News from March 2022
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Judge Jackson praised the late Derrick Bell, better known as the godfather of CRT, and his wife Janet Bell
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Keon Moore (30, Tampa) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm or ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Moore had been indicted on June 4, 2020. A jury found him guilty on October 21, 2021.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that a federal court in Houston, Texas, entered a permanent injunction barring a credit repair company and its CEO from representing that it can repair or improve consumers’ credit scores.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Gary Ryan, age 51, of Mechanicville, New York, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for aggravated sexual abuse and transportation of minors to engage in sexual activity.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Cindy K.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Torrance Gamble, age 49, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Schuylkill, Minersville, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with possession of a narcotic drug. According to United States Attorney John C.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Heather Lynn Pratt, of Fort Myers, Florida, was sentenced today to five years of probation for bankruptcy fraud, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Michael A Clemence, 36, of Rochester, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney John J.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced Kennard Murray, 37, of Philadelphia, PA, a currently incarcerated inmate at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC), was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband into the facility.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. issued the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration announcing it is reinstating a waiver of federal preemption under the Clean Air Act for California’s Advanced Clean Car program, recognizing its authority to set more stringent vehicle emissions standards.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Tariq Arrhamann Majid, 43, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty today to two counts of sexual exploitation of children, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Kietra R. Studdard, age 44, of Fenton, Missouri appeared before United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on today’s date.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Stephen King, 66, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison yesterday, after pleading guilty to dealing firearms without a federal firearms license.According to court documents, in August 2020, law enforcement officers in Chicago recovered firearms connected to crimes committed in Chicago.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
A St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to making false statements in connection with the illegal purchase of multiple firearms, announced Acting U.S.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 300 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for a Hobbs Act robbery and multiple armed bank robberies.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the House passage of the FY22 appropriations package, which included funding for valuable global priorities like addressing the climate crisis, supporting global health security, and providing life-saving humanitarian assistance.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
The U.S. Marshals are alerting the public of a scam involving individuals claiming to be U.S. Marshals. During these calls, scammers attempt to collect money via phone in lieu of having further legal problems.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that a delegation of senior Biden administration officials traveled to Venezuela to meet with President Nicolás Maduro: “I congratulate the Biden Administration on a successful delegation to Venezuela that resulted in the release of two American citizens - Gustavo Cárdenas and Jorge Alberto Fernández - who were unjustly detained in the country, as well as a commitment from President Maduro to restart the important political negotiations in Mexico City.
By Press release submission | Mar 24, 2022
U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of two separate fugitive cases out of Memphis. Maceo Boyd and Cassell Hunt were both arrested today by the Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis.
