News from January 2023
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. New technology that confirms the validity of a travelers identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in near real time is being used by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at the security checkpoint at Harrisburg International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PENELOPE PASSERO (“PASSERO"), age 48, of Westwego, Louisiana, was indicted on Jan. 12, 2023 for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - Two men have been sentenced to prison for the armed carjacking of a woman in a mall parking lot, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Jennelle Brown, 38, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A certified nursing assistant who worked at a Southern California group home for severely disabled patients has been sentenced to life in federal prison for committing multiple child exploitation crimes, including filming himself sexually abusing several severely disabled children at the group home facility, while he was working as their nighttime caretaker, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VITALY BORKER, the operator of “EyeglassesDepot.com" and other online retailers of purported designer eyewear, pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud customers of his websites. BORKER pled guilty before United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today Edelfonso Garcia, 45, of St. Croix appeared before Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson, III on for his initial appearance hearing after being arrested on a 2004 firearms possession warrant from the Florida. Garcia waived his detention and preliminary hearing and agreed to be returned to Florida to face charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Defendants Also Convicted of Related Felony Charges.
By State Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, will convene a virtual meeting of Summit governments, Jan. 24, to strengthen the protection of environmental defenders in keeping with leaders’ commitments made in Los Angeles on June 9, 2022, at the Ninth Summit. Assistant Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: BENTON, Ill. - An Oblong man and a Robinson woman were sentenced to prison in a U.S. District Court this week after admitting to breaking into vehicles, stealing checks and IDs and committing identity theft in order to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars from banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: St. Thomas, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Samuel Elias Pena Columna, 49, of St. John, was sentenced to 368 months of imprisonment and fined $10,000.00 by Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy. In September 2022, a federal jury convicted Pena Columna of conspiracy to possess with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: Defendant Illegally Entered Building, Carrying Flag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - LONNIE WILLIAMS, age 39, a resident of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2023 to 30 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory $200 special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (“crack"), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A man from St. Clair County will spend nearly six years in prison for.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pennsylvania and a resident of Nevada have been sentenced in federal court on their convictions for violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Yutong Zhang, 64, of Berwyn, PA, a physician, was sentenced to two years in prison, and three years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson for operating a pain management medical practice in St. Davids, PA, as a “pill mill.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2023
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
