News published on Federal Newswire in March 2025

News from March 2025


Weaverville man receives 24-year sentence for carjacking and shooting postal worker

Jaden Isaiah Garay, a 25-year-old from Weaverville, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for carjacking and discharging a firearm that seriously injured a U.S. Postal worker.


Mexican national sentenced over drug trafficking operation

Erik Jeovany Garcia Brizuela, a Mexican national residing illegally in the United States, has been sentenced to over 30 years in federal prison.


Georgian crime boss sentenced along with associates for U.S.-based extortion offenses

The Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Matthew Podolsky, announced the sentencing of four individuals involved in extortion offenses.


Trade tensions rise as new round of retaliatory tariffs hits US exporters

President Donald Trump has announced an increase in tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.


Mexican national charged with illegal re-entry after multiple deportations

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced the arrest of Juan Vera-Cervantes, a 45-year-old Mexican national, who faces charges for re-entering the United States illegally after being deported multiple times.


Trussville man receives four-year sentence for drug trafficking

A Trussville man has been sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples. U.S. District Court...


Financial advisor charged with wire fraud after allegedly misusing client funds

A former Cranston resident has been indicted and arraigned in federal court on a wire fraud charge, as announced by Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.


Venezuelan man faces charges after arrest with large drug haul

A Venezuelan national, Sebastian Velasquez-Perez, appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle after being arrested in Federal Way, Washington, with a substantial quantity of suspected drugs.


Springfield man indicted on drug distribution and firearms charges

A Springfield resident, Pedro Deleon, has been indicted in federal court for possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute and related firearms offenses.


California man sentenced in crypto money laundering case

A California man has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a cryptocurrency money laundering conspiracy.


New Britain man receives federal prison sentence for fentanyl trafficking

Eddie Limas, a 35-year-old resident of New Britain, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl.


Mexican national indicted for fatal border crossing attempt in Arizona desert

On March 4, 2025, a federal grand jury in Phoenix indicted Jorge Fontes-Garcia, a 25-year-old from Sonora, Mexico.


ICE arrests Romanian national after prison release

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has taken Dan Adrian Agafitei, a 26-year-old Romanian national, into custody following his release from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on March 4.


Small business optimism remains steady amid labor market challenges

NFIB Research Center Executive Director Holly Wade discussed the latest Small Business Optimism Index on Bloomberg: The Close with hosts Scarlet Fu and Romaine Bostick.


ICE arrests Guatemalan national with child sex offense history

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has taken Axel Ramirez-Hernandez, a 32-year-old Guatemalan national, into custody in Spring Valley on March 6.


Medical equipment business owner sentenced for fraud involving over $1.3 million

A former Kentucky resident has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy related to health care fraud and money laundering through his medical equipment businesses.


Hamburg man sentenced for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo has announced that Michael Burnett, a 40-year-old resident of Hamburg, New York, was sentenced to 96 months in prison.


Romanian fugitive removed by ICE over identity theft charges

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has deported Torsten Ew Torz, a 31-year-old Romanian citizen originally from Germany, who was wanted in France for identity theft and credit card fraud.


Former federal task force agent convicted for concealing cash during seizure

A former agent of the Puerto Rico Special Investigations Bureau, Antonio Pizarro Adorno, has been found guilty of corruption by a federal jury.


Foreign national pleads guilty to firearm possession charge

Salvador Diaz-Hermosillo, a 38-year-old foreign national, has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm in the United States.