NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – MOHAMED H.M. ZEIDAN, a/k/a “Sebastian Marcello, a/k/a “Sebastian York” (“ZEIDAN”), age 33, a native of Palestine, pled guilty on August 25, 2026, to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(5)(A), announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana. Sentencing is set for November 24, 2026.
DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Rock Island man was sentenced on August 25, 2026, to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Former teacher aide appeared in federal court to face two federal charges for sexual exploitation of a child. He was ordered detained pending trial by a federal magistrate judge.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Illinois, Southern
Byron Perez-Roblero, 39, a Guatemalan illegal alien residing in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for reentering the United States after being deported.
SOUTH BEND – Jason Waikel, 47 years old, of Warsaw, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to Possession of a Firearm as an Armed Career Criminal, announced United States Attorney Adam L. Mildred. Waikel was sentenced to 188 months in prison and 48 months of supervised release. According to documents in the case, Waikel became a person of interest when the Warsaw Police Department investigated an incident where shots were fired from a moving car in July…
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On August 20, 2026, LARRY CASTON (“CASTON”), age 54, was found guilty at a jury trial for possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) (Count One), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) (Count Two), and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8) (Count Three), announced U.S.…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
Two men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Daejon Labrayae Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, have been charged by criminal complaint in Portland, Oregon.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) · USAO - Oregon
Memphis, TN – A federal judge sentenced Juan Sanchez-Palacios, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico, to 60 months and one day in prison for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today. On November 12, 2025, Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers in Memphis performed a traffic stop for suspected DUI and encountered Sanchez-Palacios, the driver of…
Three people were sentenced to a combined 11 years in prison for violating federal firearms laws, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Charlie Bret Parker, 45, of Cumberland, Maryland, will serve 78 months in prison after stealing firearms from a pawn shop in Ridgeley, West Virginia.
Today, United States Attorney Scott E. Bradford in partnership with the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program (HIDTA) and the Portland Homeland Security Taskforce hosted a roundtable with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners on fentanyl and methamphetamine, the two greatest drug threats to our local communities.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has appointed Jason Parman to serve as the United States Attorney for the District. Mr. Parman has been a member of the U.S. Attorney’s Office since 2008. He served as the Branch Manager of the London Branch Office from 2013 until March 2026. U.S. Attorney Parman is a native Kentuckian. Mr. Parman graduated from Eastern Kentucky University, with a degree in police administration, and from the University of Kentucky College of…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – On August 21, 2026, GERALD FRANKLIN (“FRANKLIN”), 35, from New Orleans, was charged in a two-count indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. According to the indictment, on or about March 30, 2026, and April 5, 2026, in the Eastern District of Louisiana, FRANKLIN, knowing that that he had been previously convicted of crimes punishable by imprisonment for…
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The Department of Justice today announced the emergency scheduling of three highly potent opioid compounds that pose an imminent hazard to public safety: mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, commonly known as MGPI, and two synthetic compounds known as MGM-15 and MGM-16.
United States Attorney Scott E. Bradford announced in a press conference today that, over the past three years, federal charges have been brought against more than 100 defendants for trafficking fentanyl in downtown Portland. Those arrests included seizures of more than 40 guns.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Indiana man has been indicted for allegedly travelling to meet a minor for the purpose of engaging in illegal sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Phillip W. Williams Jr. A one-count indictment charges Joel Duron Esparza, 21, of Middlebury, Indiana, with interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor. According to the indictment on May 2, 2026, Esparza travelled from Indiana to Marshall County, Alabama. Esparza was arrested by the FBI at his residence in Indiana on…
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Today, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced another False Claims Act resolution secured under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which was launched by the Department in May 2025. Deloitte LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, and Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP, (collectively, Deloitte) have agreed to pay the United States $21.5 million to resolve allegations that Deloitte violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with…
ALTON SMALL, also known as “Poodah,” “Tiemare,” and “Tie,” 31, of West Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Mexican man convicted of Illegal Reentry after Deportation. The sentencing took place on August 17, 2026.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that the United States has filed a Complaint against MICHAEL SHABSELS, SIMAD HOLDINGS LLC, DAMIS HOLDINGS LLC, and 26 related entities (the “Shabsels Companies” and, collectively, the “Defendants”), alleging that the Defendants concealed their interrelationship from the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) in order to improperly obtain PPP funds.
A Plano convicted felon has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) · USAO - Texas, Eastern
MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Ward, 32, Ironwood, Michigan, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to time served and three years of supervised release for making threats to injure law enforcement. Ward pleaded guilty to this charge on May 22, 2026. On January 29, 2026, the Gogebic County (Michigan) Sheriff’s Office was investigating Ward for threatening to kill an Ironwood law enforcement officer.…
Jacksonville – Reberiano Santana-Ayala (35, Mexico) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger to the statutory maximum of two years in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after previously being deported. Santana-Ayala pleaded guilty in May 2026. After serving this federal prison sentence, Santana-Ayala will be deported and removed back to Mexico. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.