News from July 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Magdiel Carmona (27, Tampa) with one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, four counts of possession with the intent to distribute narcotics, four counts of carrying a firearm in furtherance of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Mashaq White, 24, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release by United States District Judge Karen S. Marston, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon stemming from an incident which occurred during the period of civil unrest in Philadelphia over two years ago.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested yesterday for his alleged participation in a conspiracy to distribute thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - A U.S. District Court jury here found former Cincinnati City Council member P.D. Sittenfeld, 37, of Cincinnati, guilty of accepting $40,000 in campaign contributions in exchange for votes on a development project pending before the council.

By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There are five releases scheduled to be published on July 11.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: FORT WASHINGTON, Md. - The National Park Service (NPS) has finalized plans for the future of Harmony Hall, a historic site in Prince George’s County, MD. The Harmony Hall Development Concept Plan re-envisions the site as an opportunity to experience and connect with nature, learn about history and enjoy open space and water access. You’re invited to review the plan and attend a virtual public meeting on July 21 to learn more.

By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Throughout the month of July, kids and accompanying adults are invited to experience the joys of fishing at Island Ford Pond or Sibley Pond in Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. This program offers a safe and easy way to learn about fishing. Children will learn the basic of fishing using cane poles with the guidance of a park ranger.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to the CEOs of gun manufacturers Daniel Defense, LLC, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc., requesting their appearance at a Committee hearing on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. -Alanna Marleice Jackson, 23, of Chandler, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. On October 7, 2019, Jackson and co-defendant Jose Carpio, stabbed the victim, killing her. Jackson previously pleaded guilty on March 9, 2021, to Voluntary Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned an indictment late yesterday charging a former New Castle Police Department officer with three counts of deprivation under color of law and one count of witness tampering.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Aerojet Rocketdyne Agrees to Pay $9 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Cybersecurity Violations in Federal Government Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Rocky Mount woman was sentenced yesterday to 71 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl and conspiring to make false statements during the purchase of firearms. On Feb. 10, 2022, Vernisha Suggs pled guilty to the charges.

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on July 11.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, July 6, 2022, John David Twomey, a 24-year-old from Brownwood, Texas, was sentenced to 324 months in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO. Calif. - Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., headquartered in El Segundo, California, has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting its compliance with cybersecurity requirements in certain federal government contracts, the Justice Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 210 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the armed robberies of two Speedway gas stations and a Super 8 Hotel, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two indictments on Thursday charging a total of seven defendants with various drug-trafficking crimes, including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, as well as multiple counts of distribution of methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on July 7, 2022 JAMES HEIGLE, 40, from St. Tammany Parish, pled guilty to counts four, five, and six of the superseding indictment for false declarations before a grand jury, felon in possession of a firearm, and violent felon in possession of body armor. HEIGLE was initially indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on July 1, 2021.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DENFIELD JOSEPH and KEVIN DELVALLE were sentenced to 30 years in prison and 35 years in prison, respectively, for their 2010 murder of Donnell Harris in the Bronx. JOSEPH and DELVALLE previously pled guilty. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero imposed the sentences.