News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: First Defendant Federally Detained Following Initial Appearance Today; Second Defendant in State Custody.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Brunswick County Heroin and Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years After Conviction in Federal Jury Trial

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Jill Streja (619) 546-8401.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Fraud Conspiracy Alleges Over $150 Million in Fraudulent Billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant attempted to murder a student he recruited while working at Boston Public Schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Lorain Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
FBI Announces Cyber Security Outreach for New Mexico Businesses

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Illegally Worked Using a Fraudulent Social Security Card After Reentering the United States Following Three Deportations.