News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - A Pryor woman today admitted to accosting and slapping a Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer, who had shot and wounded the woman’s co-defendant after a vehicle chase in Lodge Grass, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge sentenced a Bessemer man charged under the “Kingpin" statute for leading a continuing criminal enterprise and large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Atlanta Field Office Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment that was unsealed today charging a former Sanger Police Department officer with deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law for sexually assaulting four women with whom he interacted during the course of his duties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Brian White, age 67, of Cicero, New York, pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: The victim eventually gave birth to two of the defendant’s children before she turned 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Professional Athletes and Fraudulent PPP Loan Scheme.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. It’s a pleasure to me and enlightening to hear from some leaders in civil society, from independent journalism here, gender equality advocates, to hear about their work, to hear about some of the challenges they face but also some of the opportunities, and as well how the work that the United States is doing and can do even more of to support their efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BILLINGS - A former Judith Gap School teacher today admitted to possessing child pornography after Facebook submitted tips about the possible transmission of the material on its system to authorities, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was sentenced on July 18, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. Lebeau was previously convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, following a two-day jury trial in federal court in March 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Charles Hood Stole More Than $15,000 from First Citizen Bank in January 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. -The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky is announcing some recent enforcement efforts under the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA"). The ADA, which was signed into law on July 26, 1990 and recently passed its 32nd anniversary, is the nation’s foremost civil...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Vigiland D’Haiti (40, Winter Garden) with one count of possessing images and videos of children being sexually exploited, one count of production of child sexual abuse images and videos, and one...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Adair Ford Boroughs was officially sworn in today as United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina. U.S. Attorney Boroughs was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on June 6, 2022, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 21, 2022. United States District Judge...
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Sunset Tour Series: “Explosion at City Point” August 20, 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Vivian man has been sentenced for assaulting a postal carrier, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. Derrick J. Thomas, 28, of Vivian, Louisiana, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 137 months (11 years, 5 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyde Park man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with his alleged use of a stolen identity to fraudulently obtain pandemic relief funds and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, previously known as Food Stamps.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, announced that UMBERTO PIGNATARO, 46, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to theft of mail by a postal employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Denver - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that James Albert Witte, age 68, Jason Lee Henderson, age 36, and Indian national Dhruv Jani, age 39, all formerly of Wray, Colorado, have been indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiring to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - Two suburban Houston men have been charged with conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic involving medical-grade nitrile gloves, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Red Fire. Location: between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek. Elevation: 7,800. Discover Date: August 4, 2022. Size: 50 acres (updated to 167 acres on the evening of August 12). Cause: Lightning. Fire history: burning in the 2001 Hoover fire footprint. Yosemite fire crews are on scene. No current trail closures.
