribution of methamphetamine.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
The Biden Administration has been accused of attempting to undermine Second Amendment rights, with claims that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was used to threaten the livelihoods of small business owners in the...

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
John Joseph Weikel, a 50-year-old resident of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for possessing an unregistered firearm.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
Burlington, Vermont – An Ecuadorian man, Alex Patin-Patin, 28, has been charged with being unlawfully present in the United States after having been previously removed by immigration officials.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team is working towards advanced machine intelligence that can perform complex tasks such as translation.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
A Winona resident, Valentin Silva Quintana, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for his involvement in an online sextortion scheme.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
A Rumford resident has been sentenced in U.S. District Court for evading employment taxes.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru met in Washington, D.C., marking their first official meeting to strengthen U.S.-Japan relations.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
An Orleans man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for child pornography offenses, as announced in federal court in Boston.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
The 2025 US tax filing season commenced on January 27th, and it brings to light the ongoing complexity of the nation's tax code.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Dedric Dwayne Rivers, a 52-year-old resident of Moscow, Idaho, to 18 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
A Salvadoran national, Adalberto Rivas Machado, has pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm in Alexandria, Virginia.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in a narcotics and firearms conspiracy.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
Four individuals were arrested in Foley, Alabama, on charges related to a lottery scam.

By Federal Newswire | Feb 7, 2025
A federal jury in Columbus, Ohio, has convicted two men for their involvement in a narcotics distribution network.