News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
United States District Judge David M. Lawson approved the results of the referendum of the membership of the International United Auto Workers union and ordered the union to make a historic change to its constitution to provide for the direct election of the UAW’s officers, sometimes referred to as “one member, one vote,” pursuant to the process required under the Consent Decree between the United States and the UAW, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES MOORE was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for helping design and operate a scheme to defraud more than 800 investors of more than $57 million by making false and fraudulent representations about, among other things, the management, profitability, and operations of a co-working space company called Bar Works Inc. and related entities (“Bar Works”).
By Caleb Lombardo | Feb 2, 2022
An Alpine resident was sentenced to two life sentences for raping a minor, but officials say his crimes extended over a period of years and included the victim's siblings.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Jaz Pratt, 20, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to seven years in prison for a summertime shooting on a busy street in Southeast Washington that struck a 56-year-old woman, leaving her permanently paralyzed from the waist down.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Haiteng Wu, 32, of the People’s Republic of China, was sentenced today to serve 26 months in prison for participating in a three-year conspiracy to defraud Apple Inc. out of more than $1 million.
By Caleb Lombardo | Feb 2, 2022
Joshua Mac Hendon admitted to all of the charges against him related to the production of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
The former Deputy Clerk of Muscogee County Court pleaded guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion charges in a scheme that cost the county millions of dollars.Willie Demps, 64, of Phenix City, Alabama, pleaded guilty to one count conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts tax evasion before U.S.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tim Foley, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced that BILLY ORTEGA, a/k/a “Jason,” and KAYLEN RAINEY were charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today in Manhattan federal court with narcotics conspiracy resulting in the deaths of Julia Ghahramani, Ross Mtangi, and Amanda Scher in Manhattan, New York.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
John Fodero, 53, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced on Monday, January 31, 2022, to five years in prison for maintaining a drug house within 1000 feet of a school.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 63 months in prison followed by five years’ supervised release on his conviction for possessing material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Co-defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud two agriculture-based financial institutions orchestrated by a former loan officer have pleaded guilty to their crimes.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
A Portland woman was sentenced to federal prison today for her role in a fraud scheme whereby she and a co-conspirator stole mail from residential mailboxes and used stolen personal identification information to defraud local banks.
By David Beasley | Feb 2, 2022
Financial manager gets 87 months in federal prison for stealing $1.6 million from the law firm where she worked.
By Press release submission | Feb 2, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT McGUIRE, 42, of Easton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 30 years of imprisonment, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for producing photographs and videos of his sexual abuse of a young
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on the need to address the mental health and substance use disorder crises which have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In her opening remarks, Senator Murray stressed the need for action to support students, providers, and families struggling through these crises.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s refusal to fully answer questions regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan and evacuation efforts since August:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Defendant was on pre-trial release for state murder charges at time of offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kevin J. Nugent, age 44, of Halfmoon, New York, was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct with him. 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: Defendant allegedly cyberstalked and sent death threats to ex-girlfriend and her family.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2022
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore was notified this evening of a grounding incident involving two fishing vessels near Oregon Inlet. All five passengers on board the two vessels made it safely to shore.
