News from December 2022

By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Earlier this week, OCTAVIO JUAN SANCHEZ, 36, of Norman, was sentenced to serve ten years, the statutory maximum sentence, in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By State Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

By Federal Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A North Providence woman convicted of defrauding multiple publicly-funded programs was sentenced on Tuesday to eighteen months in federal prison for making false statements when applying for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage, a Small Business Association (SBA) loan, and for fraudulently applying for government-funded COVID unemployment benefits, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eliseo Jerome Rozas, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Todd Christopher Roatsey, 43, of Elkview, a former counselor at Pinch Elementary School in Kanawha County, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for attempted production of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor. Roatsey must also pay $23,000 in restitution to his victims and register as a sex offender.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Steven Mazzone, 59, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to five years in prison, three years of supervised release by United States District Judge R. Barclay Surrick, for his role in several conspiracies to commit racketeering...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL FARIAS, 57, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing tires and rims from new vehicles at car dealerships in northeastern states and then selling the stolen items to individuals across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jason Stroman, 37, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, to two and a half years in prison for a burglary at an elementary school in Southeast Washington, D.C., and for assaulting the police officers who arrested him, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Jersey man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Stephan Marshall (35, Jacksonville) to four years and nine months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Marshall to forfeit the ammunition and firearms involved in the offense. Marshall had pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2022.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Seattle - A 37-year-old Lynnwood, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for making interstate threats and for a hate crime: interference with a Federally Protected Activity, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Joey David George has been in federal...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A company based in the People’s Republic of China, along with three businesses located in New Jersey and New York, entered into settlement agreements with the United States, admitting they took steps to avoid paying customs duties, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging the following five individuals with fentanyl trafficking offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper will close Dec. 25, 26, and Sunday, Jan. 1 in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation for shooting into two Clayton County convenience stores in an attempt to kill those inside because of their race and ethnicity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2022
News Release: FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. - U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced Tuesday the Southern District of Illinois has collected $4,699,850.01 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $2,525,112.94 was collected in criminal actions and $2,174,737.07 was collected in civil actions.