News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Branson Man Blackmailed Dozens of Child Victims to Send Pornographic Photos, Videos of Themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys C. Seth Askins (619) 546-6692 and Lyndzie M. Carter (619) 546-8780.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that George McEntire Smith, age 22, of Wagoner, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of Murder in the First Degree in Indian Country and one count of Causing the Death of a Person by Use of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant has two prior state convictions for child pornography offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Chase Anthony Duncan, age 38, formerly of Grimes, was sentenced on Aug. 11, 2022, to a total of 324 months in prison for Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography. Following completion of his prison term, Duncan will be on supervised release for ten years. There is no parole in the federal system. Duncan pleaded guilty in March 2022 to these offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Erie, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in jail and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $127,636 on her conviction of theft of government property, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Illinois man, Kiantre D. Dykeman, 24, of the 5100 block of North Karen Court, has been sentenced to 132 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release for distribution of child pornography. Dykeman must also register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Hector J. Sanchez, age 30, of Rensselaer, New York, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for defrauding pandemic-related unemployment insurance and small business loan programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island woman, formerly of North Easton, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to stealing approximately $74,000 in Veteran Affairs (VA) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) benefits from a veteran she was supposed to be protecting.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 JOSHUA REED, age 24, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a gun after having been convicted of a felony offense before United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
“PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2377, FEDERAL EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT OF 2021” was published on pages H5348-H5361 of the Congressional Record on June 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - A Lewiston man was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- on Aug. 3, 2022, after a two-week trial, a federal jury in the District of Utah found Christopher Flynn, 38, of Syracuse, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I send best wishes to the people of Colombia as you celebrate your Independence Day on July 20. This year, our nation proudly recognizes 200 years of diplomatic relations with Colombia and reaffirms its commitment to our partnership to secure a more democratic and equitable hemisphere.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Nicholasville, Ky., man, Demetrius Burt Catching, 32, was sentenced to 93 months in federal prison on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after pleading guilty to the distribution of marijuana and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Joshua Allen Saunders, 27, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Saunders previously pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Biologists set to begin grizzly bear captures for research purposes in Yellowstone; Public reminded to heed warning signs
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: North Carolina Man Convicted of Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against Heidy Isabel Torres Lopez, 40, of Stockton; Cesar Mag Rodriguez Hernandez, 23, of Stockton; and Marco Antonio Sanchez Garcia, 37, of Modesto, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution...
