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Victor Badonie was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for strangling his dating partner and leaving her with life-threatening injuries.

A federal judge convicted Michael Logan Bourne, 55, of Chantilly, on charges of sexual exploitation of children and coercion and enticement of minors to engage in illegal sexual activity.

Alfonso Avellaneda Chavarrieta, of Houston, was sentenced in Del Rio to 168 months in federal prison for meth trafficking

Peter Karasev, 39, of San Jose, California, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison for two counts of willful destruction of an energy facility related to two separate bombings of PG&E electrical transformers in late 2022 and early 2023.

United States Attorney Bart M. Davis announced that Tochukwu Nwaneri, 51, of Nigeria, made his initial appearance yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Raymond E. Patricco. Co-defendant Vickie Smith, 66, of Peoria, Arizona, previously made her initial appearance on October 22, 2025.  Nwaneri and Smith face prosecution in an indictment for their role in an advance-fee loan scheme in which they fraudulently obtained more than $20 million from an Idaho business owner (Victim-1).

Marc Long pleaded guilty to federal charges after admitting he fraudulently filed unemployment insurance claims in New Mexico using stolen identities to obtain federally funded COVID-19 relief benefits.

Joe Daniel Gomez has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly attacking another man with hatchets.

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Ryan Isbell, 36, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to producing child pornography. 

Salvadoran national Oscar Misael Ventura Ventura, 23, was sentenced to a year in prison for possession of a firearm by an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States, is subject to removal from the United States.

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Prashant M. Jenkins Jr., 24, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to four years in federal prison after having previously pled guilty to possession of an unregistered machinegun conversion device.