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Article Index: First Quarter 2025 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: January · February · March |
| January | Title | Details |
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| Wednesday, 1 January 2025 | ||
| 1 January 2025 | Tail Lights: Artificial Intelligence Revisited Last time the major theme was “Garbage In, Garbage Out,” or how dumping all kinds of data into AI models without the computer knowing what's fact or fiction yields terrible results. | Commentary (text) Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden |
| Tuesday, 7 January 2025 | ||
| 7 January 2025 | Jury convicts South Texan for transporting people in the tractor’s cab At trial, the jury heard from some of those being transported who explained that smugglers had driven them to a remote area where a tractor-trailer was waiting. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas  Topic: Lisandro Vasquez-Gomez |
| Wednesday, 8 January 2025 | ||
| 8 January 2025 | Automotive News Briefs January Federal Grand Jury 2024-A Indictments Announced | Automotive News Briefs (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma |
| 8 January 2025 | Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns Jeremy Charles DeWitte filed individual income tax returns for 2017 and 2018 that materially understated the revenue he received from operating his business. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida Topics: Jeremy Charles DeWitte, Metro State Special Services |
| 8 January 2025 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Committing Two Armed Carjackings Hours Apart In September, the defendant pleaded guilty to an information charging him with the carjackings, as well as one count of aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm during a crime of violence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 8 January 2025 | Oglala Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Killing an Infant in Automobile Accident In August 2023, Sheldon Flute drove while intoxicated with his 25-day-old infant son in the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 8 January 2025 | Poplar man who stole truck after stabbing driver on Fort Peck Indian Reservation sentenced to 57 months in prison In court documents, the government alleged that the victim, identified as John Doe, was contacted by his sister who asked him to pick up Brandon Lee Romero and give him a ride because she didn’t want him at her residence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| 8 January 2025 | United States Files Civil Complaint Against New York Online Seller of Illegal Vehicle Emission Control Defeat Devices Spectrum Wholesale, Inc. and its principal sold over 600 defeat devices that increased harmful vehicle emissions. | Press Release (text &  document)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Byline: John Marzulli & Danielle Blustein Hass |
| Friday, 10 January 2025 | ||
| 10 January 2025 | 12 ½ Year Prison Term for Man Who Killed 13-Year-Old Karon Blake Jason Lewis is seen on video leaving his house, aiming and firing at two young people who were fleeing their involvement in breaking into cars. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 10 January 2025 | Pitt County Man Who Brandished Gun at State Trooper After High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Nearly Nine Years in Prison According to court documents and other information presented in court, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol attempted to stop Kenneth Charles Kinard for driving 90-mph in a 70-mph zone on I-587 in Pitt County. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 10 January 2025 | Queens, New York Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Human Smuggling According to court records, Luis Fernando Barragan-Palacios completed approximately 30 smuggling trips, shuttling nearly 100 migrants who entered the country illegally from the Canadian border into Vermont, to the New York City area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Rutland, Vermont |
| Monday, 13 January 2025 | ||
| 13 January 2025 | Man Admits Staging Auto Accidents to Commit Insurance Fraud He went to the emergency room complaining of “non-determinative pain that required expensive tests that never identified any particular injury.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Tuesday, 14 January 2025 | ||
| 14 January 2025 | East Bay Arsonist Admits To Attempting To Firebomb Oakland Federal Building And Firebombing University Police Car Casey Robert Goonan also admitted to placing a bag containing six Molotov cocktails underneath the fuel tank of a marked University of California Police Department patrol car at UC Berkeley, lighting the bag on fire and fleeing, causing the patrol car to catch on fire. | Press Release (text &  images)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: Oakland, California |
| 14 January 2025 | FACT SHEET: Safeguarding America from National Security Risks of Connected Vehicle Technology from China and Russia Today, President Biden is announcing strong and decisive actions to safeguard America from national security risks associated with the exploitation of U.S. connected vehicle supply chains by the People’s Republic of China and Russian Federation. | Press Release (text) Publisher: The White House |
| 14 January 2025 | St. Louis County Man Admits Defrauding Online Sellers with Prop Money Aaron Montgomery would then take the property, which included cars, SUVs, trucks, five pairs of Air Jordans and audio equipment, before the sellers discovered that he had not provided them with real money. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Wednesday, 15 January 2025 | ||
| 15 January 2025 | Central Ohio men sentenced to 25 years & 13 years in prison for crimes related to armed robberies, I-70 shootout Columbus police officers then located the stolen vehicle on I-70 traveling eastbound. The men reached speeds more than 125 miles per hour near rush hour while attempting to flee law enforcement. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio Dateline: Columbus, Ohio Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 15 January 2025 | Hino Motors, a Toyota Subsidiary, Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $1.6B to Resolve Emissions Fraud Scheme This unlawful conduct allowed Hino, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, to improperly secure approvals to import and sell, and cause to be imported and sold, more than 110,000 diesel engines in the United States from 2010 to 2022. | Press Release (text & documents) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Hino |
| Thursday, 16 January 2025 | ||
| 16 January 2025 | As Carjackings Decline in D.C., Defendants Face 57-Count Indictment for Spree of Armed Carjackings and Shootings December 2024 had fewest carjackings in months; January may see greater decline. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 January 2025 | Attempted Attack on the White House with a Rented Box Truck Results in 8-Year Sentence for Missouri Man Sai Varshith Kandula of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 96 months in federal prison for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck, an attack that aimed to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States in order to replace it with a dictatorship fueled by Nazi ideology. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 16 January 2025 | Chicago Man Convicted of Kidnapping, Carjacking, and Firearm Offenses Evidence at trial revealed that Andrew Anania kidnapped an Uber driver on March 8, 2021, in Darien, Illinois. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| 16 January 2025 | New Federal Charges Filed In Carjacking And Murder Case; One Individual Pleads Guilty Kevin Ocasio Justiniano made plans with Jordanish Torres Garcia to conduct the carjacking and kidnapping of K.A. and to rob her of $170,000 in drug proceeds that were being laundered. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| 16 January 2025 | New Jersey Man Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison According to documents in the case, in December 2023 Juan Aquino obtained four kilograms of cocaine from Colorado and was transporting it back to New Jersey in hidden vehicle compartments when he was stopped by law enforcement on the Indiana Toll Road. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana Dateline: South Bend, Indiana |
| 16 January 2025 | New Orleans Man Guilty of Murder in Connection with Staged Automobile Collisions in the New Orleans Area According to court filings, Ryan J. Harris admitted to acting as a “slammer” in a scheme in which he and his co-conspirators intentionally staged automobile collisions in the New Orleans metropolitan area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 16 January 2025 | Tractor-Trailer Driver in Deadly 2022 Smuggling Event Pleads Guilty The driver of the tractor-trailer used to smuggle at least 64 undocumented individuals resulting in the deaths of 47 adults and six children in 2022 entered a plea of guilty today to multiple counts arising from the fatal incident. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: San Antonio, Texas Topic: Homero Zamorano Jr. |
| Friday, 17 January 2025 | ||
| 17 January 2025 | Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Alexander Villanueva of Las Vegas Nevada, pled guilty to reckless driving, failing to comply with a traffic control device, possessing an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, and refusing to submit to a test of his breath. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 17 January 2025 | Former West Michigan Business Owners Sentenced To Prison Those businesses operated under several names, including Hites RV, Alpine Trailer Sales, Great Lakes Recreational, Great Lakes Trailer, GLR Transport, and Great Lakes Trailer Manufacturing. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan Dateline: Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 17 January 2025 | Four Members Of Charlotte-Based Multi-Million Dollar Auto Theft Ring Are Sentenced To Prison The defendants stole high-end automobiles from dealerships across the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 17 January 2025 | Nashville Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Multiple Robberies and Carjackings Jesse Jose Rucker pulled into a parking space next to the victim, pointed a gun at the victim, and stated, “I want your car.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee Byline: Mark H. Wildasin Dateline: Nashville, Tennessee |
