News from September 2022

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A third-party seller on Amazon.com was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for gaming the online retailer’s payment system in a scheme that defrauded the company out of more than $1.3 million.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - RYAN P. MULLEN, age 41, a resident of Jayess, Mississippi, DUANE A. DUFRENE, age 55, a resident of Destrehan, Louisiana, DILLON J. ARCENEAUX, age 31, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, LANCE M. VALLO, age 37, a resident of Gueydan, Louisiana, GRANT C. MENARD, age 35, a resident of Kaplan...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Rothel Leandre Satchell, 32, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eshawn M. Reed, 40, Beloit, Wisconsin pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 9 years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. This 9-year prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release.

By DOL Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: LEXINGTON, SC - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found child labor violations at nine Burger King franchise locations in the Columbia area has prompted the restaurants’ operator to enter into a compliance agreement and change the way it operates to improve working conditions for minor-aged workers at all current and future locations of this brand.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that an Overland Park, Kansas, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: FBI, Upper Darby Police Seek Public’s Assistance Locating Abdul Rafi Muhsin.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A Harleton, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By State Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: On Aug. 15, 2022, Under Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez traveled to Denver, Colorado, to meet with government leaders as they prepare for next year’s Cities Summit of the Americas. He also toured the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), one of the country’s leading laboratories for renewable energy research and innovation technologies that will promote and accelerate the clean energy transition.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Timothy James Roberts (29, Hernando) with possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act (NFA) weapon (short-barreled shotgun) and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Roberts faces...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: TREVON JONES, also known as “Buda" and “Budda," 20, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang and the murder and attempted murder of rival gang members.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Shane Robinson, 28, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to 180 months (15 years) in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, on child pornography charges. Robinson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Lafayette and charged with production of child pornography and pleaded guilty to the charge on May 26, 2022.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Michael C. Francis, 37, of Bossier City, Louisiana, has been sentenced in United States District Court. Chief United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Francis to 188 months (15 years, 8 months) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on drug trafficking charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Jerry Poindexter, 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 85 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that the defendant RICHARD JONES, age 22, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Aug. 23, 2022 before U.S. District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to a federal weapons violation of being a felon in possession of a firearm.