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A deputy with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office was charged yesterday in an indictment with one count of alleged deprivation of rights under color of law arising out of his alleged sexual assault of a female inmate in his custody. According to the indictment, on July 29, 2025, Cass Aaron Close, 56, violated the civil…
PORTLAND, Maine: A Portland man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to possessing cocaine and crack cocaine with intent to distribute. According to court records, on July 8, 2024, Portland police officers arrested Anthony Lobor, 27, on a state arrest warrant. Later that day, investigators searched Lobor’s residence under a search warrant and found…
LAS VEGAS – A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned a 10-count indictment today charging six defendants, all Chinese nationals and all residing in Las Vegas, for their alleged participation in a large-scale illegal marijuana grow operation with one grow house located near a public park. “Transnational criminal networks that exploit our domestic markets and…
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Defendant allegedly paid employees cash wages and tips, failing to withhold and pay more than $500,000 in employment taxes BOSTON – The owner and operator of two Massachusetts restaurants has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to paying employees in cash over the course of seven years without withholding and paying federal employment…
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WASHINGTON – Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 73 months in prison in connection with an attempt to assassinate then-cabinet member nominee Scott Bessent with Molotov cocktails fashioned from bottles of vodka, and for carrying a folding knife onto the Grounds of the Capitol, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “My…
WASHINGTON – Mark Thomas Moore, 35, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison in connection with a string of armed robberies that targeted service workers at businesses and a U.S. Post Office in the District, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “Mark Moore targeted hardworking employees who were simply…
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted a man for illegally possessing eight “Molotov cocktail” destructive devices in a Chicago suburb earlier this month. On Aug. 1, 2026, in Mokena, Ill., HAMED ALSAIDI knowingly possessed eight glass liquor and beer bottles containing an ignitable liquid and a wicking component in the form commonly referred…
NORFOLK, Va. – A Colombian national pled guilty today to a seven-year money laundering conspiracy involving the purchase of consumer electronics using drug proceeds. According to court documents, from January 2018 through March 2025, Andrelio Castaño Rojas, 55, conspired to launder drug trafficking proceeds using a currency exchange scheme. Rojas opened U.S. bank accounts for…
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MIAMI – A former Miami Gardens Police Department (MGPD) officer has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to obtain a $63,900 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) through a COVID-19 relief program administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Alvin Bernard, 38, of Miami Gardens, pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the SBA….
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We had a pleasant meeting with our friend and colleague Myrka Dellanos, journalist, radio and television co-host, author, and award-winning author. We asked her how her health is doing, since Myrka was diagnosed with skin cancer on her ear in March 2026. She has since undergone several surgical procedures involving skin removal and grafting, and…
Actress Hayden Panettiere passed away on August 16, 2026, at the age of 36. She had prominent roles on television, starring in the 1994 ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Panettiere also had notable roles in the television series Heroes, Nashville, and the Scream Saga. A friend of Panettiere, whose identity has not yet…
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Two Political Figures Two Empowered Women Two Figures with the Same Goal: Their Community of Doral Two Women Competing for the Same Seat 2 Maureen Porras is running for reelection, and Fernanda Gomes is running for election. General Election November 3, 2026 And who will you vote for? On November 3, 2026, Doral, Florida residents…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – LUIS FELIPE POSAS-VILLAFRANCA (“POSAS-VILLAFRANCA”), age 27, a Honduran national, was indicted on August 13, 2026, for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(8), announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. According to the indictment, on or about June 22, 2026, POSAS-VILLAFRANCA,…
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Daniel Keith McDougal, 37, of Florida, was convicted by a federal jury of passing a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. The trial lasted five days and was held before U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson. According to court documents and evidence presented…
MIAMI – A former City of Sweetwater commissioner was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $950,000 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans by submitting falsified payroll records, fabricated tax documents, and other fraudulent submissions to lenders administering pandemic-relief funds. Sophia Lacayo has had little time in politics. She was elected…
MADISON, WIS. – Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Danielle Mittermeyer, 47, Conrath, Wisconsin, has been sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to two years in federal prison for embezzling money from a federally funded organization. The prison term will be followed by three…
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sheree Michelle Alexander, 50, of Summerville, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to making a false statement on a firearm purchase form. Evidence presented in court showed that between January 2020 and September 2023, Sheree Alexander purchased at least 11 firearms for her son, Jaidan Latrell Alexander, who…
Tallahassee, Florida – Edward G. Winn, 47, an inmate at Okaloosa Correctional Institution who is formerly of Sarasota, Florida, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distribution and receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “Keeping…
RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond man was sentenced yesterday to 12 years and seven months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. According to court documents, after Brian Lamont Jones, 39, sold cocaine to another individual in early March 2025, Richmond Police…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Paris Alonzo Lewis-Bynum, 21, a previously convicted felon from Charlotte, was sentenced to nine years in prison today for illegally possessing a firearm and using a firearm to further drug trafficking activities, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to court records, Lewis-Bynum was convicted in 2023…
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Pensacola, Florida – Razhane Harrison, 31, of Pensacola, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person. The indictment alleges that Harrison disposed of a Glock 9-millimeter pistol to convicted felon Marcellous Likely-McWilliams III, who pleaded guilty earlier this month to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession…
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