By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Sept. 29, 2022, Ronald Lee Juan, Jr., 27, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge John J. Tuchi to 204 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Between Sept. 22, 2017, and Sept. 21, 2018, Juan engaged in sexual contact with the victim on multiple occasions. Juan pleaded guilty on June 9, 2022, to Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Oct. 12, 2022, United States District Court Judge Silvia Carreño Coll sentenced Iván Santell-Velázquez to 13 months in prison and two years of supervised release for cyberstalking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2), announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The defendant plead guilty on July 13, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Salem County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for possession of images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Joshua Brereton of Paw Paw, Michigan pled guilty to one count of arson, admitting to United States Magistrate Judge Ray Kent that he maliciously set fire to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal hate crime charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has awarded almost $17.5 million in grants to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program. Funding will support efforts in jurisdictions across the country to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Will Thompson announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $75,596 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Southern District of West Virginia. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS -A retired St. Louis priest pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday and admitted possessing thousands of images containing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Glenn Frank, 33, of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced on October 5, 2022, by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 110 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Frank previously pleaded guilty to Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Marblehead man and woman were arrested today in connection with their alleged submission of fraudulent applications for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds for several purported non-profit religious organizations and related businesses they controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two men from the state of Washington were arrested today on felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - The Justice Department announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Bartow County, Georgia, alleging that the County violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it subjected former employee Carlen Loyal to a racially hostile work environment, retaliated against former employee...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 13, 2022, BVK, Inc., agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a claim arising from its participation in the Small Business Administration’s second-draw Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP") loan program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Logan, Ohio, woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to sexually exploiting minors and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Oct. 12, 2022, U.S. District Senior Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Nycole Amaury Rosario-Sánchez to 40 years in prison for committing three robberies and two carjackings during which four victims were murdered.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: CLEVELAND - A federal jury today convicted Blessing Adeleke, 31, of Nigeria, of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and 16 counts of bank fraud for his role in a conspiracy to obtain stolen financial information, make fraudulent and unauthorized purchases of retail goods and gift cards and steal funds from victim bank accounts in Northern Ohio and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh joins the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), advocates, survivors, victim service providers, justice professionals, police and first responders, as well as communities and sovereign tribal nations across the U.S. in observing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: Concord, NH - On Sept. 18, 2019, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force from both NH and Massachusetts, along with the Manchester Police Department, arrested Boston Police Department fugitive, Brian Joyce. Joyce was wanted on a warrant issued out of the Dorchester District Court in connection to a Murder that occurred this past Monday night.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2022
News Release: The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, Federal Trade Commission Chair (FTC) Lina Khan and Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager of the European Commission met today in Brussels for the second meeting of the U.S.-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy ...
