News from August 2022
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Release: The U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, and the U.S. Consulate General in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council. Gold certification signifies that the buildings meet exacting standards for energy use, lighting, water, and material use, and incorporate a variety of sustainable strategies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Rudy Garcia was arraigned on a five-count indictment. Garcia, 35, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOISE - A Wilder man was sentenced to 124 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.
By David Beasley | Aug 12, 2022
Combating human trafficking is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Investigations plays an integral role in working with law enforcement partners around the globe to deter, disrupt and dismantle criminal networks engaged in this heinous crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that converted large amounts of liquid methamphetamine into crystal methamphetamine at a rented house near George Melcher Elementary School in Kansas City, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Georgia man was sentenced to prison for participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia of more than $5 million, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant and Co-Conspirators Manipulated the Price and Trading Volume of a Publicly Traded Stock in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: 15 Others Have Also Pleaded Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Franklyn Leonel Venturas-Calderon, age 28, of Villanueva, Cortes, Honduras, to 37 months in federal prison following his second conviction for illegal re-entry into the United States by a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Killing Took Place in Potomac Gardens Neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico announced today that Shondo DeJesus was arraigned on a two-count indictment charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury and kidnapping in Indian Country. DeJesus, 35, of Dulce, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John B. DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), announced that MELVIN BURROUGHS was charged in a superseding indictment with conspiring to traffic firearms, trafficking firearms, and being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Artie Ray Warwick, Jr., 53, of Beckley, was sentenced today to nine years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Fernando Valley certified public accountant pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for helping a long-time client fraudulently obtain a $1.2 million COVID-19 business loan by knowingly preparing a false corporate tax return on the client’s behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Fraud victims asked to submit loss information to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Henryetta John was arraigned on July 11 on an indictment charging her with assault on a federal officer inflicting bodily injury. John, 29, of Santo Domingo, New Mexico, and a member of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, will remain on conditions of release pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A suspended Augusta commissioner was found guilty after a four-day trial of destroying records in a federal investigation, and then lying about it to federal investigators researching the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 19, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
