News from February 2026
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
A Cameroonian national has been sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the United States of more than $1.7 million in unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shared details on February 18, 2026 about recent transfers involving individuals convicted of offenses such as grand theft, rape, and aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
A federal grand jury in Columbia has indicted Eric Anthony Rome Jr., a 37-year-old inmate at the South Carolina Department of Corrections, on two counts related to sending threats.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
A Tuba City man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two young children on the Navajo Nation.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
President Donald J. Trump has signed a proclamation establishing a temporary import duty, aiming to address ongoing international payment issues and to further efforts to adjust the United States' trade relationships.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
A San Jose, California man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a scheme that targeted thousands of businesses and charities with fraudulent letters designed to look like official state correspondence.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry recently apprehended a man wanted in Louisiana on a felony warrant related to alleged incest charges.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
During the week of February 14 to February 20, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 179 individuals.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
A Hope Hull resident has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for stealing firearms from a gun store in Montgomery, Alabama.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida have filed a civil denaturalization complaint against Phillipe Bien-Amie, also known as Jean Philippe Janvier, in the U.S. District Court in Miami.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 20, 2026
Two Chicago residents have been arrested following an undercover federal firearm investigation in the suburbs of Chicago, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 20, 2026
A Chicago man, Rumeal Campbell, also known as “Melo,” has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in two armed robberies that took place on January 30, 2022.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
President Donald J. Trump has issued an order to continue the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries, including shipments sent through the international postal network.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
Derek Hasselbrink, also known as “Derek Spear,” was sentenced to 15 years in prison for enticing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 20, 2026
MARK BROOKS, also known as “Baby Nu,” a 35-year-old resident of New Orleans, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
A Downey resident, Bryant Najera Gonzalez, 24, was arrested on federal charges related to the production of child pornography.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 20, 2026
Former federal prosecutor Carlos A. Lopez and Dallas criminal defense attorney Barrett R. Howell were sentenced on February 18, 2026, for deleting text messages that had been ordered to be produced by a United States District Judge.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 20, 2026
Gerard Stokes, a 31-year-old resident of Greenbelt, Maryland, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to felony assault on a police officer.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 20, 2026
The Supreme Court has issued a decision regarding the Trump administration’s use of emergency authorities to impose tariffs, ruling against tariffs enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
