News from November 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Trent, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2022, by District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rakeem Willis, 31, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of charges stemming from the fatal shooting of three men, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: We welcome the release of U.S. citizen Kyaw Htay Oo from prison in Burma, where he was wrongfully detained for more than 14 months. We extend our deep appreciation to our allies and partners who joined us in pressing Burma’s military regime to release him. We also welcome the release of a number of political prisoners and other foreign detainees and continue to call for the release of the many thousands of political prisoners who remain in Burma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has transferred over $20.6 million to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) in accordance with an Aug. 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets the United States forfeited that were traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Washington, D.C. man with contempt and obstruction of justice under federal and District of Columbia law, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Poore, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 42 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Poore pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 3, 2022.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Thank you very much for your generosity and time. I know you’ve been very, very busy yourself – the G20, traveling halfway across the world. For you to give me and my delegation a moment of your time is a token of generosity and your kindness. Apart from the fact that you have ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: CINCINNATI - The first Chinese government intelligence officer ever to be extradited to the United States to stand trial was sentenced today in federal court in Cincinnati.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3630, the Lymphedema Treatment Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal grand jury in Portland has returned an indictment charging a local woman for her alleged role in a fraud ring that used the stolen identities of multiple victims in the Portland area to open bank accounts and credit cards, purchase vehicles, and produce false documents.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Homeowners and renters who had property damage or losses caused by Hurricane Fiona may be eligible for federal disaster assistance. Survivors have until Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, to apply for FEMA disaster assistance. All applications received prior to or on the deadline date will be processed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Frank Willis, 57 years old, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Browning man accused of beating a man in the head with a claw hammer admitted to an assault charge on Nov.16, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Let me just say very quickly, great meeting everyone, and I really want to commend Thailand and the Thai foreign minister for very successfully hosting APEC both today but also throughout this year – a challenging year, but Thailand did a remarkable job. And I think together we’ve ...
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes today’s decision finding three members of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine guilty for their roles in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. The decision by the District Court of The Hague is an important moment in ongoing efforts to deliver justice for the 298 individuals who lost their lives on July 17, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: A Joplin, Missouri, woman pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to kidnapping a woman whose body was later found in rural Mayes County, Oklahoma, in 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By State Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
Release: In 2016, the Government of Colombia signed a ceasefire agreement and Peace Accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, ending more than five decades of internal conflict. The long conflict displaced millions of Colombian civilians as armed groups regularly took over farms and towns, leaving...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: Yesterday, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Director Karhlton F. Moore of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) met with judicial leaders and criminal justice professionals in Miami to discuss responses to mental health issues in the justice system. Associate Attorney General Gupta and Director ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2022
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Denise Johnson, 25, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to travel interstate with the intent to engage in dealing firearms without a license while Terri Lawhorn, 28, of Fayetteville, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release...
