COLUMBIA, S.C. — Wesley Keith Zimmer, 31, of Fort Mill, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for transportation of child sexual abuse material.*
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Tallahassee, Florida – Emiliano Rafael Hernandez Escamilla, 26, of Mexico, was sentenced after a federal conviction for possession of ammunition by an alien.
INDIANAPOLIS- Keynan Santos, 44, of Anderson, has been sentenced to 44 years and one month in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after pleading guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child sexual abuse material, and committing a felony offense while required to register as a sex offender. Santos was also ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution to Minor Victim 1. Santos has a prior 2015 conviction for two felony counts of Child Molesting and was sentenced to eight years in…
United States Attorney Ryan Raybould and Criminal Chief Fabio Leonardi of the Northern District of Texas traveled to Guatemala this week to expand cooperative efforts with Guatemalan justice‑sector partners to prosecute transnational cartels and disrupt the financial networks that support them.
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CASPER, Wyo. — A Colorado woman received more than 11 years in federal prison for her role as a distributor in a multi-state drug trafficking ring that pumped large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl across state lines.
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FAYETTEVILLE – A Fayetteville, Arkansas man was sentenced to 150 months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Honorable Chief Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the September 23, 2026, sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville. According to court documents, Steve Robinson, age 31, fled from the Arkansas State Police on January 29, 2026, when a trooper attempted to make a traffic stop on Robinson’s vehicle. During the pursuit Robinson jumped the curb…
Brad Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 22, 2026, Ahmad Chadwick Houston Elliott, (age 26) of West Palm Beach, Florida, was sentenced to five years in federal prison by United States District Judge Lynn Adelman. Over the course of five months, Elliott, who was twenty-one years old at the time, contacted a twelve-year-old Milwaukee girl on Facebook. He convinced her to send him naked pictures and videos of herself. When law enforcement…
Vincenzo Randazzo was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The conviction arises from Randazzo’s robbery of an Empire State Bank branch in Brooklyn on March 5, 2026. The verdict followed a two-day trial before United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon. Prior to trial, on August 26, 2026, Randazzo pleaded guilty to the robbery of Empire State Bank on March 5, 2026. When sentenced, Randazzo faces a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison…
A Riverside County man pleaded guilty today – making him the third defendant in his case to plead guilty this week – to fraudulently obtaining from COVID-19 business-relief loans then helping others fraudulently obtain COVID business loans in exchange for a cut of the illicit proceeds, causing a total loss to taxpayers of approximately $3.5 million.
Luis Eduardo Torres-Hernandez, 40, a Mexican national residing in Sacramento, was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for one count of being an unlawful alien in possession of firearms and one count of illegally reentering the United States after being previously removed.
Ocala, Florida – Phillip Washington, Jr. (66, Ocala), a/k/a “Big Phil,” and Reginald Cornelius Sesler (46, Ocala), a/k/a “Hot Boy,” have been charged by indictment with distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Washington is charged in three counts and Sesler is charged in two counts. If convicted, Washington faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison on each count. Sesler faces a minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 40, in federal prison on each count. Both…
BOSTON – The President of a freight forwarding company has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston of unlawfully exporting an Orbitrap Exploris GC 240 Mass Spectrometer from the United States into Russia without a license.
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Andrew P. Gordon to 120 months in prison to be followed by 30 years of supervised release for possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his digital devices while he was on federal supervision for a prior conviction of coercion and enticement of a minor. The government recommended a sentence of 120 months in prison.
BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Lynn, Mass. was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Two illegal aliens from Mexico with alleged ties to a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) have been indicted after an investigation by the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) led to the seizure of nearly 60 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and fentanyl, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Martin Eduardo Hernandez Nunez, 36, and Juan Carlos Mojarro Sanchez, 38, are charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to…
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Khvicha Chalisuri, 63, a Canadian citizen and native of Georgia, pleaded guilty to bringing an alien to the United States, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Nigerian national with falsely claiming to be a United States citizen to illegally vote in elections.
Gainesville, Florida – Ramone Ron Young, Jr., 34, of Gainesville, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
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LAS VEGAS – A California man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 36 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in distributing large quantities of methamphetamine as part of a drug conspiracy. The government requested a sentence of 41 months in prison.
A federal jury in Del Rio convicted a Lawful Permanent Resident from Mexico for two counts related to her attempt to smuggle two illegal aliens further into the United States from Eagle Pass to San Antonio
Tariq Lassiter, 28, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 13 months in prison today in U.S. District Court after directing his girlfriend to buy rifle ammunition and a 60-round capacity magazine the day after shots were fired at police vehicles in Southeast D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.