News from January 2025

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
Chad Wolf, former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said that President Trump's designation of cartels as foreign terrorist organizations will enable the U.S. to "confront" them with the "full force of the law."

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, has expressed concerns about the United States lagging behind China in the technology sector.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
John Walters and William Barr, former officials from the Bush administration, have called for Mexican drug cartels to be treated as national security threats and terrorist groups.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
U.S. Representative Mark Green, Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that 1.5 million illegal aliens entered the United States with "insufficient vetting" during the Biden administration.

By Greg E. Walcher | Jan 30, 2025
My friend Amos Eno, one of the country’s leading conservation experts, spent a decade running the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and more recently the Land Conservation Assistance Network.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A Willimantic man has admitted to charges related to the theft of firearms and drug offenses.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
Paul Schnitzer, a former finance director from Clermont, Florida, has admitted to embezzling over $5.7 million from his employer.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
Carlos Manuel da Silva Santos, the founder and CEO of Ethos Asset Management, Inc., based in San Diego, has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted Corey Harris, a 34-year-old resident of Exeter, on charges of conspiracy to traffic firearms and unlawful dealing and manufacturing of firearms without a license.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
An Alabama woman, Stacey Storey, 49, has pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to create and distribute animal crushing videos.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted two Fresno residents, Rosa Ventura and Claudia Gonzales, on charges of conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping, and kidnapping involving a child.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the sentencing of Joy Joseph Banerjee, a 57-year-old resident of New Orleans, for possession of prepubescent child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A man from Hudson County, New Jersey, has been charged with enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
An Irvine, Kentucky man, Chad Newman, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A Des Moines resident, Sharmarke Omar Mohamed, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance containing fentanyl.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A Colorado man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for drug trafficking after being apprehended during a traffic stop on Interstate 25 within the Kewa Pueblo reservation.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
Isaiah Taivon Newsom, also known as Isaiah Taivon Porterfield, has been charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists organized a career-focused event for youth from the KB Foundation at Philadelphia International Airport.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A Stevensville timber frame home builder has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for defrauding customers.

By Federal Newswire | Jan 30, 2025
A Davenport man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug-related charges.