News from December 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The former office manager for a Pawtucket dermatologist’s office and her son are facing federal charges following a joint federal and state law enforcement embezzlement, fraud, and health care fraud investigation, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDIL RAMOS, also known as “E," 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Che Jaron Durbin, age 44, of Aberdeen, Maryland, on Dec. 19, 2022, to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Near Almo, Idaho. Significance: The City of Rocks National Reserve is a National Historic Landmark associated with the mass overland westward migration. Designation: National Reserve, National Historic Landmark. Although there may have been some visitation to the area by Europeans...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - A federal grand jury in Del Rio returned an indictment last week charging a Mexican national with conspiring and attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition into Mexico from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida has convicted the former National Treasurer of Venezuela and her husband for their roles in a billion-dollar currency exchange, bribery, and money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Will Thompson, along with law enforcement partners, will hold a pair of press conferences on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, to announce outcomes in three high-profile cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, ALABAMA - On Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, Harley Dakota Wambles, a 25-year-old from Samson, Alabama, received a 72-month prison sentence after being convicted of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. In addition to imposing a 6-year prison sentence, the judge ordered Wambles to serve 5 years on supervised release and to pay a total of $18,000.00 in restitution to 6 victims. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced by a federal judge in Pittsburgh on a charge of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Salih Reed, 27, of Pineville, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell for the burglary of two firearms stores in Benton and Youngsville, Louisiana, United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has announced the seizure of 23 websites for allegedly live streaming the World Cup games, an infringement of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) copyrights. Individuals visiting the sites will now...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 51-year-old Laredo resident has been sentenced for illegal firearms possession, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Adetomiwa Seun Akindele, age 37, of Minnesota, has been indicted on 10 counts of wire fraud and 11 counts of money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant, DEVIN WEAVER, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Dec. 14, 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk to a total term of 168 months. As to Counts 1 and 3, the Court sentenced WEAVER to 84 months of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man admitted to a federal judge on Tuesday that he conspired with others to deposit and cash counterfeit checks created using stolen business and personal banking information, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted two men last Friday on charges related to conspiracy to interfere with commerce by means of robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Seattle - A 27-year-old Bellingham, Washington, man appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle today charged with two federal felonies related to his attempts to sexually assault a child, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Clayton Harker was arrested yesterday when he arrived at a Bellingham hotel believing...
By Interior Newswire Report | Dec 27, 2022
Zachary Ormsby, who has worked in the natural resource management field for almost two decades, has been named the new Central Coast field manager for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jason Mattis, 49, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with three counts of possession of an unregistered destructive device, charges which stem from three incidents that occurred in June and July 2022 in Northeast Philadelphia. Mattis made his initial appearance in federal court on Dec. 15, 2022, and was ordered detained pending further proceedings.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: By Science Communication Intern Claire Baker, Point Reyes National Seashore Association.
