News from September 2025

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Theodore S. Hertzberg will continue to serve as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia following a vote by judges of the United States District Court.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Three people were arrested in connection with a scheme to defraud the California Employment Development Department (EDD) of unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Eric Grant.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Babar Khan, a 46-year-old resident of South Windsor, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release for conspiracy and tax offenses connected to a scheme that defrauded individuals seeking immigration services.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Terry Collins, 31, of Bristol, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and laundering money obtained through fraudulent claims to a COVID-19 relief program.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) addressed the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) regarding proposed reforms to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small...

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Federal authorities detained 57 individuals in Cayuga County, New York, during a worksite enforcement operation on September 4.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has addressed recent media coverage regarding its environmental cleanup efforts at the Hanford site.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Skyler Philippi, a 24-year-old resident of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to charges related to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to destroy an energy facility in Nashville.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Wellston man has admitted to stealing over $100,000 in Social Security disability benefits while operating a fossil recreation business.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
At a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) addressed concerns about the declining health of American children.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Southwest Harbor resident has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to two counts of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Zakewon McDaniel, known as “Gap” and “Yung Gap,” was sentenced to life in prison plus a mandatory 10-year consecutive term by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport for his role as a leader of the 960 gang, a violent street gang based in...

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
Oscar Leo Hernandez Sanchez, a 38-year-old citizen of Mexico, has pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry after being previously removed from the United States.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Lawrence resident originally from the Dominican Republic has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to fentanyl distribution.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Harrison County physician has been sentenced to two years in federal prison after being convicted of improperly prescribing Adderall and destroying evidence during a federal investigation.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
The House Appropriations Committee has approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A La Villa man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for conspiring to transport 27 undocumented immigrants in a refrigerated trailer, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Dominican national who previously lived in Lawrence under a false identity has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy charges related to fentanyl distribution.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Lynn, Massachusetts man identified as a member of the Bloods gang has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for possessing a loaded machinegun.

By Federal Newswire | Sep 9, 2025
A Las Vegas woman, Danielle Partington, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.