News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


Repeat Felon Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm Used to Fire Shots in a Densely Populated Neighborhood

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Dariel Hill, 57, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Save the Date: Pōhue public meetings are August 13 & 17


New Jersey Men Sentenced In Mail Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme

News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Patrick Barkers-Woode, age 30, of Pine Hill, New Jersey, was sentenced on July 13, 2022, by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 111 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release.


News Release: DETROIT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has resolved its investigation into allegations of race discrimination by the Hartland Consolidated School District, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. The United States Attorney’s Office initiated an...


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Rajeim Ali Bradshaw, age 49, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 136 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute large quantities of fentanyl and heroin. As part of the sentence the Court took into account that Bradshaw admitted that he possessed two firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Jade LaRoche, age 42, of Lower Brule, South Dakota, was found guilty of Assaulting, Opposing, Resisting, Impeding, Intimidating, or Interfering with a Federal Officer as a result of a two-day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.


New Hampshire Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses

News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug and firearm offenses.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Zachary L. Duchesne, age 27, of Stillwater, New York, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Fennimore, Wisconsin man is charged with producing and possessing child pornography in an indictment returned on July 13, 2022, by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The charges are announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man pleaded guilty yesterday to federal firearm charges for conspiring to straw purchase firearms from licensed firearms dealers throughout Virginia.


Park Rangers take part in East Troy Railroad Museum Event in Wisconsin


Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Guyanese President Ali

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


North Carolina Man Convicted Of Tax Evasion

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to tax evasion.


Donaldsonville Woman Indicted for Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud

News Release: A federal grand jury recently returned a three-count indictment charging Tynea Lynnshay Gray, age 23, of Donaldsonville and Prairieville, Louisiana, with mail fraud and wire fraud. Gray appeared for her arraignment and pled not guilty to the pending charges.


Syracuse Entrepreneur Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud

News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Dean Whittles, age 61, formerly of Syracuse, was sentenced today in federal court in Utica to 2 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to one felony count of willfully failing to pay federal payroll taxes, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Thomas Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI), New York Field Office.


News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Murder and Felony Child Abuse and Neglect.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that former Louisiana State Senator and Chair of State Political Party “A", KAREN CARTER PETERSON, age 52, from New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged today before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance to a one-count bill of information charging her with wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.



News Release: Man has Prior Conviction for Engaging in a Criminal Sexual Act with a Minor.


News Release: All 15 Defendants Charged in a Racketeering Conspiracy to Smuggle Contraband into the Prison Have Now Been Convicted and Sentenced.