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Article Index: Second Quarter 2025 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: April · May |
| April | Title | Details |
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| 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 |
| 3 April 2025 | Tail Lights: Alternate History So here's my alternate history, where mostly keeping Elon on the course he was on before Trump came along, could have left the American auto industry in 2026... | Commentary (text &  photo)Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden Topics: Tesla, Elon Musk |
| 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 |
| May | Title | Details |
| 2 May 2025 | Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of Previously Approved Information Collection This database must include specific information about each project such as name, location, sponsor, cost, and to the extent already measured by the project sponsor, cost-effectiveness based on reductions in emissions and congestion. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis |
| 2 May 2025 | Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Prepared on the Proposed Modernization of the Bridge of the Americas Land Port of Entry (LPOE), El Paso, Texas This decision also takes into account concerns voiced by the public which were primarily centered around commercial truck traffic at the port and the associated noise and air quality impacts to nearby residents. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: General Services Administration Byline: Aaron Bollinger |
| 2 May 2025 | Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway Project in Michigan The actions issue a National Environmental Policy Act decision relating to the I-94 Connected and Automated Vehicle Corridor Project. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Rachael Tupica Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| Monday, 5 May 2025 | ||
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 35 individuals for an exemption from the prohibition in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations against persons with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition that is likely to cause a loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a commercial motor vehicle to drive in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for six individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 17 individuals from the requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers have “no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to control a CMV.” | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 23 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces its decision to renew exemptions for 17 individuals from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Hearing FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 26 individuals for an exemption from the hearing requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |
| 5 May 2025 | Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) FMCSA announces its decision to deny the applications of two individuals treated with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator who requested an exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations prohibiting operation of a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce by persons with a current clinical diagnosis of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency, thrombosis, or any other cardiovascular disease of a variety known to be accompanied by syncope, dyspnea, collapse, or congestive heart failure. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor |