By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates entrusted to his care and for submitting false reports about those incidents in an attempt to cover them up, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Oct. 14, 2022, Deyquan Martin, 21, of Burlington, Vermont, appeared in United States District Court in Burlington for an arraignment on a three-count indictment charging him with enticement of a minor as well as the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Seattle - U.S. Attorney Nick Brown today announced 19 U.S. Department of Justice grants totaling nearly $10 million that will support community safety, meet the needs of law enforcement, and provide a foundation for youth violence intervention programs. The grant funding is through four different DOJ programs, with the bulk of the grants awarded via the Byrne grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $128,947 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Middle District of Georgia. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence. This grant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man who admitted trafficking fentanyl on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation after fleeing law enforcement in a vehicle in which officers found a firearm and fentanyl pills was sentenced today to one year and eight months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - United States Attorney Jessica D. Aber announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys Jordan Harvey, Avi Panth, and Anthony Mozzi, will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that the United States has filed a civil healthcare fraud lawsuit against CIGNA CORPORATION and its subsidiary Medicare Advantage Organizations (collectively, “CIGNA"). The lawsuit seeks damages and penalties...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Rowdy Lee Randolph, 39, of Leon, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Pamela McDaniel, 68, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to alteration of a postal money order, and admitted she used her position at the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority (CKHA) to obtain the money order and embezzle more than $28,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that on Oct. 14 a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Martin Lopez. The jury convicted Lopez, 37, of Española, New Mexico, on one count each of carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years (60 months) of imprisonment and four years of supervised release on his conviction for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling more than $340 million to help combat America’s substance use crisis amid a continued escalation of overdose deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK - Earlier today in Riverhead, Dr. William Spencer, 55, of Centerport, pled guilty to the crimes of Tampering with Public Records in the First Degree and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the Third Degree. Today’s proceeding took place before the Honorable John B. Collins, Justice of the Suffolk County Supreme Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today more than $370 million in grant awards to fund state, local and Tribal crime and violence reduction efforts and evidence-based strategies that support law enforcement operations, improve officer safety and build trust with communities. The department also announced the selection of six new sites to be part of its National Public Safety Partnership, a nationwide collaborative designed to address pressing local crime challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) was created by Presidential Order four decades ago. On Oct. 14, 1982, in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice building, President Ronald Reagan announced a new coordinated federal government effort bringing together ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a California woman last Friday, Oct. 14 for a health care fraud and prescription drug diversion scheme involving two Southern California pharmacies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: A Canadian national and former resident of San Diego, California, was sentenced in federal court today to 20 years in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, for conspiring with others to provide material support to terrorists engaged in violent activities such as murder, kidnapping and maiming of persons in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia today returned a two-count superseding indictment charging a 10th defendant, Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy against rights and FACE Act offenses in connection with an alleged reproductive health care clinic blockade in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for distributing cocaine after previously receiving at least two felony convictions for controlled substance offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that, on Oct. 14, a federal jury in Bridgeport found the following five men guilty of narcotics trafficking offenses...
