News from January 2022
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Jude Uzochukwu Ifeanyi, 37, of Nigeria, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for wire fraud. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Ifeanyi to 41 months’ imprisonment.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT ECCLESTON, 58, of Canton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today via videoconference to one count of distribution of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme to smuggle weapons and ammunition to one of the world’s most violent and dangerous transnational criminal organizations has led to the arrest of four defendants, the Justice Department announced today.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TRAVIS M. WILLIAMS, 34, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 23 years of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for photographing and video recording his repeated sexual abuse of a child.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
United States Attorney Dennis R.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
German Nino, a former UBS Financial Advisor, made his initial appearance in federal court in Miami to face charges of defrauding over $5 million from a family who maintained several accounts at UBS.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A Texas man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A Mt. Sterling, Ky., man, Larry A. Crump, 37, was sentenced to 234 months in prison on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after previously pleading guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery, bank robbery, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By Trina Thomas | Jan 26, 2022
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently began distributing nearly $27.5 billion in funding to states, territories and tribal nations for work on over 15,000 bridges nationwide considered to be in poor condition.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
An inmate of SCI Pine Grove, Indiana, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K.
By Press release submission | Jan 26, 2022
A federal jury convicted an Afghan national Friday on charges of abusive sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl.
By Trina Thomas | Jan 26, 2022
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continued implementing new descent procedures for aircraft in 2021 meant to reduce the amount of fuel required for landing and decrease emissions contributing to climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to five years’ probation, including six months’ home confinement, for the interstate sale of carvings made of sperm whale ivory, U.S Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Jan. 24, 2022, a federal jury convicted Milton Portillo-Rodriguez, a/k/a “Little Gangster," age 26; Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez, a/k/a “Picaro," age 22; Oscar Armando Sorto Romero, a/k/a “Lobo," age 22; and Jose Joya Parada, a/k/a “Calmado," age 20, for a racketeering conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican national was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for attempting to breach the cockpit of a commercial airliner taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, assaulting a flight attendant who tried to stop him, then opening the exit door and jumping out of the aircraft.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A middle Tennessee man was sentenced in federal court yesterday to serve 35 years in federal prison for crimes related to the production of child exploitation material.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Rodriquez Deonte Redding has been sentenced for trafficking cocaine and laundering his drug profits by purchasing luxury cars in his mother’s and grandmother’s names. He faced new charges of wire fraud and the court imposed an additional sentence of one year and three months after the government discovered Redding had fraudulently obtained two Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans while on bond for the drug and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
News Release: Assailant Accused of Spraying Chemical Irritant.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 26, 2022
Release: On February 9, APHIS will host a webinar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time to review the outcome of a preliminary litchi tomato trap crop weed risk analysis (WRA) for litchi tomato and solicit feedback. In particular, APHIS is seeking additional information on litchi tomato’s biology in southeastern ...
