News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Lauderdale Lakes, Florida man was sentenced to federal prison today for his leadership role in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme targeting female victims in the Portland Metropolitan Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Five-Time Convicted Felon Joshua Meighen is Sentenced for Illegal Firearms Sales.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: I just want to express appreciation for visiting the Rwandan Genocide Memorial. This is an incredibly powerful reminder of man’s inhumanity to man, and also a very, very powerful incentive to do everything in our power (inaudible) this can’t happen again anywhere. It’s so important to be reminded of that on a regular basis because we continue to see conflict, major conflict, in parts of the world and the potential for the past to be prologue.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tyrone Edmondson, 49, who had no fixed address, was sentenced today to a five-year prison term on charges stemming from a series of break-ins in Northwest Washington last fall, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - Craig Wayne Simpson, 53, of Hertford County was sentenced to 150 months in prison and five years of supervised release for producing and trafficking meth. The sentencing judge noted several factors contributing to the sentence including the substantial risk to human life caused...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Amanda L. Griffith (619) 546-8970 & Andrew Sherwood (619) 546-9690.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Three Chicago-area residents have been indicted on federal charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $2.75 million in small business loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES") Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Dennis Lee Line (51, Winter Springs) guilty of one count of attempting to coerce or entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Line faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. He had been indicted on April 6, 2022. A sentencing date is scheduled for Nov. 2, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Normal, Illinois man, Jahquan Howard, 29, of the 1100 block of Wartburg Drive, was sentenced on July 21, 2022, to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor. Howard must also register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Stockton, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my warmest wishes to the people of the Republic of Chad on the 62nd anniversary of your independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Nicholas Vassallo announced today that JAMES WAYNE LUCE, age 29, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced for production of child pornography on July 6, 2022, by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson. Luce was sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment with 12 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
The Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record published “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” on June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a four-count indictment on July 20, 2022, against Jordon Albert White, 31, Jack Jamarcus Bolden, 32, Anasia Annette Cherry, 21, Tatyana Davenport, 25, Anthony Dewayne Davis, 28, James Anthony Johnson, Jr., 31, Adarius Damonde McLeroy, 31...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Three individuals pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to use the personal identifying information (PII) of Virginia prison inmates in order to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, former Athens City Schools administrator, William Richard (“Rick") Carter, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), announced the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama. Carter was convicted by a jury in March of this year on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Former Baltimore City Police Detective Convicted at trial of Helping to Plant a BB Gun on a Suspect, Providing False Grand Jury Testimony and Falsifying Search Warrants and Arrest Reports.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA --- David Crosby, 29, of Ladson, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jonathan Gullette, age 24, of Aurora, and co-defendant, Jerome Bravo, age 37, of Denver, have been indicted for committing ten armed bank robberies from January through March 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Johnny Flores (43, Tampa) with three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm. If convicted, Flores faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each of the robbery counts, and a minimum mandatory term of seven years, up to life, imprisonment for each of the firearm offenses.
