News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to more than 35 years in federal prison for engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity that included multiple murders, armed robberies, drug trafficking, and extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury today found a West Los Angeles man guilty of federal stalking charges for his harassment campaign targeting two female doctors at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and two other female doctors working at the VA’s Loma Linda facility in San Bernardino County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Khayr Basimibnbrown, a/k/a “Keith Brown," and “Shitty," age 42, of Annapolis, Maryland, yesterday to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after Basimibnbrown pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, PCP, and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - BC Flynn Contracting Corp. (BC Flynn) and Axion Specialty Contracting LLC (Axion) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Connecticut for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids on insulation contracts in Connecticut in violation of the antitrust laws and, as to BC Flynn, to engage in criminal fraud related to those insulation contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Lore Elisabeth Blumenthal, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison (30 months), two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay more than $95,000 restitution by United States District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick in connection with the arson of two Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) vehicles during the Spring 2020 civil unrest in Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE - A Nashville, Tennessee man scheduled for trial in U.S. District Court next week pleaded guilty today to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. sentenced John Paul Cook, 58, of Marshall, N.C. to ten months in prison, five of which the defendant will serve in home confinement, for defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) by receiving nearly $1 million in veteran...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Western District Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence by Prioritizing Federal Prosecution of Gun Crimes Connected to Shootings.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: More than 40 Service Providers to Offer Returning Citizens a Variety of Services, Including Related to Employment, Health, Education, Housing, and Legal Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A crime reduction operation in North Carolina and South Carolina has resulted in the apprehension of more than 91 individuals on charges of homicide, aggravated assault, sexual assault, robbery, kidnapping, child abuse, child sexual assault, drug distribution and gun crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Effective 12:00 PM (noon) Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, the Chisos Basin Campground and Chisos Basin Group Campground in Big Bend National Park are closed to public use until further notice. This emergency closure is due to significantly increased bear activity within the campground area. .
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Arnulfo Rodriguez-Munoz, (41, Fort Worth, TX), Enrique Velasquez (43, Dallas, TX), Heriberto Castillo, (44, Denton, TX), and David Ceballos (27, Alvarado, TX) with conspiracy to distribute and possess...
By Bob Pepalis | Aug 12, 2022
Some people in China reportedly feel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan crossed a line.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Sapulpa, Oklahoma, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Contraband by Inmate.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Disaster Recovery Center is open in Pike County to assist Kentucky flood survivors who experienced loss from the Eastern Kentucky flooding.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: For Drug and Gun Offenses. FORT WAYNE - Alfred Gomez a.k.a. “Vulture", 33 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady on his plea of guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Nicaraguan national illegally residing in the United States has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for a two-week crime spree in which he robbed five United States Postal Service (USPS) employees - and fired a handgun so close to one victim that it caused him to suffer a ruptured eardrum, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man will make his initial court appearance today on charges related to his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $1.6 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) payments, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds, fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits, and illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
