News published on Federal Newswire in June 2022

News from June 2022


Columbia Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Fraud Scheme that Amassed 94 Firearms and 7 Bump Stocks

News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - Edward Daniel Kimpton, Jr., 26, of Columbia, was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and possession of stolen firearms.


Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On June 28, 2022, Modesta Solano, 51, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Solano previously pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022, to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.



News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS JOSEPH, a/k/a “Gotti," a/k/a “Finesse," was sentenced today to 22 years in prison in connection with his participation in the Castle Hill Crew, a violent street gang based in the Castle Hill Houses...


Chair Grijalva Statement on SCOTUS Decision in Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma. The Court ruled 5-to-4, with Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch dissenting.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - Following an injunction from the Western District of Louisiana, today the Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Office conducted a lease sale offering 23 parcels totaling 3,405.8 acres in Montana and North Dakota. Nineteen parcels were sold for a total of $7,354,562.00. Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation of Denver, Colorado, was the highest bidder, with a total bonus bid of $2,346,485,50 for a 68.53-acre parcel in Mountrail County, North Dakota.


Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Shark Quota Transfer discussed on June 29 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Experience the Park through Smokies Service Days

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting park-led ‘work-togethers’ on weekends throughout the year as part of Smokies Service Days. Individuals and groups are invited to sign up for these volunteer opportunities to help care for park resources, trails, and facilities. Service activities include...


Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking 14-Year-Old to New Orleans for Commercial Sex

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JEREMY TALBERT, age 26, from Memphis, Tennessee pleaded guilty on June 29, 2022 to Sex Trafficking of a Minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1), 1591(b)(2), 1594(a), and 2.


Marion County man admits to his role in a drug conspiracy

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Paul Thompson, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: BOSTON - A drug distributor within a Boston-area drug trafficking organization (DTO) pleaded guilty yesterday to a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine and cocaine base.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Justice Department Announces Investigation Of New York City Police Department’s Special Victims Division.


News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Vicent Mata Anyelo, 23, Alfer Rodriguez Boadas, 24, and Jhonny Rodriguez Rodriguez, 29, three of eleven Venezuelan nationals apprehended at sea off the coast of St. Croix, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson, III, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.


Release: Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Vice Chair of the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2023 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill.


Eight Time Convicted Felon Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing A Firearm

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell today sentenced Deuntay Robertson (30, Sarasota) to 6 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Robertson to forfeit a Bersa Thunder 380 CC, 380 caliber pistol and four rounds of ammunition. Robertson had pleaded guilty on March 11, 2022.


Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’s Meeting with Minister of Interior General Sheikh Rashed bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa of Bahrain

News Release: WASHINGTON – On June 29, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas met with General Sheikh Rashed bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Secretary Mayorkas and Minister Al-Khalifa signed three cooperative arrangements on countering unmanned aircraft systems, ...


Second Jamaican National Sentenced for Stealing more than $970,000 in Lottery Scam

News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Jamaican national Rajay Dobson of Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $881,477.41 in restitution for his role in a lottery scheme that targeted an elderly woman in Estes Park, Colorado.