News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Gwinnett County woman has been charged in a federal indictment with leading a scheme to submit dozens of fraudulent applications for COVID-19 small business relief funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois man, Russell N. Clemens, 42, of the 4000 block of North Brandywine Drive, was sentenced on July 21, 2022, to 10 years in the Bureau of Prisons, followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Sterling man was sentenced today to 162 months in prison for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CLINTON, N.C. - United States Attorney Michael Easley, along with representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office will hold a press conference on Monday, Aug. 15 to announce the sentencing of Jimmy McKoy Rouse, a convicted Bloods gang member and large-scale drug trafficker.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 37 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release on his convictions for cyberstalking and communication of threats to injure, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle today sentenced Cecil Hickox (46, Hillard) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Hickox had pleaded guilty on April 13, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Sumter, South Carolina man was sentenced today to 77 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On April 21, 2022, Derrick Lee Daye pled guilty to the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Yesterday, Senior U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham sentenced 51-year-old Elisa Rivera to 60 days in federal prison, to be followed by 18 months of supervised release, after she pled guilty earlier this year to participating in a Covid-19 relief fraud conspiracy. Prior to the sentencing hearing, Rivera repaid to the federal government all the money she had fraudulently obtained for herself and others through the conspiracy: over $117,000.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Glen Jean, WV -New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Jay Newman announces that there will be temporary closures and delays in the Grandview area of the park over the next few weeks as roads are being resurfaced. Dates are tentative, but work should begin sometime on or around Wednesday, August 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Jury Finds He Failed to Comply With House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Breach.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Owner of used car dealership laundered fraud proceeds through his business.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eseyuiel Caraballo, age 37, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to five years of probation for making false statements when purchasing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal jury convicted Christopher Jeorge Millican, 28, of Coalinga, on Thursday for producing and receiving child pornography via the popular app, Snapchat, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Ralph Allison Pitt, Jr., 46, of Columbia, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Uber Technologies, Inc., has entered a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors to resolve a criminal investigation into the coverup of a significant data breach suffered by the company in 2016, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Sean Ragan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LOUIE McDOWELL, 49, of Seymour, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Michael Achille (57, Rockledge) to four years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute tapentadol, a pharmaceutical opiate that is a Schedule II controlled substance. Achille had pleaded guilty on May 16, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Russell Ray Foreman, age 39, of Aurora, Colorado, has been sentenced to 66 months for money laundering and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Derek David Henderson of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Vermont under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Market (VAAFM) seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers.
