News from February 2026
By F. E. Simons | Feb 19, 2026
A Bartlesville resident, Wendell Ray Short, Jr., was sentenced to eight months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge John F. Heil, III, also ordered...
By T. J. Graves | Feb 19, 2026
William Steven Wooten, a 46-year-old resident of Lexington, South Carolina, was convicted by a federal jury on one count of possession of child sexual abuse material after a two-day trial in Spartanburg.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 19, 2026
A Plainview man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old child, according to an announcement from United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 19, 2026
Federal and state authorities in Maryland have announced the results of a recent large-scale law enforcement operation in Baltimore, which led to hundreds of arrests and multiple federal indictments.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released its operational statistics for January 2026, highlighting the impact of President Donald J. Trump’s border security policies over the past year.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Washington, DC, according to a statement from Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported on February 17, 2026 about two major cases in Florida—a violent attack by a Venezuelan national in Port St. Lucie and an alleged Chinese-run marriage fraud scheme targeting U.S soldiers—emphasizing...
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
Brigette O. Robertson, a 40-year-old former special police officer from the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for violating the constitutional rights of a detained individual by stomping on her face.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
A Prince George’s County Public Schools employee, Xaviour Smith, 28, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been indicted on five counts related to the production of child sexual abuse material.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 19, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized methamphetamine valued at over $602,000 on February 8.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Washington, D.C., during the Board of Peace meeting.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 19, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that vehicular traffic at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas, will be temporarily halted on the morning of Saturday, February 21.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
William Jared Breski, a 37-year-old resident of Eastpoint, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to child sex crimes.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
Fernando Jesus Villegas, 41, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 77 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 19, 2026
A man from the Pueblo of Zuni was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for sexual abuse, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 19, 2026
A woman from Barboursville, Kentucky, Raven Broughton-Jones, 31, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
Robert Redding, a 43-year-old resident of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison and ten years of supervised release for offenses related to child pornography.
By T. J. Graves | Feb 19, 2026
Two women from Conroe, Texas, have been indicted on charges of kidnapping, abuse, and forced labor involving a child.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
A former executive of Corsa Coal Corporation has been convicted by a federal jury for participating in a scheme to bribe Egyptian government officials to secure coal supply contracts worth nearly $140 million.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 19, 2026
A man from Shiprock, New Mexico, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing that took place on the Navajo Nation.
