Jackson, TN – A federal grand jury in Jackson recently returned an indictment charging a Pennsylvania man with multiple federal drug offenses. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant, for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the return of the indictment today. The investigation in this case revealed that in September 2024, Douglas James Moran, 38, of Pittsburgh, PA, traveled from Pennsylvania to Texas to obtain a large amount of cocaine for redistribution. During his return trip to Pennsylvania, Moran…
A convicted felon from Dubuque who possessed a gun was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. Davon Michael Cornwell, age 22, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 21, 2026, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Cornwell was the passenger in a car that Dubuque police officers stopped in February 2025. Officers searched the car after smelling the odor of marijuana. Cornwell was hanging on to a bookbag at the time…
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – A Utah County woman was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment today for cyberstalking two male victims she met on online dating platforms and became obsessed with them.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Utah
A former Kansas credit union employee was sentenced to 19 months in prison and ordered to pay $207,920 in restitution after embezzling approximately $171,000 by creating fake loans to members.
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a Dallas man has been charged with kidnapping a 14‑year‑old minor. According to the federal criminal complaint filed on Aug. 27, David Michael Klepak, 63, allegedly kidnapped a minor in Dallas and held her captive from approximately July 30 to Aug. 2.
MOBILE, AL – Keelon Jamar Bridges, 25, of Mobile was sentenced on August 24, 2026, to 77 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. According to court documents Bridges has multiple prior felony convictions for Receiving Stolen Property 1st Degree, Burglary 3rd Degree, Attempt to Elude, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Receiving Stolen Property 3rd Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, Receiving Stolen Property 2nd Degree, and Burglary Unoccupied Conveyance.
NEW ORLEANS, LA – JOSHUA MOSS, (“MOSS”), age 29, of Tangipahoa Parish, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Barry W Ashe on August 27, 2026, to Count One of the Superseding Indictment, conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, more than 400 grams of fentanyl and 500 grams of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); §841(b)(1)(A), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney David I Courcelle.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – CARLOS NAUN COREA-SUAZO (“COREA-SUAZO”), age 34, a Honduran national, was charged on August 28, 2026, via bill of information, for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1326(a) and (b)(1), announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle.
Pensacola, Florida – Adrian Dion Pettaway Jr., 25, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 28 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl, and Gindy Nicole Lacey, 49, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine, tramadol, and fentanyl.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) · USAO - Florida, Northern
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a Fort Worth couple was sentenced today for their roles in a yearslong fraud scheme involving dozens of victims and millions of dollars in losses.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Texas, Northern
MONROE – On August 31, 2026, Anthony Dillon, Jr., 19, of Columbia, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court to committing arson in connection with the malicious burning of St. John Chapel in the early morning of March 27, 2026, right as Holy Week was set to begin. Dillon faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 20 years in federal prison. “Today’s guilty plea represents another step toward our Office seeking justice for the wanton and brazen burning of St. John Chapel, the sole Catholic church in Caldwell…
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Today the Justice Department announced the disruption of an ongoing scheme by Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas) –— a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization — to raise funds for terrorist operations and recruit supporters.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · National Security Division (NSD)
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to four years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his conviction on charges related to his threats to assault and murder United States President Donald J. Trump, other United States officials, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced. United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy imposed the sentence on Shawn Monper, 33. Monper…
BOSTON – A New Bedford man pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2026 in federal court in Boston to possessing a firearm and ammunition on the grounds of the Charles G. Taylor Elementary School in Foxborough, Mass.
Greenbelt, Maryland – A Maryland man received a federal-prison term, today, stemming from a social-security disability benefits scam. U.S. District Judge Lydia K. Griggsby sentenced Andrew Langford, 50, of Ft. Washington, to eight months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with the scheme. U.S. Social Security Administration records show that from January 2014 through May 2021, Langford received more than $270,000 in disability benefits that he was not…
National Fraud Enforcement Division · USAO - Maryland
A Pennsboro, West Virginia, man has admitted to solicitating others online to attack federal law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - West Virginia, Northern
MOBILE, AL – On August 26, the Department of Justice announced the launch of the National Fraud Enforcement Division, the “Fraud Division.” The mission of the Fraud Division will be to prosecute fraud in the United States, no matter its size or complexity. Prosecution of fraud is critical to restoring public confidence in the federal government’s ability to responsibly steward taxpayer dollars.
ALBANY, NEW YORK – First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III met with U.S. Trustee William K. Harrington and Assistant U.S. Trustee Erin Champion on August 25.
The Department of Justice today announced the disruption of an ongoing scheme by Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas) — a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization — to raise funds for terrorist operations and recruit supporters, said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · Cyber Division (FBI)
The Department of Justice today announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, in collaboration with private industry partners CrowdStrike and the Shadowserver Foundation, to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Sality and take down its infrastructure.