Category: MIL-OSI

Source: United States Department of Justice

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Colin Reece Neher, age 22, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.The Indictment alleged that beginning in or about February 2022, and continuing until on or about May 21, 2026, Neher knowingly possessed and accessed with intent to view one or more matters which contained visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Source: United States Department of Justice

Venkatesh Sattaru pleaded guilty in April to one count of confiscating or concealing immigration paperwork while obtaining the labor or services of a person by means of serious harm or threats of serious harm and one count of theft of government funds.

Source: United States Department of Justice

TUCSON, Ariz. – Jacob Aaron Hicks, 46, of Tucson, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with Making an Interstate Threat to Injure. Hicks is accused of sending an email on Sep.23, 2026, threatening to commit mass bombings at the White House and around the Washington, D.C. area. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Tallahassee, Florida – Tedrick Childs, 46, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to 21 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. Childs, who was on supervised release for a 2018 federal drug conviction, was also sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for violating the terms of his supervised release. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentence.

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

LAS VEGAS — Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Core 8 launched Operation Loaded Dice in July 2026. This was a strategic investigative initiative focused on disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal organizations, gangs and other criminal networks involved in illicit firearms and narcotics trafficking, as well as bulk cash smuggling, and associated violent crime in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Stephen Odiboh, 53, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. He was also ordered to pay $196,500 in restitution. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that James M. Lajoie, 31, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography following a prior conviction under New York law relating to sexual abuse, was sentenced to serve 139 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

On Sept. 16, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Pujan Prashantkumar Gajjar, 24, on offenses related to the unauthorized operation of an unmanned aircraft in protected airport airspace for flying a drone around both Dallas Love Field and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. 

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Gary Fuller, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.  

Source: United States Department of Justice

MOBILE, AL – Two non-citizens were arrested and charged today with unlawfully voting in federal elections.  Staciann Pollion Davis and Silvia Delgado Phelps appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Mobile following their arrests on federal charges of voting as an alien.