News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury indicted a Morris County, New Jersey, man for allegedly possessing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CLAUDIA CAMEY DE PEREZ, a native of Guatemala, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Jan. 12, 2023 by Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to one year probation and payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee for illegally using a social security number to qualify for employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: This National Religious Freedom Day marks the 237th anniversary of the signing of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786. Under the Virginia Statute authored by Thomas Jefferson, legislators for the first time endorsed the principles of freedom of conscience and separation of church and state.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Garrett Michael Faulk, 25, of Iowa, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to 262 months (21 years, 10 months) in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, on child pornography charges. Faulk was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Trevis Avante Strawder, 28, of Fort White, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty on Oct. 26, 2022, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced Kareem Madison, 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 10, 2023 to thirty-seven months in the Bureau of Prisons for a violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that defendant RHOBAHIS HOLMES, a/k/a “Wild Card," of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan to a prison term of one hundred and twenty (120) months, for two counts of being a...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
Release: SAN ANTONIO The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that its security screening officers at South Texas area airports detected 145 firearms in travelers carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property at the security checkpoint. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: I am particularly pleased to be here today for multiple reasons. I think most of us feel some nostalgic pull to these meetings, though I do not think I want to revisit the frantic interview cycle ever again. These meetings allow us to meet and reconnect with colleagues, hear about new and valuable research, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: DULUTH, Minn. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against a Duluth felon for methamphetamine trafficking and firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the designation of the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2023.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Bruce, Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to making false material statements to the U.S. Department of Labor and to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, concerning workers from other countries hired to perform labor...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - On Friday, Jan. 13, 2022, a judge in federal district court sentenced a Greensboro resident, JAMES DENNARD SQUIRE, to seven concurrent 186-month prison terms, announced United States Attorney Sandra J. Hairston of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel King, 41, of Westminster, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday to serve 66 months of imprisonment for conspiring to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act. Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jose Alvarado, a/k/a Chepe, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District and for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Charles R. Breyer.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 13-14, 2022.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2023 - “Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy continues to serve as a powerful source of inspiration and a catalyst for action for the American people. Today, people of all backgrounds in our Nation carry forth his dream: to bring justice where there is injustice, freedom where there is oppression, peace where there is violence, and opportunity where there is poverty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brayan Contreras-Avalos, a/k/a “Anonimo," “Humilde," and “Malia," age 28, of Langley Park, Maryland, late yesterday to the statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison on charges related to his participation in a racketeering enterprise...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Republican Conference ratified a resolution confirmingU.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources for the 118th Congress. Westerman issued the following statement in response.
