News from October 2022
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Hansen was involved in the distribution of more than 15 kilograms of meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: SAN DIEGO- The United States Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations today announced the creation of, and first case brought by, the newly formed Fentanyl Abatement and Suppression Team in partnership with the District Attorney’s Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Adam Gordon (619) 546-6720.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that on Oct. 21, 2022, Chad Kraft, 41, of Galesburg, was sentenced to 188 months in prison for distributing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney also imposed a 20-year period of supervised release to follow Kraft’s incarceration. Judge Maloney stated, “it would be an understatement to describe Kraft’s conduct as grotesque.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A California man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to embezzling over $1.2 million from his employer over a 16-year period.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
Release: Today, we are announcing steps to impose visa restrictions on over 500 Nicaraguan individuals and their family members. We are doing so pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 10309, which suspends entry into the United States as immigrants and nonimmigrants of members of the Government of Nicaragua and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, is.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: TOLEDO - John Charles Coy, 72, of Van Wert County, Ohio, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Knepp II after Coy pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Eddie Winman Thomas (32, Lakeland) with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted, Thomas faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Thomas that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm and ammunition traceable to the offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: PLUM ISLAND - The historic Plum Island Light Station is undergoing a project to stabilize its structure and prevent further deterioration. The project, led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), will refurbish the lighthouse’s cast iron tower and associated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Defendant Operated a Chat Room for Adults Where He Instructed Them on How to Initiate and Carry Out Sexual Abuse.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. (Cheers and applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you very, very much. Please, this is incredible. I have not seen this room not only this full, but this energized since we’ve been here. So thank you all for being here today. It’s just wonderful to see you. I really just wanted an opportunity to stop by and to say thank yous, thank yous to a number of people for bringing all of you together today, for bringing all of us together today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Memphis, Tennessee area man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison on felony and misdemeanor offenses for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. 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 presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney Erek L. Barron announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSAs) Leo J. Wise and Geonard Butler will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2022, general...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: A Waterloo man involved in a Mexico‑based drug trafficking organization was sentenced on Oct. 21, 2022, to more than 33 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A North Providence man currently on bail while awaiting trial in Rhode Island state court on drug trafficking charges, and who is also currently on probation in four separate state court cases, has been ordered detained in federal custody as the result of an unrelated FBI Safe Street Task...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Augustin Gallegos pleaded guilty on Oct. 17 to production of child pornography. Gallegos, 37, of Portales, New Mexico, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has been scheduled for Jan. 17, 2023.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2022
News Release: Today, we are announcing steps to impose visa restrictions on over 500 Nicaraguan individuals and their family members. We are doing so pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 10309, which suspends entry into the United States as immigrants and nonimmigrants of members of the Government of Nicaragua and ...
By Yu Bing | Oct 25, 2022
The Chinese government continues to close down Christian house churches and other places of worship all across China. Religious freedom in China is getting worse by the day.
