Middle District of Tennessee

Tennessee Man Indicted in Federal Child Exploitation Case Linked to Extremist Online Network

Jun 10, 2026 at 05:36 pm by WGNS News

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An indictment was unsealed late last month, charging Zachary Sweeney, 30, of Columbia, Tennessee, with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation,.... Read More

Tennessee Immigration Law Faces Federal Court Battle Before July Rollout

Jun 04, 2026 at 06:59 pm by WGNS News

TENNESSEE - A newly filed federal lawsuit is challenging a Tennessee immigration law that plaintiffs argue unlawfully allows the state to create and enforce its own removal-re.... Read More

Murfreesboro Woman Charged with Threatening to Kill Senator Marsha Blackburn

Aug 28, 2025 at 03:01 pm by WGNS News

  NASHVILLE – A Murfreesboro woman has been charged in federal court after allegedly threatening to kill U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, according to the U.S. Depar.... Read More

Fort Campbell Soldier Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges

Aug 15, 2025 at 01:17 pm by WGNS News

A criminal complaint was unsealed last week in the Middle District of Tennessee charging U.S. Army Soldier Robert Cecilio, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, with child sexual e.... Read More

Herders and Mules: Arrest Includes 4 from Murfreesboro in Alleged $20-Million Money Laundering Scheme

Nov 29, 2024 at 11:54 am by WGNS Radio News

NASHVILLE, TN — The United States yesterday unsealed an indictment in Nashville, Tennessee, charging nine members of a multi-state money laundering organizatio.... Read More

UPDATE: Murfreesboro Man Sentenced to 41 Years for Violent Crime Spree in Middle Tennessee

Nov 27, 2024 at 04:27 pm by WGNS News

  NASHVILLE, TN –29-Year-old Joshua Hallmon of Murfreesboro was sentenced today to 41 years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Thomas J. Ja.... Read More

Inside the Mongols Motorcycle Club and an Outcome of Federal Sentencing

Apr 15, 2024 at 09:55 pm by WGNS News

James Hines, 47, one of eighteen members and associates of the Clarksville chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club who were federally prosecuted for RICO conspiracy, murder, ki.... Read More

United States Reaches $37 Million Settlement of Fraud Lawsuit Against CIGNA for False and Invalid Diagnosis Codes

Oct 06, 2023 at 08:00 am by WGNS News

UNITED STATES - Henry C. Leventis, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ne.... Read More