News from August 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Body Armor by a Violent Felon was sentenced on July 22, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin today sentenced Alexander Juarez-Sanchez, a/k/a Jose Manuel Flores, age 37, a citizen of Mexico most recently residing in Indianapolis, Indiana, to 210 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute...
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Grand Canyon National Park Initiates Water Conservation Measures

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Houston man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Marlon Lainez-Velasquez, age 48, of Newburgh, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 48 months in prison for alien smuggling.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two 41-year-old men have been indicted for conspiracy and illegally transporting more than 70 through a Laredo checkpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Four Chad Brown gang members who participated in a racketeering enterprise that targeted rival gang members with gun violence as part of what federal court filings described as “a vigilante justice system imposed and administered by themselves," were sentenced today to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A 41-year-old man who accessed and uploaded child pornography while boarding in a Newport residence has been sentenced to forty-two months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A Grapeland, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: For Drug Offense. FORT WAYNE - Madison McCoy,19 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced, on Aug. 3, 2022, by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady on her plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Today, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves met with Puerto Rico Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi to announce the intent of the federal government, in partnership with the government of Puerto Rico, to hold an Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C. this fall. As part of the Administration’s ongoing commitment to Puerto Rico’s economic prosperity, we are also announcing that Deputy Secretary Don Graves will serve as the Puerto Rico Economic Growth Coordinator.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - THEODORE KURZ, age 72, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on August 4, 2022 for mortgage fraud by the Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. KURZ was sentenced to time served, 5 years of supervised release, $751,900 in restitution, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Scott P. Haines, 50, of Milton, Florida, pled guilty to multiple federal and state felony charges this week, announced Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Haines entered his guilty pleas in federal court and state court separately. In federal...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
“DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SURVEY ON REMEDYING THE EFFECT OF DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING” was published on pages E619-E620 of the Congressional Record on June 14.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Frank Okunak Embezzled Over $16 Million and Caused Publicly Traded Corporation to Keep False Book and Records.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Business Opportunity to operate Bandy Creek Stables and Campground Store at Big South Fork NRRA
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - Judge Denise Page Hood sentenced Jovanni Ramirez, 28, of Pontiac, Michigan, to 15 years’ imprisonment for advertisement of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - Three individuals involved in an illegal drug ring responsible for distributing approximately ten kilograms of methamphetamine in Southwest Georgia entered guilty pleas in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A would-be child sex trafficker was sentenced today to more than 10 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: A California man who was providing meth to dealers in Sioux City and the tri-state area pled guilty Aug. 3, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City.