News from January 2023
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL. - If you applied for assistance from FEMA after sustaining damage from the July 25- 28 floods, you would have received a letter from FEMA. In some cases, it may say you are ineligible for assistance, but that is not a denial. Applicants are given a reason for the ineligibility and told what they need to do to become eligible. Often, you just need to send more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Davenport, IA - Jayvontae Dashwan Bland Robertson, age 29, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced on January 4, 2023, to 96 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and marijuana, and felon in possession of a firearm. Following his term of imprisonment, Robertson was ordered to serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Dec. 2, 2022, Jamaal Parker, also known as “MoneyMaal," 38, of Chattanooga, was sentenced to 290 months in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, Chief United States District Judge, in the United States District Court at Chattanooga. Parker was ordered to forfeit $21,289.04 in drug proceeds to the United States. Following his imprisonment, Parker will be on supervised release for a period of five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced Thursday to 160 months in prison for the receipt of child sexual abuse material.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Alisha Centi, 28, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Town of Greenwich to resolve allegations that a Greenwich marina was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A Tulsa man has been charged in federal court for leaving a voicemail threatening to “murder people" at the Ernest Childers Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa then showing up to the clinic the same day with a loaded firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The facility serves veterans and is run by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Johnstown, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 30 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted an El Salvadorian citizen last week on charges of illegal reentry subsequent to an aggravated felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old Indian citizen who illegally resided in the United States has received his sentence following his conviction of conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. -Alberto Toddy, 35, of Chinle, Arizona, was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2022, by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 365 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Toddy pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Arson.
By Sam Jackson | Jan 11, 2023
Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of crypto trading platform Coinbase, said in a blog post on Tuesday that in response to both macroeconomic factors and the fallout from the collapse of FTX, the company will lay off about 950 employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A former sergeant with the Muncie Police Department (MPD), in Muncie, Indiana, pleaded guilty today to one count of obstruction of justice for writing a false report to cover up the excessive use of force by other MPD officers under his command.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Release: A Dozen Selected Projects Will Develop Advanced EV Batteries that Charge Faster, Have Greater Efficiency and Resilience, and Boost Consumer Confidence Against Range Anxiety
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Trevor Thomas Bickford, 19, of Wells, Maine, has been charged with federal crimes in connection with Bickford’s efforts to wage jihad by killing U.S. Government officials and his knife attack on three NYPD officers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Bickford was charged by complaint with attempting to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Haines City, Florida, resident with a lengthy criminal history and connections to a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced to prison for possession with intent to distribute approximately eight kilograms of methamphetamine resulting from an I-75 traffic stop in South Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Johariel Quezada, 19, of Methuen, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to steal firearms from federal firearms licensees, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Release: Private exporters reported the following sales activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: MIDLAND, Texas - An Odessa man was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old man from Monterrey, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 6.15 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
