News from February 2026
By F. E. Simons | Feb 3, 2026
In 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico charged 7,099 criminal cases connected to southern border enforcement efforts.
By R. C. Jamison | Feb 3, 2026
Congress has approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Defense Appropriations Act, which now awaits the President’s signature.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 3, 2026
An Aberdeen woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to child sexual exploitation.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 3, 2026
A Menasha, Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 3, 2026
Walter Tharrington, a 32-year-old Philadelphia resident also known as “Black” and “Roaadblock,” has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for sex trafficking of a minor and possession of child pornography.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 3, 2026
Cadale Lamar Carson, a 34-year-old resident of Mary Ester, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to fentanyl trafficking and illegal firearm possession.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 3, 2026
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, according to an announcement from United States Attorney...
By T. J. Graves | Feb 3, 2026
Two individuals from Brooklyn, Ahuva Katzin and Yitzchok Sklar (also known as Isak Sklar), have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death.
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 3, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act with a vote of 217 to 214.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 3, 2026
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear for transcribed, filmed depositions before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
By H. B. Edwards | Feb 3, 2026
Rep. Morgan Luttrell, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, opened a legislative hearing today focused on improving access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability...
By T. J. Graves | Feb 3, 2026
Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Lori Zeno, the former executive director of a Queens-based legal services non-profit organization, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 3, 2026
A man from Warm Springs, Oregon, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for sexually abusing two minors on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 3, 2026
The House of Representatives has approved the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7148, known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, with a narrow vote of 217 to 214.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 2, 2026
Keith Oelerich, a 62-year-old resident of Apopka, has been sentenced to five years and five months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed also ordered the forfeiture of $17,964,680, which...
By T. J. Graves | Feb 2, 2026
A federal jury in Wilmington, North Carolina has found Anton Montes Vernon, 31, of Ahoskie guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By T. P. Broyles | Feb 2, 2026
House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) presented testimony before the House Committee on Rules in support of H.R. 4090, the Critical Mineral Dominance Act.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 2, 2026
A Wareham resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to child sexual abuse material.
By C. M. Ingle | Feb 2, 2026
Trayvon Kisling, a 21-year-old formerly from Staten Island, New York, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on February 2, 2026.
By F. E. Simons | Feb 2, 2026
Bertoldo Alcaraz-Ortuno, a 37-year-old from Guerrero, Mexico, has been sentenced to 136 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
