News from December 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Brandon Bonaparte Brown was officially sworn in today as United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana. Brown was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Nov. 15, 2021 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 7, 2021. U.S. Attorney Brown was sworn in at the federal courthouse in Lafayette.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHRISTY BARTHOLOMEW, age 39, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was sentenced on December 8, 2021 to 72 months of incarceration by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk today after she pleaded guilty to a two-count Bill of Information for wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging Lance Harris, 42, of Toledo, Ohio, with two counts of filing false and fictitious claims for a tax refund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: The Eisenhower National Historic Site is pleased to announce two special “Hike with Ike" walking tours of downtown Gettysburg this December. Join a park ranger for these free one-hour long walking tours exploring Gettysburg as the Eisenhowers knew it. The special holiday decorations in the town will provide a festive atmosphere for one of our most popular programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing Arvest Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: MOBILE, AL - An Irvington man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that PRESTON RAY WISENBAKER, age 31, of Gillette, Wyoming pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of a firearm, during a plea hearing held on December 6, 2021, in front of Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Sentencing has been set for Feb. 24, 2022.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
Release: Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, as chair of the UN Human Rights Commission, helped to spearhead the creation of this landmark document, which has been fundamental to seeking to ensure human rights are guaranteed for all. This was true when it was adopted in 1948 and remains true today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. B A Camden woman was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in the City of Camden.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
Release: We are determined to put human rights at the center of our foreign policy, and we reaffirm this commitment by using appropriate tools and authorities to draw attention to and promote accountability for human rights violations and abuses, no matter where they occur.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Three Union women appeared in federal court today on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - A Louisville man was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison, payment of a $10,000 fine, and an order of restitution in the amount of $71,407, for his solicitation and receipt of bribes and kickbacks in the course of his service as a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Southern California man who owned and operated two local compounding pharmacies was sentenced to federal prison today for evading the payment of approximately $5.5 million in personal income taxes and submitting false reimbursement claims to CVS Caremark, a national pharmacy benefit manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Carson Colony tribe member was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for killing his son on tribal land in December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: Levering now has three federal convictions for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cameron Hennelly, age 31, of Halfmoon, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 108 months (9 years) in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Corey Ray, 37, and Rodriguez Jones, 27, have been sentenced to a total of 40 years in federal prison for using a firearm during a crime of violence and interference with commerce by robbery. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - This week, a federal jury in Miami returned a guilty verdict against 56-year-old Serge Nkorina, a man who kidnapped a victim at gunpoint and later tortured him inside a storage container with a blow torch.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2021
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Some who registered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster assistance may have received a determination letter they don’t agree with.
