News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Gun Shop and Owner Charged with Transfer of Firearm to a Felon, Aiding and Abetting Unlicensed Firearm Trafficking, and Failure to Maintain Firearm Records

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Aileene Mudafort-Fernández and Mudafort Xtreme Sports & Motorsports Inc. for disposing of a pistol to a felon, aiding and abetting in unlicensed firearm trafficking, and failure to maintain firearm records. In a separate indictment, José Berrios-Aquino, an armorer of Mudafort Xtreme Sports & Motorsports Inc., was charged with the possession of a machinegun.


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting discussed on Jan. 10 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


America is Still Burning: FEMA, U.S. Fire Administration Releases Executive Summary Report Underscoring Nation’s Increasing Fire Threat and Announces National Fire Strategy

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a component of FEMA, released the “Executive Summary of the U.S. Fire Administrator’s report " following the first U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit on Fire Prevention and Control held in October 2022. The Executive Summary outlines and previews...


News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jasmine Weber (28, Tampa) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery. Weber faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against Man Who Carried Out Machete Attack In Times Square On New Year’s Eve

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States, Christopher A. Wray, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office...


Two Men Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Controlled Substances Resulting In Death

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Demetrius Taylor, age 30, of Patterson, New Jersey, and Joseph Decker, age 28, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for heroin/fentanyl trafficking offenses resulting in death. Taylor received a sentence of 240 months in prison and Decker was sentenced to 180 months in prison.


Scott County Man Sentenced for Wire Fraud

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Georgetown, Ky., man, Ralph Tackett, 66, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for wire fraud.


News Release: New Jersey Woman Also Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Millions of Dollars.


News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Lawrence Isen, a former registered broker who participated in a criminal conspiracy to promote and manipulate the price of shares in publicly traded companies, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 5 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy...


News Release: Seattle - A Renton, Washington resident who continued to deal drugs and possess firearms after many of his coconspirators were arrested and charged federally, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Gerson Alberto Flores-Rivera...


News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 3 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Trailhead. The Crossing Trail is a.5-mile loop trail with the option of connecting to the Birch Bluff Trail. Follow the green blazes as this easy trail takes you along a portion of the historic north-south route...


Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Connecticut Drug Ring

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MYRON BROWN, also known as “Farid," 49, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The mother and an associate of former fugitive Trevor Sparks of Kansas City, Mo., who was apprehended today, have been charged in federal court with assisting in his escape from the Cass County Jail earlier this month.


Biden-Harris Administration Releases First-Ever Blueprint to Decarbonize America’s Transportation Sector

Release: Landmark Blueprint Will Advance the President’s Clean Transportation Agenda, Slashing Consumer Costs, Improving Public Health, and Increasing the Nation’s Energy Security


New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TYRIQ MARTIN, 22, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to possession of ammunition by a felon.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Karin Robinson, a former correction officer employed by the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), with conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances to an inmate incarcerated...


News Release: DETROIT - An offender who possessed child pornography only four months after his release from federal prison for the same offense was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


Erie Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Erie, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 60 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Allentown Man Sentenced To 180 Month’s Imprisonment For Possession With Intent To Distribute Fentanyl

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shakier Jamean Kingsley, age 31, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to 180 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 5 years on supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.