News from January 2026
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 30, 2026
A Leslie County man, Finley Wooton, 33, from Hyden, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 180 months in prison after being convicted of attempted production of child pornography.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
A Hanover, Maryland man has pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 30, 2026
Jose Farinango Muenala, a resident of Casselberry, Florida, has been sentenced to three years of probation and fined $25,000 after pleading guilty to misrepresenting goods as Indian produced.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 30, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a call with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Adam Muhammad, a 40-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two separate incidents involving domestic violence and unlawful firearm possession.
By H. B. Edwards | Jan 30, 2026
U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell, Ed Markey, Tammy Baldwin, Ben Ray Luján, Lisa Blunt Rochester, and Martin Heinrich have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) broaden its ongoing investigation into the Department of Commerce’s...
By C. M. Ingle | Jan 30, 2026
Dr. Calvin Eriksen, a 47-year-old surgeon from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Ramanan Pathmanathan, a 40-year-old Canadian citizen from Toronto, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges related to a sextortion scheme that targeted more than 100 children across the United States.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a conversation with Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente to discuss cooperation on shared priorities and regional security, according to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
A New Haven man has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 30, 2026
Six individuals have been arrested on federal charges connected to an alleged narcotics and firearms trafficking ring operating in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas have charged 307 individuals with criminal offenses this week as part of Operation Take Back America, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Mark Janbakhsh, the former chief executive officer and majority owner of Auto Masters, a Nashville car dealership company, has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison on several fraud-related charges.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Two former financial services professionals have been sentenced for their roles in a mortgage and investment fraud scheme that involved misusing client information to secure fraudulent loans.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
A former operations manager from New York has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme involving medically unnecessary brain scans.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
A former paralegal for a public company in the Chicago area has been sentenced in federal court after admitting to embezzling nearly $100,000 from her employer.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 30, 2026
Nine individuals have been charged in connection with a conspiracy to make false statements during the purchase of firearms, according to a federal criminal complaint announced on January 27, 2026.
By T. J. Graves | Jan 30, 2026
Christopher Davies, a 32-year-old resident of Cape Coral, Florida, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for threatening to assassinate the President of the United States.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 30, 2026
A New Orleans resident, Haven Patterson, 43, was sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By F. E. Simons | Jan 30, 2026
Muhammed Drammeh, a 30-year-old resident of Huntington Beach, California, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison on January 27, 2026.
