News from January 2023
By State Newswire Report | Jan 11, 2023
The United States announced an additional $3.75 billion in new military assistance to Ukraine and countries impacted by Russia’s war.
By Interior Newswire Report | Jan 11, 2023
President Joe Biden recently signed two new bills into law, allowing significant progress for Native American water rights settlements.
By Karen Kidd | Jan 11, 2023
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent last year targeting transnational crime and national security and public safety threats, according to its annual report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Heck, age 41, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on January 5, 2023, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to a charge of possession with intent to distribute more than fifty grams of methamphetamine and additional amounts of fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made updates to several conservation, livestock and crop disaster assistance programs to give more farmers, ranchers, and tribes the opportunity to apply for and access programs that support recovery following natural disasters. Specifically, USDA’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces a federal grand jury has indicted Leon Askew, age 50, of Colorado Springs, for firearm and ammunition possession by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A registered sex offender living in Dearborn who sought and obtained a sexually explicit image from a minor was sentenced to fifteen years in Federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News woman was sentenced today to 52 months in prison and ordered to pay a $200,000 fine for evading the assessment of her 2015 and 2016 income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Two members of the Aryan Circle were sentenced this week for crimes they committed as part of their roles in the white supremacy prison gang.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran woman pleaded guilty today to participating in a large-scale conspiracy to traffic cocaine for importation into the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Defendant Used a Bike Rack to Intentionally Trip Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - The Western District of Oklahoma is aggressively seeking to keep firearms out of the wrong hands by pursuing those who lie in connection with gun purchases. Several recent cases charged in federal court highlight these efforts.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 47-year-old South Texan has been ordered to prison after admitting to trafficking cocaine from Hidalgo County to other states across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAJH WILEY, also known as “Yung," 27, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for drug trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Doddridge County, West Virginia, man was indicted on federal firearm charges after engaging in a shootout with law enforcement last spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Andre Ricardo Briscoe, a/k/a “Poo", age 39, of Baltimore and Cambridge, Maryland, to life in federal prison for federal drug distribution charges, use of a firearm to commit murder in relation to drug trafficking crimes, killing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that the operators of Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado, were sentenced to federal prison for illegally selling body parts or entire bodies without the consent of the family of the deceased.
