News from August 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: Charges Include Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that AARON THIBODEAUX, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2022 before Chief United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to conspiring to transport and sell stolen cars across state lines in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aiding and Abetting Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TAWUAN SYLVESTER, age 47, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Aug. 23, 2022 before Chief U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to conspiring to transport and sell stolen cars across state lines in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury convicted Jarred Javon Ford of Florida for illegally possessing a gun in an incident where he shot a Nash County Sheriff’s Deputy several times following a traffic stop. Ford is also facing state charges of attempted first-degree murder, assault on a law enforcement officer and other drug and traffic-related charges in state court arising from the incident.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Francisco Javier Aguilar Canales, a/k/a Javier Francisco Aguilar Canales (31, Hull, Georgia), with aggravated identity theft and use of a fraudulently obtained United States passport. If convicted, Aguilar Canales faces a maximum penalty of 12 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a former BBVA branch manager for embezzling funds from the bank where she was employed, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick M. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
OJJDP FY 2022 Invitation to Apply Guidance- Training and Technical Assistance - Court Appointed Special Advocate grant opened on Aug. 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: A 36-year-old man who trafficked a 13-year-old girl out of a hotel room in Irving was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Tulio Ivan Figueroa-Carrion (34, Tampa) with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Figueroa-Carrion faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Figueroa-Carrion that the United States intends to forfeit the cellphone used to commit the alleged offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Aby Raul Rivera Torres (33, Galveston, Texas) to life in federal prison for production, distribution, and possession of child sex abuse material. The court also ordered Torres to forfeit the electronic devices he had used in the commission of the offense. Restitution for the victims will be determined at a later date. Torres was found guilty on May 23, 2022, following a bench trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Aug 25, 2022
E&C Leaders Demand Answers From Cryptomining Companies On Their Environmental And Energy Impacts
By DOE Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
Water Research and Development for Produced Water and Legacy Wastewaters Associated with Thermal Power Plants grant opened on Aug. 25.
By Press release submission | Aug 25, 2022
E&C Leaders Demand Answers From Cryptomining Companies On Their Environmental And Energy Impacts
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II today sentenced Jorge Cesar Ferretiz-Hernandez (42, San Luis) to 46 months in federal prison for illegal reentry by a previously-deported alien. Ferretiz-Hernandez had pleaded guilty on May 25, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: Statement from the Department of Homeland Security following the recommendation from the Homeland Security Advisory Council regarding the Disinformation Governance Board...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kristen Blair Hiltunen, age 37, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to sexual exploitation of a minor. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Press release submission | Aug 25, 2022
Fact Check: Manchin-Biden Bill Loaded with Special Interest Giveaways
