ALBUQUERQUE – A previously convicted felon is facing federal weapons charges following four separate shooting incidents on the Navajo Nation over a 14-month period. According to court documents, between July 2024 and September 2025, Cisco Whitehorse, 43, …
CAMDEN, N.J. — Marek Cherkaoui, 21, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was arrested today on cyberstalking offenses in connection with a Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) network known as 764, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba …
HOUSTON - Between Sept. 26-Nov. 13, a total of 2409 individuals have been charged in 2387 immigration and related cases as part of ongoing enforcement efforts along the South Texas border, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. A total of 966 people …
Jackson, MS – On October 15, 2025, a Neshoba County man pleaded guilty to Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Distribute. According to court documents, in November of 2023, Billy Thomas Pike, 67, was found to be in possession of …
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging …
Alexander Villatoro Moreno, also known as “Quichi,” 53, made his first appearance in federal court today after the Mexican government recently apprehended and extradited him to the United States. Villatoro Moreno faces four charges, including conspiracy to …
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – During the lapse in government funding, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah continued its mission to protect public safety and prosecute federal cases. Below are some of the indictments, pleas of guilty, and …
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –RYAN JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”), age 22, was sentenced on November 5, 2025 by U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to 103 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release, along with a $400 special assessment fee, after …
CAPE GIRARDEAU – Two Missouri men were sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on Friday for operating a long-running Ponzi scheme that cost at least 99 victims $5.7 million. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. sentenced James “Jim” Johnson, 78, …
Note: This matter occurred on date indicated, but not published due to government shutdown. Press release posted and made available following the return to normal operations. On Sept. 30, the United States extradited to Chile three fugitives, all of whom …
DETROIT – Jibreel Pratt, 26, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 9 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to two counts of concealing cryptocurrency donations he intended to make to the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), a …
CINCINNATI – A local multi-kilogram drug trafficker – who was captured on camera in February 2024 shooting a rival fentanyl dealer repeatedly in the chest, after losing a bet over who sold more potent fentanyl – was sentenced in U.S. District Court today …
CHEYENNE, WYOMING – Shu Ping Chen, 48, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison with no supervised release for filing a false tax return. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on October 28 in Cheyenne. …
This release was posted following the 43-day government shutdown during which the trial and verdict occurred. PITTSBURGH, Pa. – After deliberating for approximately five hours, a federal jury on October 15, 2025, found Laven Davis guilty of fentanyl …
ALBUQUERQUE – A Shiprock man was sentenced to five years of probation for slashing another man’s throat. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on September 10, 2022, Darron Smith, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo …
A Virginia man and former business owner was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for not accounting for and paying employment taxes to the IRS. The following is according to court documents and statements made in court: Richard Moore was the executive …
Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip convicted investment advisors and twin brothers Adam and Daniel Kaplan of wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, investment advisor fraud, and money laundering conspiracy. Adam Kaplan was additionally found …
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Shaktoolik man was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years on supervised release for sexually exploiting three children to produce child pornography, and for cyberstalking the children and one adult victim. …
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 45-year-old Robstown resident has been sentenced to federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Guadalupe Calderon III pleaded guilty July 31. U.S. District Judge Davis …
BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Ana Castro Castro, 38, a citizen and national of Ecuador, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to re-entry of a removed alien. She was then sentenced to time served …