| Tuesday, 21 January 2025 | ||
| 21 January 2025 | Lebanon, Virginia Town Councilman, Sister, Automotive Companies Settle with Federal Government The pair have interests in several automotive groups and previously made money winning bids to do work for the Town of Lebanon. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Virginia Dateline: Abingdon, Virginia Topics: Leonard Automotive Group, Appalachian Collision & Auto Parts |
| Wednesday, 22 January 2025 | ||
| 22 January 2025 | Horizon City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Lead Role in Human Smuggling Organization Isai Orona also admitted to having a network of drivers to transport the undocumented noncitizens in at least 12 vehicles, which he obtained or helped others to obtain. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: El Paso, Texas |
| 22 January 2025 | Man Indicted for Involuntary Manslaughter on Bois Forte Reservation Vehicle debris at the scene included pieces from a dark blue vehicle and pieces of plastic that appeared to be headlights or turn signals. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Duluth, Minnesota |
| Thursday, 23 January 2025 | ||
| 23 January 2025 | Charlotte Man Is Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Two Armed Carjackings According to court documents and court proceedings, Kaionta Dabney and his co-conspirator, Marcus Mayfield, were driving together when they began to follow a Dodge Hellcat vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 23 January 2025 | Four SoCal Residents Found Guilty of Participating in an Armed Robbery and Carjacking at Car Repair Shop in San Bernardino County The defendants kept the victims hostage and threatened to kill them if the victims did not hand over cash, their car, and if they ever called law enforcement. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Riverside, California |
| Friday, 24 January 2025 | ||
| 24 January 2025 | Former CEO of Startup Software Company Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Tax Scheme U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty also ordered Park to pay $639,821.78 in restitution, the amount of tax and interest not repaid at the time of sentencing, to the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire Dateline: Concord, New Hampshire Topics: CarNow, Andrew Park |
| 24 January 2025 | Husband Pleads Guilty to Gunning Down Wife in D.C. Parking Lot When she ran for her life and hid in a nearby work van, the defendant pursued her and fired numerous shots into the van killing her. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 24 January 2025 | Tucson Woman Sentenced to 60 Months for Transporting Illegal Aliens for Profit On February 2, 2024, near Naco, a United States Border Patrol camera operator observed four suspected undocumented noncitizens approach a 2011 Volkswagen Routan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| Monday, 27 January 2025 | ||
| 27 January 2025 | Indianapolis Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Federal Prison for Armed Carjacking of U.S. Postal Service Truck Robert Powell stole the truck and drove it out of the apartment complex at a high rate of speed for about a mile before pulling over to meet with another person waiting in a Mazda 6 sedan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 27 January 2025 | Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Federal Prison for Carjacking Resulting in Death Michael Dewitt committed a carjacking at gunpoint, and stole a 2011 Ford F350 from its owner in Simpsonville, Kentucky. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Kentucky Dateline: Louisville, Kentucky |
| Tuesday, 28 January 2025 | ||
| 28 January 2025 | Lame Deer woman admits assault charges in rollover crash that injured two passengers on Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation In court documents, the government alleged that the FBI received a report that a car driven by Kendra Carol Cook had rolled north of Lame Deer, injuring Cook and her two passengers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Clair J. Howard Dateline: Billings, Montana |
| 28 January 2025 | Nebraska Man Pleads Guilty to Violent Carjackings in Minneapolis According to court documents, Nathan Mathias Sughroue approached his first victim and told her to get out of her black Hyundai Elantra. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 28 January 2025 | Syracuse Man Admits to Illegally Possessing a Rifle at a Gas Station As part of his guilty plea, Bradley admitted that he possessed a loaded rifle in his vehicle, which was parked at a gas station in East Syracuse. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York Dateline: Syracuse, New York |
| Wednesday, 29 January 2025 | ||
| 29 January 2025 | Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over Twenty Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl, Meth, and Cocaine Charges After High-Speed Police Chase Lamone Lauderdale eventually came to a stop after striking two other vehicles and popping his tire on a median near Michigan Road in Indianapolis. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 29 January 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing of Las Cruces Man for Carjacking and Firearms Offenses According to court documents, officers from the Las Cruces Police Department attempted to stop a black Cadillac sedan with no visible license plate. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 29 January 2025 | Union County Man Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Stolen Vehicles Conspiracy Nathaniel Bell was the leader of a criminal conspiracy that obtained stolen vehicles from New Jersey, New York, Florida, and other states, obtained fraudulent titles for the stolen vehicles, and altered vehicle identification numbers to conceal the fact that the vehicles were stolen. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| Thursday, 30 January 2025 | ||
| 30 January 2025 | East St. Louis Woman Sentenced to Serve 10 Years in Prison for Transporting Controlled Substances to Pemiscot County Court records reflect that Georgia R. Phillips was pulled over for a traffic violation on Interstate 55 in Pemiscot County last May. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 30 January 2025 | Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty To Illegally Transporting Undocumented Aliens The vehicle’s odometer showed that the mileage at the time of the stop was 401,996. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida Topics: Interstate Highway System, Ford Explorer |
| 30 January 2025 | Winter Garden Man Who Backed Vehicle Into Business And Stole Six Firearms Sentenced To Four Years After smashing the front door and wall of the business, Edward Camacho entered the business and broke a glass case where multiple firearms were housed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| Friday, 31 January 2025 | ||
| 31 January 2025 | Armored Truck Robber Sentenced To More Than 11 Years Surveillance video showed the vehicle also following the armored truck to other locations before conducting the robbery at the gas station in Ellenton. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| 31 January 2025 | Convicted of a Drive-By Shooting and Fentanyl Trafficking, Member of ‘21st and Vietnam’ Crew Sentenced to 161 Months After finding what they believed to be appropriate targets, both Briyon Shuford and Trevon Palmer opened fire from the vehicle, shooting indiscriminately into the parking lot of the Circle 7 Food and Grocery Mart without regard for innocent bystanders or passing cars. | Press Release (text &  photo)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 31 January 2025 | MILHORN PLEADS GUILTY IN DUI DEATH ON NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY Law enforcement Rangers were dispatched to a collision involving a Hummer H3 and a Toyota Tundra. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi Dateline: Oxford, Mississippi |
| 31 January 2025 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures 15-Year Sentence for Deadly 2022 DWI Crash that Killed Three People According to court documents, Cody Allen Charlie, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, was driving intoxicated at 116 miles per hour while using his cell phone when he crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 40, near mile marker 130. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| February | Title | Details |
| Sunday, 2 February 2025 | ||
| 2 February 2025 | Tail Lights: Data Burning This time it is not as dramatic as physically emptying a library into a pile in the middle of a torchlit plaza and lighting a bonfire. But the digital erasure of trans people from U.S. government data archives has begun. | Commentary (text) Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden |
| Monday, 3 February 2025 | ||
| 3 February 2025 | Alleged Armed Carjacker Charged After Arrest The victim told the officers that the defendant approached him as he sat in his vehicle, pointed a black handgun at him and told him to get out of the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 3 February 2025 | Gardner business owner sentenced to prison for failing to pay taxes As the owner and operator of Marvin's Tow Service, Inc. in Gardner, Kansas, Marvin Vail failed to pay employment taxes for at least 23 calendar quarters between 2012-2017. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas Dateline: Kansas City, Kansas Topics: Marvin Vail, Marvin's Tow Service |
| Tuesday, 4 February 2025 | ||
| 4 February 2025 | Four Defendants Indicted for Carjacking FBI investigated each case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John G. Camp, Daniel S. McBrayer, and Darius C. Greene are prosecuting these cases. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama |
| 4 February 2025 | Georgia Man Indicted for Firearm Charge in 2023 Shooting of SCHP Trooper Derrick Gathers has been charged in state court for a number of other charges related to the incident. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina Dateline: Columbia, South Carolina |
