News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - Seven individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft related to a $28 million cellphone upgrade fraud scheme spanning multiple states, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 23rd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) are asking toy manufacturers how they plan to ensure children and their information is protected online following reports...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Heriberto Batista Montijo (43, Lehigh Acres) to 50 years in federal prison for producing and possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of a child. The court also sentenced Batista Montijo to serve a life term of supervised release and ordered him to register as a sex offender. Batista Montijo had pleaded guilty on June 27, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Reginald Lamont Thomas, 47, of Fairfield, was sentenced today to six years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $132,685 in restitution for nine counts of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Kiana Fiona Alphonse (28, Covington, Georgia) with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, seven counts of bank fraud, five counts of false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and five...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: A Dallas man who filmed himself sexually abusing a five-year-old girl was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Mounds man Wednesday in federal court for shooting his girlfriend when she tried to end their relationship in 2021, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, thank you very, very much, everyone, and Happy Diwali.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Staff from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (USAO-SDFL) served hundreds of locals this morning during a Farm Share Food Distribution at Gwen Cherry Park in Miami.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today urged the Biden Administration to better synchronize efforts with our G7 partners and condition assistance to address the erosion of Tunisian democracy.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
Mission China Annual Program Statement (APS) grant opened on Oct. 27.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: The United States expresses our condolences to the family of the U.S. citizen killed in the fighting in Ukraine, whose remains have now been identified and released to Ukraine’s custody. They will soon be returned to the family. The United States is appreciative of Ukraine for including recovery of this individual’s remains in its negotiations with Russia. Out of respect for the privacy of the family, we will not release further details.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - An Iowa City man, Michael Germaine McClinton was sentenced to 110 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Following his imprisonment, McClinton was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, departed on a bipartisan congressional delegation to Palau, Papua New Guinea, and Australia to bolster engagement and partnership in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - More than 4,000 middle and high school students across Rhode Island have participated in the United States Attorney’s Office’s community outreach program Circles and Silence program during the first two months of the current school year, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
