News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: ST. LOUIS - United States District Court Judge Ronnie A. White accepted a plea of guilty from Demetrius Smith on today’s date prior to the start of his jury trial. A grand jury previously indicted Smith on several counts of armed robbery and weapons charges.


Former Louisiana Police Chief and City Councilmember Plead Guilty in Vote-Buying Conspiracy

News Release: Former Louisiana Police Chief and City Councilmember Plead Guilty in Vote-Buying Conspiracy.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A corrections officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife were charged in federal court today with video recording their sexual assault of a 4-year-old victim.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 20-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of importing 500 grams or more of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Vermont Man Sentenced to 77 Months for Bank Robbery

News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Trevor Allen, 30, formerly of Vermont, was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison for bank robbery, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.


Pallone Applauds Senate Passage Of Historic Climate & Clean Energy Provisions In The Inflation Reduction Act


BIS Takes Enforcement Action Against Venezuelan Cargo Airline For Violation Of U.S. Export Controls


Meet the Expert: EMS Advisor Jon Olson sees FirstNet as key to innovative solutions in emergency care


Progress Continues on Disposal Facility to Support Hanford Tank Waste Treatment


Indianapolis Felon Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for  Illegally Possessing Firearms, Including a Stolen Handgun

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Tremain Prevot, 39, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Defendant Who Assaulted Officer at San Ysidro Port of Entry Sentenced to 68 Months in Prison

News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Paul E. Benjamin (619) 546-7579 and Colin M. McDonald (619) 546-9144.


Former Illinois Elementary School Teacher Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting an Indiana Child


Romanian National Sentenced To Prison For ATM Skimming Fraud

News Release: Defendant Possessed More Than 500 Re-Encoded Cards Containing Stolen Bank Account Information.


Winooski Man Charged with Receipt of a Firearm While Under Felony Indictment

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Edward Lamson, 22, of Winooski, Vermont, was indicted on Thursday, August 4, 2022 by a federal grand jury for unlawful receipt of a firearm while he was under felony indictment. Lamson was arraigned in United States District Court on August 9, 2022 and was detained pending trial following a hearing on Aug. 10, 2022.


News Release: BOSTON - A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) has pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base.


Tangipahoa Parish Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Federal Gun Control Act

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - LOUIS BELLS, JR., age 21, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, pled guilty on Aug. 2, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.


Portsmouth Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession with the Intent to Distribute Large Quantities of "Ice" Methamphetamine and Fentanyl


Columbia Man Pleads to Federal Firearm Charge

News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -Ernest Durane Mack, a/k/a “Marcus Mack," 35, of Cayce, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.


News Release: Defendant allegedly illegally possessed more than 40 machineguns and conversion devices, short-barred rifles, other weapons, and silencers.


Apopka Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years For 7-Eleven Robbery And Aggravated Identity Theft

News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Jarvis Jackson (31, Apopka) to seven years and six months in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and aggravated identity theft. Jackson had pleaded guilty on May 23, 2022.