| 4 February 2025 | St. Louis County Man Admits Drug Robbery, Carjacking Walter C. Moore pulled out a handgun, grabbed the Oxycodone pills and ordered the seller out, threatening to shoot her. Moore then sped off in her car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Wednesday, 5 February 2025 | ||
| 5 February 2025 | Guatemalan Nationals Charged for Alleged Possession of Firearms Following IH-35 Road Rage Complaint According to court documents, Anderson Morales-Calderon and Ever Morales-Calderon were subjected to a traffic stop by officers from the Troy Police Department and Lorena Police Department as response to a road rage complaint called into 911. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Waco, Texas |
| 5 February 2025 | Madison Carrig Imprisoned For Employer Embezzlements According to the information, beginning in September 2022 and continuing until February 2023, Madison Carrig was employed as the office manager of two automobile dealerships located in central Vermont. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont Dateline: Burlington, Vermont Topic: Madison Carrig |
| 5 February 2025 | Sorrento Man Indicted For Circle K Robberies In Lake And Orange Counties United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Jose Flores Avila with two counts of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Ocala, Florida Topic: Circle K |
| 5 February 2025 | Texas man arrested for possessing child pornography while working as school bus driver in Fairbanks According to court documents, in December 2024, the Fairbanks Police Department received information that a USB drive found in the business center of a Fairbanks hotel allegedly contained child sexual abuse materials. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska Byline: Reagan Zimmerman-Hartzheim Dateline: Fairbanks, Alaska Topic: Scott O’Toole |
| 5 February 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office and U.S. Border Patrol Announce Arrest in Smuggling Case Involving Unaccompanied Juveniles According to the complaint,, Border Patrol agents encountered Jesus Antonio Rodriguez-Bermudez, a Mexican national who had entered the United States illegally in December 2024, driving on New Mexico State Road 26, a highway that has been exploited by smugglers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 5 February 2025 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures 51-Month Sentence in Vehicular Homicide Case A Sanostee man was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $8,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter for a fatal drunk-driving crash that occurred on the Navajo Nation. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Thursday, 6 February 2025 | ||
| 6 February 2025 | Former Reno Police Officer Indicted For Civil Rights Violations According to allegations contained in the indictment and statements made in court, Tyler Michael Baehr willfully deprived an individual of the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure by taking her cellular phone during a routine traffic stop and unlawfully seizing sexually explicit photos of her from her phone. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nevada Dateline: Reno, Nevada |
| 6 February 2025 | Organizer of Nationwide Rental Car Theft Scheme Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison Tyrell A. Oliver hatched a scheme in which he reserved luxury rental vehicles using stolen credit card information and stolen identities. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 6 February 2025 | Three Metro East Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud in Gas Pump Scheme A federal judge in southern Illinois sentenced three men to prison for their involvement in a scheme to use counterfeit credit and debit cards to fill up tanks for gas station patrons in exchange for cash. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Illinois Byline: Lauren Barry Duncan Dateline: East St. Louis, Illinois |
| Friday, 7 February 2025 | ||
| 7 February 2025 | Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Boston Heil pled guilty to speeding, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and refusal of a motor vehicle operator to provide a breath test while in Grand Teton National Park. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 7 February 2025 | Mexican National Charged With Illegally Transporting Undocumented Aliens According to the complaint, on February 3, 2025, a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper stopped an SUV on Interstate-75 for a traffic violation. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| Saturday, 8 February 2025 | ||
| 8 February 2025 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Possessing Stolen Car and Drug and Weapons Violations According to court documents, law enforcement tracked a brand new, $80,000 Ford F-150 Raptor stolen from the Norfolk Southern Railyard to Mervyn Lucas’s residence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford F-150 |
| Monday, 10 February 2025 | ||
| 10 February 2025 | Armed Carjacker Detained Pending Trial for March 2024 Carjacking Miquel Beasley entered the victim’s car, asked if the victim wanted to purchase marijuana, and the victim handed Beasley approximately $250. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 10 February 2025 | South Florida Car Dealer Turned Carjacker Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison When the victim was late on payment one, the finance company enforced the claw-back provision, demanding that Guru Auto return roughly $13,000. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida Topic: Guru Auto Sales, Erik Hadad, Honda Accord |
| 10 February 2025 | St. Petersburg Man Sentenced To More Than 14 Years For Role In Fraud Scheme To Obtain Titles To Vehicles The conspirators submitted fraudulent and counterfeit documents and fake certified mail receipts to Florida tax collector offices to make it look like the vehicles had towing and storage liens, which enabled the conspirators to obtain clear titles to the vehicles and sell the vehicles to unsuspecting buyers for profit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Tuesday, 11 February 2025 | ||
| 11 February 2025 | Adair County Resident Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter The Indictment alleged that Jade Larae Duncan unlawfully killed an individual in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony and in the commission in an unlawful manner, without due caution and circumspection, while driving under the influence of alcohol and departing the roadway into a creek bed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 11 February 2025 | South Carolina Drug Trafficker Helping Move Kilograms of Cocaine Sentenced to More than Six Years A consensual search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of two kilograms of cocaine found inside two cereal boxes, a digital scale, a drug ledger, and money transmittal receipts to Mexico and Honduras. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 11 February 2025 | Three Charged For Their Role In Major Theft Organization Targeting Luxury Vehicles Vehicles were stolen from car dealerships, residences and residential parking garages, and other businesses. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Wednesday, 12 February 2025 | ||
| 12 February 2025 | Juvenile Charged With August 2024 Armed Carjacking The victim told the officers that at least two suspects approached the victim, who was sitting in their vehicle waiting for a family member. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 12 February 2025 | Orleans Parish Man Guilty of Carjacking and Weapons Violations Court documents revealed that on January 12, 2023, New Orleans Police Department officers were dispatched to Conti Street in response to an armed robbery/carjacking. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 12 February 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Sentencing of Albuquerque Man for Violent Carjacking and Robbery Spree On July 17, 2021, Romero carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint from a pregnant woman exiting a Walmart with her three young children. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Thursday, 13 February 2025 | ||
| 13 February 2025 | Katy Man Sentenced to Prison for Striking Border Patrol Agent With Vehicle and Fleeing During Smuggling Attempt A USBP canine alerted the agents to the trunk, revealing an individual inside. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas |
| 13 February 2025 | New Yorker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison After Leading High-Speed Smuggling Pursuit and Injuring 11 Migrants According to court documents, a Kendall County Sheriff’s Department deputy attempted a traffic stop when the deputy observed Peter Diaz-Vasquez, of Bronx, driving a pickup truck at 106 mph on I-10. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: San Antonio, Texas Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 13 February 2025 | Sin City Deciples Member Sentenced to 204 Months in Prison According to the Second Superseding Indictment, the Sin City Deciples, originally formed in 1967 in Gary, Indiana, is an outlaw motorcycle organization in which its members and associates engaged in acts of violence, extortion, and narcotics distribution in the Northern District of Indiana and elsewhere. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Indiana Dateline: Hammond, Indiana Topic: Sin City Deciples |
| 13 February 2025 | Third Defendant Pleads Guilty in Car Dealership Fraud Conspiracy David L. Jones Jr. and his coconspirators submitted credit applications and purchased or attempted to purchase vehicles from dealerships in the Jackson metro area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 13 February 2025 | Truck driver pleads guilty to smuggling 36 illegal aliens in trailer Upon initial inspection, a K-9 alerted to the possible presence of humans in the trailer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Tuesday, 18 February 2025 | ||
| 18 February 2025 | Guatemalan Citizen Pleads Guilty To Illegally Transporting Undocumented Aliens According to the plea agreement, the U.S. Border Patrol received information that a grey truck with a Georgia license plate traveling southbound on I-75 was transporting undocumented aliens between Atlanta, Georgia, and South Florida. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 18 February 2025 | Guatemalan National Sentenced To 23 Months In Prison For Illegal Reentry In The United States According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Eddie Damian-Guillen was encountered in the United States at Pike County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania, having been arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Wednesday, 19 February 2025 | ||
