News from December 2021

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Charles Poole (49, Hudson) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing images depicting the sexual abuse of children. Poole was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Rep. Michael Cloud, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting information about the agency’s progress in reviewing the premarket tobacco product...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Mexican national residing in Portland was sentenced to federal prison today for his leadership role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain hundreds of high-powered, semi-automatic rifles and high-grade firearms in and around Portland and smuggle them into Mexico for use by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ERIC METZ, age 38, JOSHUA MACKEY, age 35, FREDERICK TURNER, age 49, DARON WILLIAMS, age 46, LONNIE WILLIAMS, age 38, CALLEIGH AMOS, age 29, THEODORE HOLMES, JR., age 33, LESLIE PARKER, age 40, and KORAL WELLS, age 64, all from Plaquemines ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Gerald Michael Abraham (76, Naples) to three years in federal prison for dispensing controlled substances (oxycodone and amphetamine) for no legitimate medical purpose. The court also ordered Abraham to forfeit the following...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Barry Wayne Hoover (50, Tampa) guilty of theft of government funds and making a false statement to a federal agency. Hoover faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 2022.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ERIC METZ, age 38, JOSHUA MACKEY, age 35, FREDERICK TURNER, age 49, DARON WILLIAMS, age 46, LONNIE WILLIAMS, age 38, CALLEIGH AMOS, age 29, THEODORE HOLMES, JR., age 33, LESLIE PARKER, age 40, and KORAL WELLS, age 64, all from Plaquemines...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ERIC METZ, age 38, JOSHUA MACKEY, age 35, FREDERICK TURNER, age 49, DARON WILLIAMS, age 46, LONNIE WILLIAMS, age 38, CALLEIGH AMOS, age 29, THEODORE HOLMES, JR., age 33, LESLIE PARKER, age 40, and KORAL WELLS, age 64, all from Plaquemines...
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Four defendants were sentenced in connection with their roles in trafficking a 13-year-old minor victim through the use of online advertisements. The sentences ranged from 16 to 10 years of imprisonment, 15 to 10 years of supervised release, plus restitution and a life-time of registration as a sexual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Loves Park woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing her of fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million from her employer.

By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
Release: The Burmese military regime’s unjust conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi and the repression of other democratically elected officials are yet further affronts to democracy and justice in Burma. The regime’s continued disregard for the rule of law and its widespread use of violence against the Burmese people...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Watertown, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on December 6, 2021, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.