News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J.- A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to embezzle $2.37 million from his employer while his was the company’s controller, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - This past Friday, a federal jury convicted 43-year-old Barbara Oppong of Bronx, New York on charges of naturalization fraud, conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man previously convicted of state firearm charges pleaded guilty yesterday to illegal possession of a semiautomatic pistol and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, and the Rutland Area NAACP will be co-hosting a Hate-Free Vermont Forum in Rutland on July 21 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on July 21, 2022, to charges of receipt and attempted receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in an armed carjacking that led to a high-speed chase in which he collided with another vehicle and killed another motorist.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: "Today, a jury in federal court found Lawrence Rudolph guilty of murdering his wife, Bianca Rudolph, and of defrauding multiple life insurance companies. They also found Lori Milliron guilty of being an accessory after the fact to the murder, obstruction of justice, and two counts of perjury before the grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute large amounts of cocaine and crack cocaine throughout Burlington County, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A man who pointed a firearm at a woman and threatened to kill her was sentenced Wednesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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 that Donald Alvin Tolbert was sentenced on July 12 to 35 years in prison. Tolbert, 53, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on July 8, 2019, to 12 counts of distribution, receipt, and possession of videos and images containing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Leonard Hart, age 50, of Mount Wolf, PA, was charged in a criminal information with theft of Federal Program Funds.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Fiscal Year 2022 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant opened on Aug. 12.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “UKRAINE” on June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Former Westlake Investment Advisor Raymond A. Erker, 50, of Avon, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster to nearly 22 years in prison, or 262 months, following his conviction at trial of stealing more than $9.3 million from clients in a Ponzi scheme. A restitution hearing concerning this matter was scheduled for December 9, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man today admitted to a federal judge that he played a long-running role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that U.S. Postal Service Inspectors determined shipped or attempted to ship a total of more than 50 kilograms of cocaine into Rhode Island, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions and sentences of a member and an associate of the Lucchese organized crime family and two Texas brothers on racketeering conspiracy and related offenses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Duluth man was sentenced to 102 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and $284,355.54 in restitution for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Shawn Ubrich, age 50, of Coxsackie, New York, was arraigned today on a charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Last of Robbery Trio Sentenced. NASHVILLE - A Nashville, Tennessee man convicted last summer for his role in the robbery of Music City Pawn in June 2018, was sentenced today to 17 ½ years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee. Herbert Marsh...