| 19 February 2025 | 14 members of Bandidos motorcycle gang indicted for offenses including racketeering, assault and murder Current and former members of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and Mascareros Motorcycle Club are charged for their alleged roles in a criminal enterprise engaged in violent criminal activity in and around Houston. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Houston, Texas Topic: Bandidos |
| 19 February 2025 | Fourteen Members and Associates of Violent Transnational Motorcycle Gang Indicted on RICO and Murder Charges An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Texas charging 14 members and associates of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang for their alleged roles in a criminal enterprise engaged in murder, robbery, arson, narcotics distribution, and witness intimidation in and around Houston. | Press Release (text &  video)Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Bandidos |
| 19 February 2025 | Subsidiary of Chinese State-Owned Entity to Pay $14.2M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Paycheck Protection Program Loan Congress created the PPP in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: YAPP Automotive Systems Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 19 February 2025 | Subsidiary of Chinese State-Owned Entity to Pay $14.2M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Paycheck Protection Program Loan Congress created the PPP in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin Byline: Kenneth Gales Topic: YAPP Automotive Systems Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 19 February 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI Charge Woman with Involuntary Manslaughter According to the indictment Debbie Rojack, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, killed John Doe by operating a motor vehicle with disregard for human life when she knew and should have known that her conduct imperiled the lives of others. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Thursday, 20 February 2025 | ||
| 20 February 2025 | 16-Year-Old Charged as Adult with Armed Carjackings and Robberies Over a Three Month Period According to documents filed in court, Etheridge has been charged in relation to an armed carjacking in October 2024 and an armed robbery in January 2025. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 20 February 2025 | Fresno Man Indicted for Possession of Loaded Gun After High-Speed Chase According to court documents, law enforcement officers located a vehicle suspected in several recent catalytic converter thefts. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California |
| 20 February 2025 | Halloween getaway driver convicted The robbery took place at the Morelos Supermercardos in Victoria and involved a stolen vehicle with stolen plates and a stolen gun. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Victoria, Texas |
| 20 February 2025 | Lebanon County Man and Diesel Vehicle Repair Shop Indicted for Violations of Clean Air Act and Conspiring to Defraud the United States and Violate the Clean Air Act According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, the indictment alleges Roy Ladell Weaver, owner of Pro Diesel Werks, along with multiple co-conspirators, disabled the hardware emissions control systems on the diesel vehicles of Pro Diesel Werks customers, defeating the systems’ ability to reduce pollutant gases and particulate matter being emitted to the atmosphere. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Topics: Roy Ladell Weaver, Pro Diesel Werks |
| 20 February 2025 | Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Armed Kidnapping of Ride Share Driver Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga sentenced the defendant to 60 months as to Counts 1 and 2, kidnapping and carjacking, and imposed the mandatory 84-month term of imprisonment for Count 3, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, to be served consecutively. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida |
| 20 February 2025 | Saint Paul Man and Mounds View Woman Sentenced to Prison for Armed Carjacking in Minneapolis Isis Martinaz Brent brandished a Carl Walther 9mm semiautomatic pistol and demanded the victim’s keys. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 20 February 2025 | West Hartford Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participating in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement has been investigating the theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles across Connecticut. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 20 February 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Sentencing for Fatal DUI Crash on Navajo Nation Investigation revealed Olan Jumbo was driving between 74-82 mph in a 45-mph zone at the time of impact and had multiple prior drunk-driving related convictions. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Friday, 21 February 2025 | ||
| 21 February 2025 | Armed Carjacker Indicted on 35 Counts for 2024 Crime Spree Lamontee Fowler knocked on the window of the victim’s Toyota Rav 4 with the handle of a firearm, ordered the victim out of the driver’s seat, fired the gun, took the victim’s car keys, and fled the scene in the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 21 February 2025 | Carjacker Sentenced to 96-Month Prison Term for Carjacking Valet Driver in Southeast Washington The victim had just parked a client’s SUV in the parking garage at 221 Tingey Street Southeast when Raymond Davese attacked her from behind, put her in a headlock, and deployed a taser into her neck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 21 February 2025 | Mexican National Indicted After Traffic Stop for Alleged Criminal Possession of a Firearm A Williamson Country Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted the traffic stop after allegedly observing the passenger in Marcelo Olvera-Moreno’s vehicle fire a handgun from the front passenger window. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Austin, Texas |
| 21 February 2025 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Attempted Carjacking and Federal Gun Charges Warren Roland ran into traffic on Read Boulevard, grabbed the front passenger side doorhandle of a stopped Toyota SUV, and tried to open the door while brandishing the firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 21 February 2025 | Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Burning Down Local Business According to evidence presented at trial, surveillance footage showed the defendant driving an SUV with dark rims near her home and the fire scene. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California Byline: Kelly Thornton Dateline: San Diego, California Topics: Off Road Warehouse, Carey Alice Hernandez |
| Monday, 24 February 2025 | ||
| 24 February 2025 | Fresno Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for a Series of Vehicle Pipe-Bombings The bombings damaged vehicles belonging to two auto-related businesses on Clinton Avenue. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California |
| 24 February 2025 | Mexican National Charged with Transporting Illegal Aliens According to an affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, troopers with the Missouri Highway Patrol stopped the Honda Pilot Ramirez was driving on on Interstate 70 in Mayview, just south of Marshall. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri Dateline: Kansas City, Missouri Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 24 February 2025 | Three Men Sentenced to Prison for Carjackings and Armed Robberies in Chicago Four of the carjackings occurred in the early morning hours of September 28, 2022. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois |
| Tuesday, 25 February 2025 | ||
| 25 February 2025 | Arizona woman pleads guilty to transporting 50 kilograms of cocaine According to court documents, Andrea Celaya-Rodriguez was stopped by Ohio State Highway Patrol on I-70 in Madison County. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Ohio Dateline: Columbus, Ohio Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 25 February 2025 | Convicted Felon Caught with Firearm During Traffic Stop Sentenced to 30 Months Keon Shine was on federal probation for illegally possessing a firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine Dateline: Portland, Maine Byline: Johnathan G. Nathans |
| 25 February 2025 | Convicted Felon Sentenced to 2 1/2 Years in Prison for Gun Crime Related to Road Rage Incident According to the plea agreement, David Lee Hooker was involved in a road rage incident at the intersection of Bessemer Road and BY Williams Sr. Drive. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama |
| 25 February 2025 | Oregon Transportation Company and Owner Sentenced to Probation and Criminal Fines for Tampering with Pollution Monitoring Devices According to court documents, between October 2019 and July 2023, Timothy Curtis Clancy tampered with federally mandated monitoring devices by performing "deletes and tunes" to emission control systems for at least thirteen diesel semi-trailer trucks operated by his companies. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon Dateline: Portland, Oregon Topics: Clancy Logistics, Timothy Clancy |
| Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | ||
| 26 February 2025 | Felon Sentenced for Possessing Firearms and Transporting Stolen Vehicle Steven Michael Current also admitted that he drove a stolen 2004 Harley Davidson Motorcycle from Canton, Minnesota, to the burglary scene in Iowa. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa |
| 26 February 2025 | New Jersey Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Alien Smuggling Kenneth Moore anticipated being paid $3,000 for his services but was quickly apprehended by agents from the United States Border Patrol. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York Dateline: Albany, New York |
| Thursday, 27 February 2025 | ||
