PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of North Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of social security fraud, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. The two-count Indictment named Daniel M. Wallar, 70, as the sole defendant, and was unsealed today upon Wallar’s arrest. According to the Indictment, from June 3, 2019, until May 30, 2025, Wallar—who was named as the representative payee on another person’s Social Security benefit account—unlawfully converted…
A federal court sentenced Stephenville businessman Clayton Lloyd Iley, 41, to more than 13 years in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on Oct. 1. These offenses arose from a scheme wherein he illegally obtained credit cards and offered a scam loan program to victims.
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Henry Buchanan, 48, and Charles Jenkins, 46, both of Washington, D.C., were arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed for the August 4, 2026, shooting death of 23-year-old Xavier Fogle, in the 2600 block of 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Tallahassee, Florida – Nathan Taylor Porter, 21, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced after a federal conviction for two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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BOSTON – A Lynn man with multiple prior criminal convictions was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition.
ABINGDON, Va. – A Bristol, Virginia man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for distributing more than 130 grams of fentanyl in Southwest Virginia and possessing a firearm during his drug trafficking activities. Brandon Lee Booher, 28, previously pleaded guilty to one count of fentanyl distribution and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
An illegal alien from Guatemala was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison for leading one of the nation’s largest human smuggling organizations, a ring that smuggled approximately 20,000 illegal immigrants from Guatemala to the United States over a five-year span, held some of them hostage, and was responsible for a car accident that killed seven migrants, two of them young children.
Jeffrey Hart, age 51, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced September 14, 2026, to 210 months for distribution and possession of child pornography. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Anthony Patrone, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) made the announcement.
BOSTON – A former Immigration Services Officer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to stealing more than $60,000 from a labor union over the course of five years.
The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Saleem Alzaq, as well as the arrests of Omar Adhami, Abdel Adhami, and Raed Yousef, for their involvement in paying, soliciting and collecting funds for Hamas. In a coordinated law enforcement operation in France, three of Alzaq’s associates, Faouzi Barika, Amel Oualid, and Nordine Barika were arrested by the French General Directorate for Internal Security. “Anyone who finances or assists terrorist organizations responsible for the…
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HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Douglas Taylor, a/k/a “Dougiie 2 Fresh,” 37, of Maui, pled guilty on October 2, 2026 to two counts of distributing more than fifty grams of methamphetamine.
An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced to 24 months in prison for using a deceased person’s identity to receive benefits from federal and state public assistance programs.
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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today investigative findings that the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law (UCLA Law) discriminated against white and Asian students in granting admission to its 2023, 2024, and 2025 incoming classes. UCLA Law’s discriminatory conduct violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or color, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA), which…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 16, 2026, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging a Dutch national who resides in the United Kingdom with conspiracy to intentionally access a computer without authorization for financial gain, intentionally causing damage without authorization to a protected computer, and intentionally transmitting a threat to obtain information from a protected computer without authorization with the intent to extort. The Dutch national named in the…
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U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Bradley R. Orlopp, 38, of Seneca Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with the production and possession of child pornography. Because of a prior conviction involving the sexual abuse of a minor, the charges carry a minimum of 25 years in prison, a maximum of 50 years, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Craig Lee Hickson, age 36, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on September 30, 2026, to 135 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Julia K. Munley for attempted possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine. According to United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, in February 2025 law enforcement executed a search warrant at a residence in Wilkes-Barre and discovered a…
TOMAS ALONSO VALENCIA-RUIZ, 29, a citizen of El Salvador, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to unlawful reentry of a removed alien.
Benny Caldera Jr. was arrested and charged federally for possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number after he allegedly made a threat to attack the Texas State Capitol
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