News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced John Jones (56, District of Columbia) to 20 years in federal prison for assaulting a federal correctional officer with a deadly weapon and possessing contraband in a federal penitentiary. This sentence was imposed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Eric Paul Jones (44, New Port Richey) to 30 years and 5 months in federal prison for production and possession of child sex abuse material. The court also ordered Jones to forfeit the electronic devices used in the commission...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia for an additional 18 months, from March 18, 2023, through Sept. 17, 2024. He also redesignated Somalia for TPS, allowing Somali nationals residing in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury in Boise returned an indictment charging Catherine Skidmore, 55, of Meridian, with 25 counts of wire fraud and 24 counts of money laundering, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $900,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of California, Riverside, to provide technical assistance to small businesses to bolster the region’s ability to withstand future economic disruptions. This EDA grant will be matched with $416,461 in local investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Edwin Hill, a/k/a “Z" (51, Holiday), to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 1 kilogram or more of heroin, four counts of distribution of fentanyl, possession with the intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - A Georgia prison inmate who led an Augusta-area methamphetamine-trafficking ring has been sentenced to more than two decades in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: KEVIN IMAN McCORMICK, 29, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced BRYCE JONES, age 23, of New Orleans, to 42 months in the Bureau of Prisons on Jan. 11, 2023 for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By State Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: In November, the Department of State announced the launch of an Afghan family reunification landing page, including information on how Afghans in the United States can reunify with their family members. Reunification procedures will depend on an individual’s immigration status or method of entry to the United States. Today, we launch Form DS-4317 for parolees to file to seek family reunification, including those subsequently granted temporary protected status.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has voted on the remaining replacement names featuring the word sq___. In September, the Department announced the final vote for nearly 650 features, but completed an additional review for seven locations that are considered unincorporated populated places.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL MALONE, age 38, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2023 in the United States District Court in connection with his plea of guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: EL PASO - An El Paso man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for charges related to receipt and possession of child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2023
News Release: FORT SMITH - A Redlands, California man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Heroin. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes, III, presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
