News from August 2022
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Eight Indicted in Money Laundering Ring
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - A federal grand jury today returned a 27-count indictment charging Payton Gendron, 19, of Conklin, New York, with 14 violations of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Shepard-Byrd Act) and 13 firearms offenses in connection with the mass shooting at the Tops...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Demarcus Glenn Expected to Serve 12 years for Discharging Firearm during a Drug Trafficking Offense.
By State Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
Release: U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, will travel to Argentina and Chile from July 15-21, 2022. During her visits, Ambassador Lipstadt will engage with local Jewish communities, government officials, and civil society representatives on actionable strategies and opportunities to counter antisemitism, which is fundamental to advancing human rights.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Washington - Today, during a visit to the Harvesters Community Food Bank in Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt announced USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has signed a cooperative agreement with Kansas...
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Federal Jury Finds Meridian Man Guilty of Attempted Witness Tampering
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Four men charged with aiming laser pointers at police helicopters
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The CEO of two Hollywood production companies that specialize in reality-television programming was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining a $2 million business loan using fabricated documents and by misrepresenting his companies’ financial circumstances.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Monday sentenced a man from Hannibal who was caught with stolen firearms to five years and three months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Swung Poles at Police Officers, Hitting One in the Shoulder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Texas man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for distributing anabolic steroids through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant Used His Position as a Caregiver to Unlawfully Access and Use Victims’ Personally Identifiable Information to File for Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Grand Junction-The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Shirley Koch, age 69, of Montrose, Colorado, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and aiding and abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. -Gilbert Martinez Jose, 22, of San Xavier, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 19 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Jose was previously found guilty by a federal jury on one count of Voluntary Manslaughter, one count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and one count of Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Warwick man who admitted to distributing child pornography and, according to court filings, admitted to law enforcement officers that he previously molested a prepubescent child, was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPHER Y. CARTAGENA, 26, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, company will pay $7.6 million under a consent judgement for its role in making false statements to obtain government contracts that were set aside for businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Defendant fraudulently obtained approximately $1.2 million in pandemic relief funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Gary Wayne Stuckey, 56, of Stockton, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of ammunition, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2022
News Release: Vancouver, WA - Please join the Friends of Fort Vancouver on Saturday, Aug. 20, 4 pm to 6 pm, for a festive celebration in the Fort Vancouver Heritage Garden! All are welcome to join tours of the garden and talk with the National Park Service volunteer gardeners who care for this amazing garden.
