News from January 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Clearfield County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: International Falls, MN: Voyageurs National Park will offer a self-guided night snowshoe hike Friday, January 14 along the Oberholtzer Trail, with luminaries to light the way. The event will be open between 6:00 and 7:30 pm. Bring your own snowshoes or borrow a pair from the park. Bring a flashlight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that DONISESHA LEE (“DONISHA LEE"), age 30, of Harvey, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, before United States District Court Judge Sarah S. Vance arising out of a staged automobile accident with a tractor-trailer occurring in New Orleans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “The Ingraham Angle" on Fox News yesterday to discuss new information revealing Dr. Fauci may have concealed information from government officials about COVID-19 originating from the Wuhan lab and the virus possibly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Lost Creek, Ky., man, Kevin Combs, 32, was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison on Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, after pleading guilty to cultivating more than 50 marijuana plants and brandishing a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - On Jan. 11, 2022, U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Derrick Hutchins (36, Tampa) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Hutchins had pleaded guilty on Oct. 13, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Miami, Florida - Foot Care Store, Inc. d/b/a Dia-Foot (Dia-Foot), a diabetic shoe company based in Wellington, Florida, and its President and CEO Robert Gaynor, have agreed to pay $5,538,338 to settle allegations that the company sold custom diabetic shoe inserts that were not actually custom-fabricated in accordance with Medicare standards. The agreement is part of a civil settlement that resolves claims brought under the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jamie Varieur, age 42, of Albany, was arrested today and charged with burglarizing a dwelling at the Albany Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) have charged Shundale Barnett, 27, with state charges of Accessory After the Fact to First Degree Murder, Criminal Attempt to Commit First Degree Murder, and Theft of Property $10,000 to $60,000.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm honored a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) team from Oak Ridge with the Secretary’s Achievement Award during a virtual ceremony today for successfully removing a former uranium enrichment complex - a historic first that cleared 13 million square feet of deteriorated, contaminated structures from the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Springdale man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the following statement after the December Consumer Price Index (CPI) release showed inflation surged 7 percent year over year, the fastest rate since 1982.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Gerardo Gomez-Lubo, a/k/a Francisco Niño (42, Colombia), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine knowing and intending it to be imported into the United States. Gomez-Lubo faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Florida Co-Owner of Clinical Trial Company Pleads Guilty to Obstructing FDA Inspection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is very happy to announce the very quick arrest of the second “Fugitive of the Week" of 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Shappert noted that the Department of Justice is commemorating the 11th Annual National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and emphasizing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: POCATELLO - A Twin Falls man was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Codi Lee Douglas, 26, of Parkersburg, was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Following his release from prison, Douglas will serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
News Release: For Firearm Offense. FORT WAYNE - Kevin D. Ricksy a/k/a Kevin Tinsley, 35 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Ricksy...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2022
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