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News Release: The Justice Department announced today that SSM Properties LLC, and Steven and Sheila Maulding, the owners of several apartment complexes in Pearl, Mississippi, and their former rental agent, James Roe, have agreed to pay $123,000 to resolve a racial discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled in August that the defendants had violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against Black prospective residents.

Former City of Atlanta Official Convicted for Accepting Bribes

News Release: A federal jury convicted the former City of Atlanta Commissioner of Watershed Management today for accepting bribes from an Atlanta contractor in exchange for steering city business worth millions of dollars to the contractor’s company.

Statement of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the Passing of Former Attorney General Benjamin Richard Civiletti

News Release: The Justice Department released the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland

Honduran National Indicted for International Cocaine Trafficking Extradited from Honduras to the United States

News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Norlan Jose Carrasco Lopez, aka Catracho, a Honduran national, with international cocaine trafficking. He is scheduled to appear in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Oct. 17.

Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting Tampa-Area Clinic from Distributing Opioids and Other Prescription Drugs

News Release: A federal court issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting a Tampa-area clinic, its operators and a doctor from administering, dispensing or distributing any controlled substances, including issuing prescriptions for opioids, the Department of Justice announced.

Second Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Racially-Motivated Attack on a Black Man Using Axe Handle

News Release: Roy Lashley, 55, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime for attacking a Black man because of his actual and perceived race.

What releases are upcoming from the Justice Department on Oct. 18

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.

Drug Enforcement Administration set to publish a new notice on Oct. 18

There are three releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 18.

Colombian Drug Kingpin and Paramilitary Leader Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist

News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario," a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 35 years’ imprisonment for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise as a leader of the paramilitary, multibillion...

Three York Men Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Manuel Quesada Rodriguez, age 32, Alex Rivera Ramos, age 30, and Pedro Diaz, age 27, all from York, Pennsylvania, were each sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 120 months’ imprisonment for trafficking cocaine.

Lebanon Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Conspiracy

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Lebanon, Mo., man who crashed his vehicle and resisted arrest was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy in Newton and Greene counties.

14 notices published in week ending Oct. 8 by Justice Department

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2022

There were 14 notices published by the Justice Department in week ending Oct. 8, according to the Federal Register.

Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act on Oct. 14

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs publishes eight press releases in September

There were eight press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs in September.

Data Protection Review Court discussed on Oct. 14 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a six page rule on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) publishes 767 press releases in August

There were 767 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in August.

85 press releases published in September by United States Drug Enforcement Administration