News from January 2023
By Karen Kidd | Jan 11, 2023
A Tampa man was recently sentenced in federal court for his part in elder fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 150 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for sex trafficking a minor, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT ECKERT, 56, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Miami, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to interfering with a flight crew and assaulting a flight attendant while onboard a United Airlines flight from Miami to Washington, D.C.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS. In the Bilateral Strategic and Human Rights Dialogue, the Governments of the Republic of Honduras and the United States of America reaffirmed their continued commitment to jointly address the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement. Both countries committed ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Commerce 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: CONCORD - Michael Wilcox, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, pled guilty in federal court today to distribution and transportation of child sexual abuse material, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
The US Agriculture 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: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Chadd E. Worley, 44, of Beckley, was sentenced today to three years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Atlanta, ERO Mexico, and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted for homicide in his home country of Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The men and women of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island mourn the passing of Lincoln Carter Almond, who led this Office with distinction for twenty-one years, over two terms.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Fiscal Year 2023 Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Research Program grant opened on Jan. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Department of Justice has awarded $46,438,846 in grants to various Nevada entities to support victims’ services and public safety efforts, announced United States Attorney Jason M. Frierson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Markenzy Lapointe was sworn in today as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida by Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
University Partnership Initiative grant opened on Jan. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL ― U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today that the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) collected $168,330,189 related to criminal and civil matters in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2022 (FY 2022). Of that amount, $103,089,821 represents total collections in criminal and civil actions. Included in this amount is $43,048,067 recovered in its locally handled cases; $17,769,638 in criminal cases and $25,278,429.11 in civil cases.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: The United States will host the 10th Conference of the States Parties (COSP) of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in Atlanta, Georgia from December 11-15, 2023. The conference is the preeminent global forum focused on implementation of the anti-corruption commitments enshrined within the treaty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of more than $118,000 in disability benefits and sending an interstate text message threatening a federal agent with bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dennis Gamarra, 53, of Woodbridge, VA, was sentenced today to one year of probation, to include six months of home confinement, for stealing government property from the Department of Commerce and the Library of Congress, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Johnson and Nickas were engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and distribute controlled substances, heroin and fentanyl, for the time beginning January 2020 through March 2021, which resulted in a death. Both defendants were also found guilty of aiding and abetting each other in the Dec. 10, 2020 distribution of heroin and fentanyl, resulting in that death.
