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News from September 2025


Pittsburgh resident receives federal prison sentence for Reserve Township bank robbery

A Pittsburgh man, Mark Laughner, 38, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for bank robbery.


Stockton man receives over 15 years for drug trafficking conspiracy

Charles Billingsley Jr., a 55-year-old resident of Stockton, was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.


Missouri man sentenced to over 17 years for advertising child pornography on dark web

A Missouri man has been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, for advertising child pornography on the dark web.


Fairfax man admits making violent threats against federal employees

A Fairfax man has pleaded guilty to making threats against employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Postal Service, according to court documents.


Romanian national pleads guilty in $130K Walmart fraud scheme

A Romanian citizen has pleaded guilty in federal court to a series of sleight-of-hand frauds that targeted Walmart stores across the United States and resulted in losses of at least $130,000.


Luzerne County man receives over eight years for fentanyl trafficking conviction

Anthony Joseph Nieves, a 32-year-old resident of Pittston, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 105 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute five grams of fentanyl.


Senate committees launch probe into deadly Palisades Fire in California

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson have announced a congressional investigation into the Palisades...


District man pleads guilty to two murders committed in spring 2020

Michael Mason, 21, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty on September 5, 2025, to two counts of second-degree murder.


Former postal worker sentenced for stealing millions in checks from mail

A former United States Postal Service letter carrier has been sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for stealing more than $10 million in Treasury and other checks from the mail over a four-year period.


District man charged with distribution and receipt of child pornography

Richard J. Pavel III, a 34-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was arrested and charged with distribution and receipt of child pornography.


Marion County man sentenced to over 12 years for drug and firearm charges

Vincent Irving Jones, a 34-year-old resident of Fairmont, West Virginia, received a sentence of 151 months in federal prison following convictions related to methamphetamine possession and firearm offenses.


Pittsburgh woman pleads guilty to health care fraud involving facility for disabled adults

A Pittsburgh resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to health care fraud.


Federal indictment charges man with illegal machine gun possession in Chicago park

A federal grand jury has indicted Eddie Arguelles, 20, of Chicago, on a charge of illegally possessing a loaded machine gun in Riis Park, located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.


Daphne man sentenced to over seven years for methamphetamine trafficking

A Daphne man has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.


Edmond man pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining $174K PPP loan

Russell Kim, 63, of Edmond, has pleaded guilty to charges of making a false statement to a financial institution and money laundering.


Broken Bow man sentenced to 15 years for child sexual exploitation

Dylan Hansen Yazzie, a 29-year-old resident of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 180 months in prison for sexual exploitation of a child and use of a child to produce a visual depiction.


Baltimore man charged after alleged attempt to meet minor for illicit conduct

Andrew Juarez, a 28-year-old Baltimore resident, was arrested on September 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C., and charged with traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a nine-year-old girl.


Jamaican national pleads guilty after extradition for wire fraud targeting California woman

A Jamaican citizen has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to a long-running fraud scheme targeting a California woman.


Guilty plea entered in fatal Southeast D.C. apartment shooting

Darrell Hinkle, a 36-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in connection with the fatal shooting of Dajuan Blakney in April 2023.


Fort Lawn man receives 10-year sentence for possessing child sexual abuse material

John Edward Prigmore, a 40-year-old resident of Fort Lawn, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material.