| 27 February 2025 | Lyons Resident Charged In Connection With Series of Incidents At Loveland Tesla Dealership According to the complaint, on January 29, Loveland Police received a call reporting a fire near a Cyber Truck located at the Tesla dealership. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado Dateline: Denver, Colorado Topic: Tesla |
| 27 February 2025 | Tulsan Sentenced for Two Counts of Robbery In September 2023, Tulsa Police officers were dispatched to an auto repair shop where the employees were robbed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Tusla, Oklahoma |
| Friday, 28 February 2025 | ||
| 28 February 2025 | Mexican customs worker guilty in stolen vehicle conspiracy In one instance in May 2024, Luis Enrique Guzman Pablo assisted co-conspirators with the exportation of a stolen Chevrolet Trailblazer that was exported via the Veteran’s International Bridge in Brownsville to Matamoros in exchange for payment. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| 28 February 2025 | North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Carjacking of Off-Duty South Carolina Police Detective The carjacking victims identified Shia Lee in a photo lineup, and Lee admitted his involvement to Orangeburg County deputies. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina Dateline: Columbia, South Carolina |
| 28 February 2025 | St. Louis County Man Admits Pandemic-Related Unemployment Fraud Daryl Jones Jr. and Cheryl Johnson submitted counterfeit insurance identification cards to accept delivery of the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 28 February 2025 | Texas woman arrested for attempting to smuggle 9-year-old twins through Laredo checkpoint Upon initial inspection, authorities allegedly observed a blanket moving between the second and third row of the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| 28 February 2025 | Waterbury Man Admits Role in Violent Carjacking in 2023 According to court documents and statements made in court,, two all-terrain vehicles were stolen from a Waterbury residence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| March | Title | Details |
| Monday, 3 March 2025 | ||
| 3 March 2025 | Donna man sentenced for smuggling 49 illegal aliens Authorities referred Joe Adam Escobedo to secondary inspection after a K-9 alerted to the tractor where they ultimately found seven illegal aliens from El Salvador and Mexico hidden in the sleeper area of the tractor.Authorities referred Joe Adam Escobedo to secondary inspection after a K-9 alerted to the tractor where they ultimately found seven illegal aliens from El Salvador and Mexico hidden in the sleeper area of the tractor. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas Topic: Joe Adam Escobedo |
| 3 March 2025 | Fleeing alien smuggler sent to federal prison At the hearing, the court heard evidence describing how Bocanegra had fled from law enforcement with four children in his vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 3 March 2025 | Illegal Alien Indicted for Conspiracy to Transport Other Aliens and Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin From late 2024 through January 2025, agents interviewed other load drivers arrested for transporting aliens, who admitted Edgar Guadalupe Jimenez-Aguilar had recruited them. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 3 March 2025 | Pulled Over for a Suspended Driver’s License, Convicted Felon Faces Up to 15 Years for Possessing Firearm According to court records, in March 2023, an officer with the East Millinocket Police Department ran a registration check on a vehicle and discovered that it was registered to someone with a suspended driver’s permit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine Byline: Andrew McCormack Dateline: Portland, Maine |
| 3 March 2025 | Two Colombian Nationals Charged with Drug-Trafficking on Alabama Interstate According to the indictment, Cristian Yesid Lugo-Beltran and Johan Leandro Zapata-Valencia possessed with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. The traffic stop of both men occurred on Interstate 65 in Shelby County. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 3 March 2025 | Wanted South Carolina Fugitive Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm at Evansville Bus Stop According to court documents, Evansville Police Department officers questioned Argelius C. Croft at the Evansville Greyhound Bus Station after learning that he had an active arrest warrant out of South Carolina for a pending criminal charge. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Evansville, Indiana Topic: Greyhound |
| Tuesday, 4 March 2025 | ||
| 4 March 2025 | Armed Carjacking Spree and Shooting at Police Officers Nets District Man 17 Years in Federal Prison According to the government’s evidence, in the Trinidad neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., Tywan J. Cummings pointed an AR-style rifle at a man who was putting air into his tire of his BMW 325i on the 1200 block of Raum Street. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 4 March 2025 | Mexican national indicted for smuggling $10,000 of cocaine behind trap door Mauricio Sebastian Valdez Rivas allegedly drove into the port of entry at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge seeking entry into the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| 4 March 2025 | Young driver faces federal charges after pulling gun during road rage incident The charges allege authorities had pulled over the vehicle and conducted a search which resulted in the discovery of two firearms and three loaded magazines in the center console. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | ||
| 5 March 2025 | Fort Hall Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Robbery at Knifepoint According to court records, Malik Marin Ish approached a man getting gasoline in his Jeep Cherokee at a gas station in Fort Hall and demanded the man’s vehicle at knifepoint. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Idaho Byline: Cassie Fulghum Dateline: Pocatello, Idaho |
| 5 March 2025 | Kyle Man Sentenced to Federal Prison An argument took place inside a car between Patrick Garrett and his girlfriend. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Thursday, 6 March 2025 | ||
| 6 March 2025 | Bridgeport Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Vehicle Theft Scheme According to court documents and statements made in court, Stephanie Perez was involved in a multistate identity theft scheme led by her husband, Tyshon Walker. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 6 March 2025 | Henderson Man Sentenced to Over Five and a Half Years on Firearm Charge After Daytime Shootout at Gas Station Surveillance video revealed that a little after 4 p.m., a car with Jaymon Gibson driving and a juvenile male in the front passenger seat pulled into a gas pump away from the store. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| 6 March 2025 | Portland Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing $34 Million from Former Client Sergey did the driving, and Galina handled the company’s books and finances. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon Topics: Astra Car Service, Sergey Lebedenko, Galina Lebedenko |
| 6 March 2025 | Spree of Violent Armed Carjackings and Armed Robberies Results in Guilty Plea According to court documents, Javon Roach admitted to perpetrating six armed carjackings and five armed robberies between March 6 and March 28, 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 6 March 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing in Alien Smuggling Case According to court documents, Border Patrol agents observed Omar Ozuna-Berneda, a Cuban national and lawful permanent resident, driving a white tractor-trailer on New Mexico State Road 26 near Deming. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: Omar Ozuna-Berneda |
| Friday, 7 March 2025 | ||
| 7 March 2025 | Former CEO of Subprime Auto Lender Sentenced to Four Years in Prison in Connection With $67 Million Fraud Schemes From 2015 to 2018, James Collins schemed with others to submit false information to a bank that had provided a $200 million warehouse line of credit to the company to fund its subprime loan portfolio. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois Topics: James Collins, Honor Finance |
| 7 March 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office and U.S. Border Patrol Charge Illegal Alien in High-Speed Checkpoint Evasion and Smuggling Case In a post-Miranda interview, Roberto Rodrigo Velazquez-Lopez stated he was instructed to transport illegal aliens from El Paso, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico to pay off a debt. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Monday, 10 March 2025 | ||
| 10 March 2025 | Indy Man Sentenced to Over Three Years in Federal Prison After Attempting to Purchase a Dozen Vehicles with Fraudulent Checks In the fall of 2022, Frank Garay received a settlement check for $15,066.95 from a law firm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 10 March 2025 | Seattle man who trafficked drugs and fired gun in International District Drive-by sentenced to prison Witnesses at the scene reported a man in a white Mercedes fired a handgun in the air multiple times at the intersection. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Seattle, Washington |
| Tuesday, 11 March 2025 | ||
| 11 March 2025 | Arkansas man guilty of transporting illegal aliens in wheel well and fuel tank Noel Mercado testified he had no idea any of the four individuals were concealed inside the truck he was driving. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 11 March 2025 | Bristol Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Role in Vehicle Theft Scheme According to court documents and statement made in court, Tyshon Walker obtained personal information stolen from residents of Connecticut and other states and used it to apply for vehicle loans at dealerships in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Rhode Island for luxury and performance vehicles, motorcycles, an all-terrain vehicle, and a boat. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut |
