News from October 2022

By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: RENO, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management invites industry representatives and the interested public to a workshop on legal authorizations (also known as “rights of way") for broadband installations on public land. The workshop will be held virtually, on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A former tribal councilmember for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was sentenced to 84 months in prison for embezzlement, perjury, and suborning perjury, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By State Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
Release: Introduction. Thank you, Tom. Thank you for hosting us here at Lancaster House. Your government has been a great partner in our collective effort to countering the threat from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism, or REMVE, as we in the U.S. call it, or extreme right-wing terrorism, as...

By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leaders introduced new solutions this week to empower federal agencies with specialized expertise, like the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to combat cyber and ransomware attacks, as well as to protect our critical infrastructure, like pipelines, electrical infrastructure, telecommunications, and hospital systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man has been charged with allegedly trafficking a minor he met on social media to engage in commercial sex acts.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Today, the United States Attorney’s Office announced its immigration enforcement statistics for July 2022 to September 2022. These cases are prosecuted in partnership with the Tucson and Yuma Sectors of the Customs and Border Protection’s U.S. Border Patrol, along with Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon - a fire extinguisher - during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Memphis man pled guilty to sex trafficking of a minor and interstate sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca, Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch.
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charges Related to Gun Trafficking Scheme

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Louis Carusone, 44, of Webster, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years in prison.
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
Norwich Man Charged with Child Exploitation Offense

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Texas man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly staging a hoax explosion at Northeastern University in Boston and providing law enforcement with materially false and misleading information about the incident.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jeffery Dean Biddle pleaded guilty on Oct. 26 to production and attempted production of child pornography, receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, and enticement and attempted enticement of a minor. Biddle, 41, of Deming, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
Minneapolis Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Possessing Fentanyl with Intent to Sell and Possessing a Machine Gun
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
Chicopee Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Offense

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: Georgia man becomes last of five defendants convicted in prosecution of conspiracy to obtain more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
Four Suspected Niagara Falls Gang Members Charged With Narcotics Conspiracy
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
Additional Defendant Charged in Nationwide Identity Theft Fraud Scheme
By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2022
Springfield Man Sentenced for Trafficking Heroin Laced with Fentanyl

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Martin Estrada announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Thomas F. Rybarczyk will serve as District Election Officer for the Central District of California during the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8 general election.