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What did Justice Department publish on March 3?

The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairmen Jordan and Turner Send Final Batch of Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden’s Laptop Russian Disinformation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent a final batch of letters to intelligence officials related to the public statement signed in October 2020 that attempted to discredit the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden's laptop and called it a product of Russian disinformation.


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced Terry Augusta Newsome (34, Tampa) to seven years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. The court also ordered Newsome to forfeit the firearm and ammunition. Newsome had pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2022.


Two Maui Men Sentenced for Racially Motivated Attack on White Man

News Release: Two men from the Hawaiian island of Maui were sentenced in federal court for their racially motivated attack on C.K., a white man who was attempting to move into their neighborhood of Kahakuloa.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two defendants in federal court. United States District Judge David C. Joseph sentenced Brian Broussard and Shalla Adams, both of Lafayette, for possession of illegal drugs and a firearm. Broussard and Adams were both charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Lafayette in June 2021.


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal jury convicted Michael Joe Green, II, 49, of Pensacola, of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and the distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine. The guilty verdict, returned today at the conclusion of a four-day trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Montana Man Convicted of Federal Hate Crimes and Firearms Charges for Shooting Intended To Rid Community of the Lesbian and Gay Members

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury convicted a Montana man of hate and firearms crimes for firing an AK-style assault rifle at the residence of a woman, who identified as lesbian, and was home at the time.


News Release: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner sent letters Wednesday to Central Intelligence officials who discredited the Hunter Biden laptop story, saying they have not yet responded to previously requested interviews.


Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Attempting for Murder Fellow Service Members in Deadly Ambush

News Release: A Kentucky man was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and illegally transmitting national defense information.


Omaha Man Sentenced for Marijuana and Firearms

News Release: United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Marcquece R. Petties, 34, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2023, by Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to a total of 188 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release. There ...


News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - A Sheffield, Alabama man was sentenced on Thursday to more than 17 years in prison for burglarizing two gun stores, possessing stolen firearms, and transporting those firearms to Chicago and New Jersey.


Three Hudson County Men Charged With Narcotics and Firearms Related Offenses Inside Jersey City Apartment Building

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Hudson County, New Jersey, men were charged by complaint with narcotics and firearms related violations, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today.


News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Teres Tinnin, age 39, was sentenced today to a total of 15 years in prison, 5 years for conspiracy to stalk and 10 years for stalking. U.S. District Judge Joshua D. Wolson pronounced the sentence.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on narcotics and firearm charges arising from a traffic stop in Dorchester.


News Release: Two Kansas men were arrested today on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.


There were 63 notices published by the Justice Department in January, according to the Federal Register.


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Tahlequah Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Assaulting Two Victims With a Bat and Firearm

News Release: A defendant who broke into a Broken Arrow home and assaulted a woman and man in 2017 was sentenced Friday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Chillicothe, Illinois, Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire to Planned Parenthood

News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe, Illinois, man, Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of the 1000 block of North Santa Fe Avenue, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2023, to an information charging him with malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage, and attempt to damage, the Planned Parenthood Peoria Health Center (PHC) building in Peoria, Illinois.