| 11 March 2025 | Highland Park Resident Indicted on 10 Counts of Drug, Firearm, and Motor Vehicle Charges The Superseding Indictment additionally charges Keeshon Grier with the knowing possession of stolen vehicles that have crossed a state boundary. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 11 March 2025 | Mexican national sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine through East Texas According to information presented in court, Audivier Martinez-Gomez was identified as the passenger in an eastbound vehicle stopped on Interstate-10 in Beaumont for speeding in a construction zone. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas Dateline: Beaumont, Texas Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 11 March 2025 | NC Department of Transportation Employee Pleads Guilty to the Sale of Dangerous Counterfeit Car Airbags In testing, the counterfeit airbags often malfunctioned, either not fully inflating or inflating late – posing a potentially serious risk of injury to the vehicle driver. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Wednesday, 12 March 2025 | ||
| 12 March 2025 | Jury Convicts Tolleson Man of Conspiracy to Transport and Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit Nathan Isaiah Solano picked up two individuals who were waiting for him in the desert brush off the side of the highway. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 12 March 2025 | Pair Convicted at Trial for St. Louis Carjackings Evidence and testimony at trial showed that Quinn Turner and Jaylen Mays stole a 2007 Chevrolet Impala at gunpoint and a 2017 GMC Terrain two days later. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 12 March 2025 | Scrap metal dealer sentenced to over two years in prison for multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy According to court documents, Theodore Nicholas Papouloglou used his business, DG Auto South in Emporia to purchase stolen catalytic converters from thieves. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia Dateline: Richmond, Virginia Topics: DG Auto South, Theodore Nicholas Papouloglou |
| 12 March 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Plea in Navajo Nation DUI Crash The crash occurred when Jazmyne Deschinny ran a red light and collided with a flatbed trailer being towed by a truck. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Thursday, 13 March 2025 | ||
| 13 March 2025 | Florida Man Sentenced for Biofuel Fraud Conspiracy The General Manager of a company that produces and sells renewable fuel and fuel credits was sentenced today to serve 37 months in prison to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release for his role in a scheme that generated over $7 million in fraudulent EPA renewable fuels credits and sought over $6 million in fraudulent tax credits connected to the purported production of biodiesel. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice |
| 13 March 2025 | Florida Man Sentenced for Biofuel Fraud Conspiracy When reporting the number of gallons they produced to the IRS and EPA, Royce Gillham and his employer vastly overstated their production volume in an effort to generate more credits. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida |
| 13 March 2025 | San Francisco Tow Company Operator Indicted In Scheme To Burn Competitors’ Tow Trucks Throughout The Bay Area The indictment describes that the purpose of the conspiracy was, among other things, to drive more business to two Bay Area-based towing companies with which Badillo was associated—Auto Towing and Specialty Towing—by impeding the business prospects of competitor towing companies, and to retaliate against those same competitors for perceived wrongs. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topic: Jose Vicente Badillo |
| 13 March 2025 | Thunderguards Motorcycle Club Member Sentenced For Trafficking Firearms Robert Dorsey was the self-proclaimed vice president of a Thunderguards Motorcycle Club chapter, known as the “North Pole”, in Wilmington. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Delaware Dateline: Wilmington, Delaware Topic: Thunderguards |
| 13 March 2025 | Trussville Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking Although Antonio Sedell Ellis initially complied with the officer’s requests, he then attempted to walk away from the scene and refused to follow the officer’s orders. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 13 March 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Prison Sentence in Fatal Navajo Nation DUI Case According to court documents, near Bread Springs, New Mexico, Sheldon Carlton Daye, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, struck and killed two individuals who were stopped on the shoulder of Highway 602 to repair a flat tire. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 13 March 2025 | Weaverville Man Sentenced To 24 Years For Carjacking And Discharging A Firearm That Seriously Injured A Postal Worker According to court documents and court proceedings, Jaden Isaiah Garay stole a loaded semiautomatic handgun and several loaded ammunition magazines from his relatives’ home following an argument with them. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of North Carolina Dateline: Asheville, North Carolina |
| Friday, 14 March 2025 | ||
| 14 March 2025 | Florida Man Sentenced for Using Gasoline to Start Employer’s Semi Trailer on Fire at Eppley Kevin Kaedi, a Prime, Inc. driver, disconnected his semi-truck’s tracking device so his employer could no longer see the vehicle movement. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Amy Donato Topics: Kevin Kaedi, Prime, Inc. |
| 14 March 2025 | James Island Man Charged for Arson of a N. Charleston Tesla Charging Station Witnesses reported that a man spray painted in red paint, “Fuck Trump” and “Long Live Ukraine” in a Tesla charging station parking spot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina Dateline: Charleston, South Carolina Topic: Tesla |
| 14 March 2025 | Pasco Tow Truck Operator Charged with Firearm Offense During a search of Lopez-Spindola’s office, investigators allegedly located a loaded .22 caliber revolver in a desk drawer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Washington Byline: Robert Curry Dateline: Richland, Washington Topics: Classic Towing and Recovery, Socorro Jesus Lopez-Spindola |
| 14 March 2025 | Phoenix Man Sentenced to Prison for Alien Smuggling Resulting in Death Steven Beltran-Lugo and his co-defendant, Cesar Velazquez-Munoz, picked up two illegal aliens near the border to transport them further into the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| Monday, 17 March 2025 | ||
| 17 March 2025 | Convicted Felon was Recruited over Social Media to Smuggle Aliens, will now Spend More than 2 Years in Federal Prison According to court documents, a U.S. Border Patrol agent initiated a lawful immigration stop of an SUV traveling south on U.S. Route 377. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas Topic: United States Numbered Highways |
| 17 March 2025 | Corpus Christi jury finds South Texas man guilty of transporting illegal aliens Testimony revealed that Alberto Chavez Jr. pulled up to the Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias for a routine immigration inspection with two passengers in the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 17 March 2025 | Michigan Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization According to court documents and statements made in court, Brogdon, also known as “Zone” and “Tay,” was one of the main conspirators, transporting large quantities of controlled substances from Detroit to Clarksburg, West Virginia. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia Dateline: Clarksburg, West Virginia |
| 17 March 2025 | Philadelphia Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Prison for 2022 Armed Carjacking in City’s West Oak Lane Section “‘Shoot her!’ a carjacker yelled, as the victim scrambled to save her own life.” | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 17 March 2025 | Shiprock Duo Sentenced for Violent Carjacking and High-Speed Chase As Jane Doe approached the area, Lindsey Yazzie, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, threw a large rock at her windshield, forcing her to stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Tuesday, 18 March 2025 | ||
| 18 March 2025 | Norman Man Sentenced to Serve 18 Months in Federal Prison after Tossing Molotov Cocktail at Norman Business On scene, Norman Fire Department observed a grass fire that had partially burned a building belonging to a towing and recovery business. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Oklahoma Dateline: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 18 March 2025 | Ontario Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Carjacking Victims at Gunpoint According to court documents, at an apartment complex in Ontario, Gregory Escobedo Jr. ordered a victim to exit their vehicle at gunpoint and drove away in the stolen vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon Dateline: Medford, Oregon |
| 18 March 2025 | Pawtucket Man Pleads Guilty to a Charge of Wire Fraud Roy Sweets admitted to the court that in May 2022, he participated in a scheme that used the personal information of another person without their permission when submitting an online loan application to a New Hampshire automobile dealership for the purchase of a 2022 Range Rover. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island Topic: Land Rover |
| Wednesday, 19 March 2025 | ||
| 19 March 2025 | Court Sentences Hino Motors Ltd., a Toyota Subsidiary, and Imposes Over $1.6B in Penalties for Emissions Fraud Scheme According to court records, between 2010 and 2019, Hino Motors, Ltd. engineers submitted and caused to be submitted false applications for engine certification approvals in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. | Press Release (text & documents) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Hino |
| Thursday, 20 March 2025 | ||
| 20 March 2025 | Birmingham Man Sentenced to More than Five Years in Prison for Carjacking According to the plea agreement, Christon John Wayman committed carjackings at two different locations in Birmingham. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama Dateline: Birmingham, Alabama |
| 20 March 2025 | Conviction Affirmed for Man Who Kidnapped, Murdered 80-year-old Horry County Woman During this trip, Dominique Devonah Brand sat behind Ms. Elvington with the shotgun before forcing her into the back seat and driving her to a remote crossroads in Marion County. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina Dateline: Richmond, Virginia |
