News from December 2022
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A 28-year-old Houston man remains in custody pending trial on federal hate crime charges allegedly motivated by gender identity and sexual orientation, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
William Allen Liebisch has been charged with interfering with the duties of a flight crew after he brought a box cutter aboard a Fronter Airlines flight and told a fellow passenger that he wanted to stab someone, which required the pilot to make an emergency landing in Atlanta.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Houston Field Office congratulates four Houston area law enforcement officers on their graduation from the FBI National Academy (NA), Class #284, in Quantico, Virginia. Each of the following graduates represents a law enforcement agency based within the FBI Houston area of responsibility, which includes 40 southeast Texas counties:
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A federal jury convicted former prison warden Ray J. Garcia of seven counts involving sexually abusive conduct against three female victims who were serving prison sentences and one count of making false statements to government agents.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Luke Smith III, 48, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Silsbee man has been indicted on federal child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment Wednesday charging a former San Antonio attorney with wire fraud and money laundering.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
FBI Media Alert: FBI, Albuquerque Police Seek Ski Bum Bandit Who Wore Goggles
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Lodge Grass man who admitted to breaking into a woman’s house on the Crow Indian Reservation and sexually abusing her in 2020 was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Missoula woman who admitted to distributing methamphetamine was sentenced to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Kansas City, Mo., man has been convicted by a trial jury of the armed robbery of a Family Dollar store with the assistance of the store’s assistant manager.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Billings man who admitted to possessing hundreds of child pornography images was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Bessman also was ordered to pay $18,000 restitution to his victims.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Washington man convicted by a federal jury of drug trafficking crimes for bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl to the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for distribution was sentenced today to 10 years and eight months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte today sentenced Christopher Michael Cline, a/k/a “Carisa Cline,” age 46, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to 24 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after the defendant pleaded guilty to bank robbery.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
Yesterday, a federal jury convicted a Clarksville, Tennessee man (formerly of Jacksonville, Florida) of first-degree murder, attempted murder, domestic violence resulting in death, violation of a protective order resulting in death, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and two counts of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. Very pleased to have Foreign Minister Norov here from Uzbekistan. It’s good to have you at the State Department. We are pursuing our Strategic Partnership Dialogue, which I’m very pleased about. That’ll take place tomorrow. But a very good and important opportunity for the two of us to compare notes on the many challenges that we’re facing together.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Trayvon Hall, a/k/a “Tru,” and “G Tru,” age 31, of Baltimore, yesterday to 454 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and drug conspiracy charges, related to his activities as the leader of the Eight Tray Gangster (ETG) Crips gang in Baltimore.
By Press release submission | Dec 13, 2022
A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in connection with attempting to purchase a $56,000 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a counterfeit check.
