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Note: A copy of the 2021 indictment can be found here and a copy of the 2019 indictment can be found here. MIAMI – A Colombian national charged in two separate federal indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion in connection with Venezuelan government bribery schemes will make his initial appearance on Tuesday, Oct….
FORT WORTH, Texas — United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a Springtown, Texas, man who repeatedly issued violent threats against the President of the United States and federal immigration officers was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. On June 9, 2025, Francisco Jesus Mena, 37, pleaded guilty…
LOS ANGELES – A North Hollywood man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for his role in a series of fraud schemes that caused nearly $5 million in losses to federal COVID 19 relief and small business lending programs. Sarkis Sarkisyan, 38, of North Hollywood, was sentenced by United States District Judge…
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Sarah Blood, 44, of Richmondville, New York, was sentenced on September 29, 2026 by United States District Judge Anne M. Nardacci to 5 years’ probation, including 8 months’ home detention, for stealing over $200,000 from the State Agricultural and Rural Leaders, Inc. (SARL) between 2020 and 2023. First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone…
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MIAMI – A Venezuelan national who trafficked cocaine, possessed firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking, and then arranged a methamphetamine deal while on bond has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison. Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga sentenced Glen Sebastian Mendoza, 33, of Miami, to 147 months in federal…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Maryland man was sentenced yesterday to three years and one month in prison for assault of a U.S. postal worker and robbery of mail, money, or other property of the United States. According to court documents, on Sept. 5, 2025, Dason Antonio Robinson, 28, of Bowie, and an unidentified co-conspirator traveled…
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Unit for sale, pickup only in the Doral, Miami, Florida area. This lightly used unit is for sale for $2,800 (regular price $4,800). No returns or exchanges; this is the final sale. This is the only unit remaining for sale. The unit does not include cables or equipment. Buyers should note that the unit will…
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A woman died and her baby was seriously injured after falling from the balcony of a 15th-floor apartment around 3:30 a.m. at 2550 Olinville Avenue in the Bronx, New York, on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. The baby had to be rushed to Jacobi Hospital in a police car. Police are searching for her ex-boyfriend, as…
A seven-year-old Venezuelan girl, identified by her family as Eddimar Paola Hernandez Chacon, was murdered by an unknown woman, 48-year-old Shavon Gayden, on October 3, 2026, at approximately 11:55 a.m., while walking on the sidewalk in the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago. Police reports indicate there is no known motive for the…
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced the apprehension of Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre also known as “Prometheus” and “The Engineer,” 50, of Venezuela. Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre was added to the FBI’s “Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives” list in March of 2026. Canelon Aguirre was the first cyber criminal and the 540th individual to be…
Tom Homan, White House “Border Czar” the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), during his recent visit to Doral, a city in South Florida, on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at an America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Hispanic Leadership Conference, said that there will be an increase in deportations by ICE agents, adding that September was…
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City of Doral Councilman Rafael Pineyro inaugurated the Empléate 2026 Job Fair at the Miami Dade College West Campus, where more than 40 companies offered jobs to applicants who attended the well-attended event. The fair took place on Thursday, October 1, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., on the third floor of the Miami…
ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Southern California man was sentenced to 64 months’ imprisonment today after he possessed two firearms and ammunition as a restricted person. The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Marie McIff Allen, comes after Francisco Andrade Santio, 46, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty on February 26, 2026, to…
MIAMI – A Miami real estate developer has been sentenced more than 11 years in federal prison for defrauding investors of approximately $89 million, diverting investor funds to finance a lavish lifestyle, failing to pay millions of dollars in payroll taxes, and lying to a bank to obtain financing for a 68-foot yacht. U.S. District…
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KONSTANTINOS “KOSTA” DIAMANTIS, 70, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and false statement offenses related to his conduct as director of Connecticut’s Office of School Constructions Grants and Review (“OSCGR”), the state agency responsible…
Pensacola, Florida – Ray Anthony Pearson II, 32, of Navarre, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud involving Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds. This prosecution was part of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud launched by President Donald J. Trump, a whole-of-government effort to eliminate fraud, waste,…
Ocala, Florida – Israel Reyes (27, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. He faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. According…
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”), Bryan DiGirolamo, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today that EDSON BROWN was sentenced to 135…
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County man and a Middlesex County woman, both aliens, were each charged with illegally voting in a federal election and making false statements while applying for United States citizenship, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced today. Patrick Terrance Reid, 61, a Jamaican national and resident of Orange, New Jersey, and Danubis…
An accident occurred in Doral, Florida, around 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2026, between NW 36th Street and NW 87th Avenue. Six people were injured. Four were treated and released without incident. Of the other two, one was airlifted to the hospital, and the other was taken by ambulance. After the crash, local residents…
PHILADELPHIA – Four non-citizens have been charged with election-related crimes, announced United States Attorney David Metcalf. Cliff Sanon, 39, an illegal alien who has been residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal complaint with one count of submitting a fraudulent voter registration application. According to the complaint, Sanon allegedly submitted a voter registration application…
