News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: First Defendant Federally Detained Following Initial Appearance Today; Second Defendant in State Custody.


Career Offender Sentenced For Possession Of Firearms And Drugs

News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Eric Maurice Brown, Jr. (32, Fort Myers) to 13 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl and for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Brown had pleaded guilty on Jan. 27, 2022.


Brunswick County Heroin and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years After Conviction in Federal Jury Trial


Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Honors Three Northern District of Oklahoma Prosecutors for Exceptional Service in Indian Country during the 69th Annual Attorney General’s Awards

News Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland recently announced the recipients for the 69th Annual Attorney General’s Awards, recognizing Department of Justice employees and partners for extraordinary contributions to the enforcement of our nation’s laws.




News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 38-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of production and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jon Robert Donohue, age 29, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms offenses.


Former Boston Public School Dean who Recruited Students into Latin Kings Gang Pleads Guilty

News Release: Defendant attempted to murder a student he recruited while working at Boston Public Schools.


News Release: EVANSVILLE - Michael Crane, 24, of Evansville, Ind., was sentenced today to 14 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to the crime of failure to register as a sex offender.


Lorain Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court on July 22, 2022, to violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant L. Sewell, Police Commissioner for the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging RICARDO AYALA, a/k/a “Richie," and TERRIS OLIVER, a/k/a “T-Bird," with murder in furtherance...


News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old local man has been handed a significant federal prison sentence following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute 11.88 grams of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that DENVER LEE JOHN, SR. 43, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was arraigned on July 20, 2022, by United States District Court Magistrate Judge Kelly H. Rankin for three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kenneth Ray Hawkins, 47, formerly an inmate at the Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI), a California state prison in Tracy, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in a scheme to defraud California and the United States, including the California Employment Development Department (EDD), by the submission of fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced on July 21, 2022 for possessing hundreds of pressed fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone intended for distribution.


Arizona Man Sentenced for Role in Investment Fraud Scheme

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: An Arizona man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiring to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


FBI Announces Cyber Security Outreach for New Mexico Businesses


Mexican Man Sentenced to Prison for Document Fraud

News Release: Illegally Worked Using a Fraudulent Social Security Card After Reentering the United States Following Three Deportations.