| 20 March 2025 | Sex offender sentenced for transporting illegal alien After an immigration inspection, authorities determined the front-seat passenger was illegally present in the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Friday, 21 March 2025 | ||
| 21 March 2025 | Birmingham Heroin Supplier Sentenced To 365 Months The deputies seized approximately 205 grams of heroin hidden in the trunk of a rental car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama |
| Monday, 24 March 2025 | ||
| 24 March 2025 | Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Extortion Conspiracy It is alleged that MSP Sergeant Gary Cederquist gave passing scores to multiple applicants who actually failed the CDL skills test, as well as others who took only a partial test, in exchange for bribes of free inventory from the water company, such as cases of bottled Fiji, VOSS and Essentia water, cases of bottled Arizona Iced Tea and coffee and tea products. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 24 March 2025 | Fort Washakie Man Sentenced to 29 Years of Imprisonment for Second-Degree Murder According to court documents and witness testimony, Conrad Troy Tillman, his wife, and their adolescent daughter were traveling on Highway 287 when an argument ensued between the couple. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Wyoming Byline: Lori Hogan |
| 24 March 2025 | Ramsey County Carjacker Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison According to court documents, Ricardo Rydell Walker, Jr., approached the owner of a black 2021 Toyota Highlander as they exited the car, demanded everything in the driver’s pockets, and hit them on the left side of the head with a handgun. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 24 March 2025 | Riverside County Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking 44 Kilograms of Cocaine and 10 Kilograms of Heroin According to court documents, Jose Miguel Perez was pulled over by law enforcement officers while driving north on Interstate 5 in Fresno County. | Press Release (text & photo) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 24 March 2025 | Two illegal alien human smugglers arrested after dangerous pursuit and crash The complaint alleges authorities successfully deployed vehicle immobilization devices throughout the pursuit, but Jose Manuel Zamarripa-Torres continued driving. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| Tuesday, 25 March 2025 | ||
| 25 March 2025 | Corpus Christi jury convicts Cuban national for transporting illegal aliens Jorge Grimon Maturell drove to the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint in a tractor-trailer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas Topic: Jorge Grimon Maturell |
| 25 March 2025 | Driver of Second Human Smuggling Vehicle Involved in 2021 Del Rio Incident Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison According to court documents, Juan Alonso Barrientos-Quintanilla, 23, was apprehended and identified as one of 12 illegal aliens who fled from one of two vehicles involved in a failed human smuggling operation on Highway 277. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas |
| 25 March 2025 | Fraud Conspiracy Leader Sentenced Dennis Odoom admitted that he provided a co-conspirator with a fraudulent ID and that he drove that person to a dealership in New Hampshire to pick up a Land Rover valued at $96,256 purchased with fraudulently obtained credit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Byline: Jim Martin Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island Topic: Land Rover |
| 25 March 2025 | Mexican National Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Aliens According to court documents, Victor Ubaldo Hernandez-Ortega, of Durango, worked as a load driver for a known human smuggler. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: El Paso, Texas |
| 25 March 2025 | Truck Yard Murderers Sentenced to Life in Prison Daniels, Rudolph, Barr and other co-conspirators kidnapped three victims from a truck yard in Opa-locka, Florida. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida |
| Wednesday, 26 March 2025 | ||
| 26 March 2025 | Alien smuggling group dismantled One car was used as a scout and the other two cars carried illegal aliens. Authorities ultimately pulled them over and discovered a total of 12 illegal aliens in the vehicles. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 26 March 2025 | Tampa Man Arrested For Robbing Gas Station With A Firearm According to the complaint, Rafael Jimenez entered a gas station in Tampa and brandished a firearm while demanding money from the register. | Press Release (text & photo) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Thursday, 27 March 2025 | ||
| 27 March 2025 | Fourth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Car Dealership Fraud Conspiracy According to court documents and statements made in court, in June 2023, Anna Waldei and her coconspirators obtained the identity information of credit-worthy individuals, created false identity documents in the names of those individuals, and then posed as those individuals at automotive dealerships in order to apply for vehicle financing. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Mississippi Dateline: Jackson, Mississippi |
| 27 March 2025 | Fresno Man Convicted at Trial for Running Catalytic Converter Theft Ring That Stole Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Converters George Thomas was also convicted of structuring the money that he received for the converters out of his bank accounts through cash withdrawals to conceal his activities from the government. | Press Release (text & photo) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California Dateline: Fresno, California |
| 27 March 2025 | Nevada Resident Arrested and Charged in Connection with Violent Tesla Arson in Las Vegas According to allegations in the complaint, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department patrol officers responded to an emergency call about a person setting vehicles on fire and hearing gunshots at a Tesla collision business. | Press Release (text & photos) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice Topic: Tesla |
| 27 March 2025 | Repeat illegal alien admits to human smuggling after high-speed chase Authorities followed the Expedition to a location on Green Street where they observed suspected illegal aliens leave the residence and enter the Expedition. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| 27 March 2025 | Three District Men Indicted Following Firearms Arrest During Early Morning Traffic Stop in Logan Circle According to court documents, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a running vehicle parked illegally near a fire hydrant on 7th Street NW in the Logan Circle neighborhood. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Friday, 28 March 2025 | ||
| 28 March 2025 | Ramah Man Faces Federal Charges for Roadside Shooting According to court documents, a vehicle driven by John Doe swerved to avoid a collision with a blue Jeep driven by Leon Garcia, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 28 March 2025 | Traffic Stop in Southeast D.C. Leads to Federal Indictment, Firearm Recovery, and Drug Seizure During the stop, it is alleged that an open container of alcohol was observed, prompting officers to ask all occupants to exit the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, 31 March 2025 | ||
| 31 March 2025 | Euless Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Transporting Illegal Aliens in Tractor Trailer Tank During the traffic stop, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived and initiated a canine inspection, which led to the discovery of 18 individuals inside the pneumatic tank trailer, which was a completely enclosed metal cylinder, commonly used to transport powdered concrete or sand. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: Del Rio, Texas Topic: Oland Maurice McKenzie |
| Tuesday, 1 April 2025 | ||
| 1 April 2025 | All Three Defendants Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Defraud Automobile Auction According to the indictment, between February 2017 and November 2018, Stephanie Baker was the General Manager of the Dealers Auto Auction Group’s Murfreesboro auction location. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee Byline: Mark H. Wildasin Dateline: Nashville, Tennessee Topic: Dealers Auto Auction Group |
| 1 April 2025 | Cuban National to Spend Nearly a Decade in Federal Prison for Human Smuggling Humberto Yosvany Arriola-Rivero also was an occupant in a vehicle that fled law enforcement that was transporting more than a dozen illegal aliens in April 2023. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas Dateline: El Paso, Texas |
| 1 April 2025 | Former Massachusetts State Trooper Has Agreed to Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Falsify CDL Test Scores On March 21 a civilian co-defendant, Eric Mathison, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1 April 2025 | Former southern Illinois police chief pleads guilty to corruption charges According to court documents, Anson Fenton sold two motorcycles, a 2017 Harley-Davidson and a 2000 Harley-Davidson, valued at more than $5,000 and kept the proceeds without authorization from the Wayne City Board of Trustees. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Illinois Byline: Lauren Barry Duncan Dateline: East St. Louis, Illinois |
| 1 April 2025 | Fort Collins Resident Charged in Connection With Incident at Tesla Service Center in Loveland The indictment was brought in connection with a fire at a Tesla Service Center in Loveland, which investigators determined had been caused by an incendiary device. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Colorado Dateline: Denver, Colorado Topic: Tesla |
| 1 April 2025 | Illegal alien with 7 DWIs sent to federal prison after reentering the United States Law enforcement at the Border Patrol checkpoint near Sarita discovered Cruz-Badillo again in the country along with 10 other illegal aliens being smuggled in a commercial cargo trailer. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 1 April 2025 | Laredo man admits to robbing bank which led to dangerous pursuit Eventually, Adrian Hernandez collided with a chain link fence in the vicinity of Salinas Avenue. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas |
