News from January 2023
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Seattle - Two of three defendants charged in a failed attempt to smuggle more than 400 pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl powder into Canada appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle today, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Erika A. Bocelle, 32, of Providence, Rhode Island and John...
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: OKLAHOMA CITY - Last week, EDUARDO ROSALES, 35, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 360 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Release: MR VELASCO: Muy buenas noches a todos. Good evening, everyone. Welcome, Mr. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Madam Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Mélanie Joly.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Uriel Fajardo-Albarran (27, Coleman) guilty of one count of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and three counts of distribution of methamphetamine. Fajardo-Albarran faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Man Apprehended After Using the Dark Web.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Overland Park, Kansas, man was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling $3.1 million from his employer and failing to pay nearly $1 million in taxes owed to the federal government and the state of Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: A Georgia man pleaded guilty today for his roles in two bribery conspiracies - one related to U.S. government reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan and one related to a U.S. Department of State visa fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced that Corey Donovan, 40, previously of Wilmot, was sentenced to 115 months of imprisonment on Tuesday following his conviction at trial last year for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENYA BUTLER-SMALL was sentenced on January 5, 2023 for conduct alleged to have occurred while she was employed by Amtrak as an On-board Services Train Attendant.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (DPIAC) will hold a public meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 63-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute approximately 16 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Denell Linn Lee, 44, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today on drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote sentenced Lee to 115 months (8 years, 7 months) in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Lee pleaded guilty on Sept. 27, 2022, to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On January 4, 2023, a federal jury convicted a Davenport man of being a felon in possession of a firearm related to his involvement in a Jan. 29, 2022, shooting in the area of 13th Street and Washington Street in Davenport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARGARET BOISTURE, 51, of Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for defrauding her former employer and one of its lenders of more than $700,000. Judge Williams also ordered Boisture to pay a $7,100 fine and to make full restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who admitted to participating in check cashing fraud schemes, and who continued to do so while on federal pre-trial release after his arrest on related charges, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Defendant and His Brother Entered the Senate Chamber.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang today sentenced Dwight Luis Clarke, age 32, of Germantown, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and four counts of possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JENNIFER SHAH was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sidney H. Stein to 78 months in prison for running a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme. SHAH previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing.
By State Newswire | Jan 11, 2023
Release: Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, and Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly signed a declaration on the North American Partnership for Equity and Racial Justice.
