News from August 2022
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Release: FOREIGN MINISTER BIRUTA: Secretary Blinken, members of the press, good morning. I would like to start by welcoming Secretary Blinken and his delegation to Kigali. And this visit is an opportunity to enhance bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Rwanda and discuss matters of mutual interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Manager of Key West Labor Staffing Companies Sentenced for Tax Crimes and Immigration Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Harold Clare Potter III (49, Middleburg) to 20 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for using a minor to produce sexually explicit images. Potter had pleaded guilty on April 25, 2022. Potter was arrested on Oct. 1, 2021, and has been detained throughout the proceedings in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Also Found Guilty of Firearm Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Marco Salvedra-Espinoza (also known as Marco Saavedra Espinosa), 42, of the Bronx, New York, appeared today in federal court on a charge alleging that, on or about July 27, 2022, he unlawfully transported individuals he...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 19, 2022, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Rolanda Wingfield (39, Tampa) to three years in federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the court also ordered Wingfield to pay $135,576 in restitution to the various state workforce agencies she defrauded. Wingfield had pleaded guilty on April 26, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Travis Alewine, a/k/a “Sticks," age 30, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his membership in the “Hillside" gang, operating in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Kenneth Alan Block, age 35, from Spencer, Iowa, pled guilty July 19, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Charlottesville, Va. - United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh released the following statement marking five years since the Unite the Right riots that occurred on August 11-12th, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - A Mobile, Alabama man pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of animal crushing, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Uniontown, PA, pleaded guilty on July 12 in federal court to a charge of Production of a Visual Depiction of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced $480,000 Department of Justice grant to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Rapid DNA program. The grant will help law enforcement in Spokane County identify, arrest, and prosecute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 60-year-old San Antonio resident has been ordered to federal prison after admitting to conspiring to import 18 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, during remarks at the Trilateral Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced a directive to all U.S. Attorneys and law enforcement component heads addressing public safety in Indian country, including violence directed at indigenous women, youth and children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeffrey Kim, 51, of Colorado, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant was deported on three previous occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An Iraqi national has been sentenced to federal prison after being convicted of attempting to smuggle guns through the Port of Savannah.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
CESER Announces Launch of Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program, Subsequent Listening Sessions
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old woman has admitted to possession with intent to distribute more than four kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