| Wednesday, 2 April 2025 | ||
| 2 April 2025 | Armed Felon Indicted Following Traffic Stop in Northwest D.C. It is alleged that during the course of the stop, officers observed several open containers of alcohol and requested that all occupants exit the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 2 April 2025 | Illegal Alien Sentenced for Reentry Violation According to court documents and statements made in court, Mario Caseiro-Antonio was stopped by law enforcement and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia Dateline: Martinsburg, West Virginia |
| Thursday, 3 April 2025 | ||
| 3 April 2025 | Alien Smuggler Admits Role in Fatal Crash Following High-Speed Pursuit Within about one minute, Sergio Josue Palomera lost control of the car on State Route 905, and it rolled over. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California Byline: Kelly Thornton Dateline: San Diego, California |
| 3 April 2025 | Hugo Residents Plead Guilty To Interstate Transport Of Stolen Goods The Indictment alleged that Matthew Carl Wilson and Candice Marie Logan transported stolen industrial radio equipment valued at $5,000 or more in interstate commerce from Hugo, Oklahoma, to Paris, Texas, knowing the equipment was stolen, converted, and taken by fraud. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 3 April 2025 | Jury Finds Snow Removal Business Owner Guilty of Fraud and Money Laundering The evidence presented at trial established that Charles W. Lantzman defrauded customers of his snow removal business by billing them for services that were never performed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 3 April 2025 | Marshall County Resident Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter In Indian Country The charge arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, and the Seminole Police Department. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| 3 April 2025 | Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Carjackings According to court records, James Poole participated in two armed carjackings in late January 2024. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin Byline: Kenneth Gales |
| Friday, 4 April 2025 | ||
| 4 April 2025 | Asphalt Contractor to Pay Nearly $1.3 Million to Settle Claims that it Falsified Quality Test Results The United States and the State of Minnesota alleged that, as a condition of payment for federally funded road paving contracts, Anderson Brothers was required to perform certain quality tests of its paving material and submit the results to the government. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 4 April 2025 | Federal Jury Finds Lower Brule Man Guilty of Assaulting Federal Officers Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of Eddie Bromwich for speeding within the Lower Brule Sioux Indian Reservation. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Pierre, South Dakota |
| 4 April 2025 | Man Pleads Guilty to November 2024 Armed Carjacking and August 2022 Armed Robbery Demonta King was placed under arrest at the scene of the armed carjacking and has been in custody since his arrest. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| Monday, 7 April 2025 | ||
| 7 April 2025 | Dauphin County Man Charged With Violations of Clean Air Act and Conspiring to Defraud the United States and Violate the Clean Air Act According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Ryan Spencer, a Service Manager at Pro Diesel Werks, along with Pro Diesel Werks owner Roy Ladell Weaver and other co-conspirators, disabled the hardware emissions control systems on the diesel vehicles of Pro Diesel Werks customers, defeating the systems’ ability to reduce pollutant gases and particulate matter being emitted to the atmosphere. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania Dateline: Topics: Ryan Spencer, Pro Diesel Werks |
| Tuesday, 8 April 2025 | ||
| 8 April 2025 | Leader of alien smuggling organization heads to federal prison The investigation revealed Hosmel Vences recruited many different drivers from all over South Texas to drive to Brownsville and Raymondville for the purpose of transporting illegal aliens further into the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 8 April 2025 | Mexican citizen and felon imprisoned for smuggling illegal aliens Inside the vehicle were 18 illegal aliens, including two unaccompanied minors. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| 8 April 2025 | Repeat alien smuggler sent to prison Several of these prior smuggling attempts involved fleeing from law enforcement. Two resulted in injury to illegal aliens present in his vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: McAllen, Texas |
| Wednesday, 9 April 2025 | ||
| 9 April 2025 | Boscobel Man Sentenced to More than Ten years in Federal Prison for Meth Conviction During the traffic stop, officers searched Hunter Newberry’s car and located a bag containing nearly two pounds of methamphetamine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa |
| 9 April 2025 | Herb Chambers Agrees to Pay $11.8 Million to Resolve Allegations of PPP Loan Fraud The Interim Final Rule established that businesses that were part of a single corporate group could not receive more than $20 million in PPP loans. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts Topic: Herb Chambers Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| Thursday, 10 April 2025 | ||
| 10 April 2025 | Arizona Man Charged with Federal Assault and Stolen Vehicle Transport After High-Speed New Mexico Pursuit According to court documents, Christopher Jack Leach borrowed a friend’s vehicle under false pretenses, claiming he would drive it to another friend's house in Arizona, but instead fled toward Florida with a passenger. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 10 April 2025 | Guatemalan National Arrested For Illegally Possessing Firearm After Shots Fired From Vehicle An officer from the Palmetto Police witnessed gunshots from a vehicle, and officers arrested the vehicle’s occupants, including Elmer Gustabo Vasquez-Lopez. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Friday, 11 April 2025 | ||
| 11 April 2025 | Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty To The Unlawful Transportation Of Aliens And Illegal Reentry Into The United States After interviewing the passengers, agents determined that Timoteo Son-Gonzalez was transporting illegal aliens for financial gain. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Jacksonville, Florida |
| 11 April 2025 | Parrish Man Indicted For Arson Of A Vehicle According to the indictment, Kendarius Devonta Stitten set fire to a rental van that was parked at a motel in Bradenton. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Tampa, Florida |
| Monday, 14 April 2025 | ||
| 14 April 2025 | Albuquerque Man Charged in Connection with Arson Attacks on Tesla Dealership and Republican Party of New Mexico Office According to court documents, the Tesla Albuquerque Showroom was targeted in an arson attack. Two Tesla vehicles were involved in the fire, one of which was significantly damaged. | Press Release (text, photos, document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Topic: Tesla |
| 14 April 2025 | Felon Sentenced After Robbing Bank and Taking a Rideshare Home Nearby surveillance captured Markell Demond Stanley casing the area before the robbery and fleeing the area in the back of a vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 14 April 2025 | Man Who Staged Auto Accidents and Committed Insurance Fraud Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Adrian Peebles nearly always claimed to have been injured and went to the emergency room complaining of “pain that required expensive tests that never identified any particular injury,” according to his plea agreement. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| Tuesday, 15 April 2025 | ||
| 15 April 2025 | Browning sex offender sentenced to over a year in prison for not registering and attempting to elude law enforcement Officers with Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services and the Glacier County Sheriff’s Office attempted to initiate a traffic stop of Austin Kade Goings and activated their emergency lights. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana Byline: Keri Leggett Dateline: Great Falls, Montana |
| 15 April 2025 | Former State Trooper Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Falsify CDL Test Scores According to the charging document, between in on or about May 2019 and January 2023, Perry Mendes and others conspired to give automatic passing scores to at least 17 CDL applicants on their skills tests regardless of whether they actually passed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 15 April 2025 | Guilty Verdict Handed Down for July 2024 Carjacking of a Delivery Driver According to the government’s evidence, the complainant was working as a DoorDash food delivery driver. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 15 April 2025 | Mongols Motorcycle Club Member Arrested, Other Also Charged, with Assault and Murder of Rival Gang Member Last Month in Ontario When the victim tried to run out of the bar, Julian Pulido allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the victim several times in the back, causing the victim to fall through the door of the bar and bleed out on the sidewalk. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California Byline: Ciaran McEvoy Dateline: Riverside, California Topic: Mongols Motorcycle Club |
| 15 April 2025 | Violent Carjacker Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison After the victim called 911, law enforcement found Jordan L. Davis driving the stolen vehicle on the freeway. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Idaho Byline: Mackenzie Nyland Dateline: Boise, Idaho |
| Thursday, 17 April 2025 | ||
| 17 April 2025 | Kyle Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Causing a Death on the Pine Ridge Reservation Jeremy Red Owl told law enforcement that he leaned over causing the firearm in his possession to inadvertently discharge, striking and killing the driver. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Dakota Dateline: Rapid City, South Dakota |