News from April 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: Facebook Video Helped Identify Him at Iowa Implement Store.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
BJA FY 22 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program grant opened on April 25.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Each year, the families and friends of fallen workers, and organizations, including the U.S. Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety and Health Administration sadly observe April 28 as Workers Memorial Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: The final defendant in the Han Gil drug trafficking case was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating 9½ hours, a federal jury of four men and eight women found Duane Eugene Cash, Jr. guilty of four counts of various violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: A Burlington man who distributed over 79 pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 22, Steven Sorensen, 43, Eau Claire, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 34 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Dr. Herbert Nassour, a former physician in El Paso, has agreed to pay $350,000 under a civil settlement to resolve allegations he violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: NEW YORK CITY - On April 25, 2022, Frank A. Tarentino III reported to the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division as the Special Agent in Charge. As Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, he leads nearly 800 people throughout the State of New York and manages the following offices: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A Belgrade man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine with others in the community after investigators found nearly a half-pound of the drug during a vehicle stop was sentenced today to 54 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
OVC FY 2022 Protecting Futures: Building Capacity to Serve Children and Youth Impacted by Americas Drug Crisis grant opened on April 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rafael Ruiz, 34, and Edgar Torres, 35, of Vallejo, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 13 and 10 years in prison respectively for their involvement in the armed robbery of a federal agent during an undercover drug deal, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The leader of a south Georgia drug trafficking operation has been sentenced to federal prison, while the final defendant in the investigation awaits sentencing after all entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: Pullman, Wash., April 25, 2022-A protein that allows the fungus that causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Two individuals have been convicted of conspiracy to commit and committing health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Lance Parker, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Davenport man, Monterious Deshawn Bullock, age, 22, was sentenced on April 21, 2022, to 90 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. Bullock was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term and immediately pay a $300 Special Assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke woman, who sold drugs on behalf of her incarcerated boyfriend, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced El Salvadorian national Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, a/k/a “Insolente" and “Trankilo," age 24, of Landover, Maryland to life in federal prison, for conspiring to participate in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two people pleaded guilty to charges involving the interstate transport of stolen property, arising from a scheme to obtain vehicles totaling $172,950 in approximate value from car dealerships in Kentucky and West Virginia.
