Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Immigration
Immigration
Border Patrol Agents Catch Illegal Immigrant With Fake Documents at Laredo Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an illegal immigrant using fraudulent identification documents at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Cuban Felon Who Defied Removal Order for 26 Years in Miami
ICE arrested Elias Cardoza-Torres, 58, a Cuban illegal immigrant with seven convictions who ignored a removal order issued more than 26 years ago.
Immigration
ICE Detains 3 Cuban Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee Human Trafficking Probe
Five men arrested and nine potential trafficking victims identified in Sumner County, Tennessee, with three Cuban illegal immigrants flagged by ICE.
Immigration
Two Guatemalans Plead Guilty in 2021 Smuggling Crash That Killed Over 50
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted roles in a tractor-trailer crash that killed more than 50 illegal aliens packed among 160 in Chiapas, Mexico.
Crime
Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Crime
San Antonio Extremist Gets 40 Years for Coercing Children Into Self-Harm
Alexis Chavez, 19, an online leader of a nihilistic violent extremist network tied to 764, sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation.
World
World
Israel-Lebanon Framework Ties IDF Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.
World
Saudi Arabia Strikes Sanaa Airport to Block Houthi Flight to Khamenei Funeral
Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.
World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Faith
Faith
Maharashtra Orders Statewide Audit of Christian Properties After $31M Fraud Claim
India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.
Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Faith
Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian Jailed 10 Months on False Blasphemy Charge
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian, was acquitted in Lahore after 10 months in prison on a blasphemy accusation fabricated by park workers.
Faith
Cardinal McElroy Says Exorcist Removal Was About Privacy, Not UFOs
Cardinal Robert McElroy told CNS his removal of Msgr. Stephen Rossetti as Washington exorcist targeted the public nature of the ministry, not UFO beliefs.
Security
Security
Maryland Man Gets 15 Years for Plot to Join ISIS, Target Jews
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, sentenced to 15 years for attempting to join ISIS and planning attacks against Jewish targets in Maryland.
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Crime
Eastern Texas Federal Cases Yield 944 Months in Prison for Drug Traffickers
Federal prosecutors in Eastern Texas charged 25, convicted five, and sentenced five to a combined 944 months in prison in Homeland Security Task Force cases.
Faith
Pakistani Police Shoot Unarmed Christian Driver, Then Pressure Him to Drop Case
Alayan Johnson, a 22-year-old Christian auto-rickshaw driver in Punjab, Pakistan, was shot nine times by police who mistook him for a suspect.
Faith
Vietnam Arrests Two Montagnard Christians in Central Highlands Crackdown
Communist Vietnamese authorities detained Pastor Siu Yúi, 68, and church member Siu Dok, 40, in Gia Lai province as part of ongoing campaign against Montagnard Christians.
Crime
Arlington Man Gets 42 Months for Identity Theft Scheme Targeting 20 Victims
Jade Ingalls, 45, of Arlington, Virginia, sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for identity theft fraud victimizing more than 20 people.
Politics
Ex-FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Forex Fraud in Second Federal Prosecution
Former FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Royer pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a forex scheme, agreeing to pay $576,818.83 in restitution to defrauded investors.
Immigration
Illegal Alien in Massachusetts Indicted for $44,000 in COVID and SNAP Fraud
A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Lowell, Mass., faces six federal counts for using a stolen identity to obtain $44,000 in pandemic and SNAP benefits.
Crime
Ex-Maryland Prison Officer Gets 33 Months for Covering Up Inmate Assault
Former ECI lieutenant Jermaine Sturgis sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for conspiring to destroy video evidence of an inmate beating.
Crime
Wells Fargo Employee Sentenced to 18 Months for Embezzling Over $800,000
Former Wells Fargo assistant branch manager Tamim Haidar sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $800,000.
Crime
Jamaican National Pleads Guilty in $9 Million Sweepstakes Scam Targeting Elderly
Jordan Trought, 30, pleaded guilty in New York federal court to leading a fraud ring that stole over $9 million from more than 200 elderly Americans.
Crime
Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Child Exploitation Charges in Maine, Pennsylvania
A repeat offender in Portland, Maine, and a Pennsylvania man who produced abuse material over nine years each plead guilty to federal charges.
Immigration
Honduran Illegal Alien Indicted in New Orleans for Reentry After 2023 Deportation
Oscar Paz-Mejia, 33, faces up to 10 years in prison after federal grand jury indictment for illegal reentry in New Orleans.
Immigration
Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Arrested in Texas for Shooting at Neighbors
Juan Ayala Montero, 60, a twice-deported illegal alien with a prior attempted homicide conviction, was arrested in Montgomery County, Texas, after allegedly firing an assault rifle at neighbors.