News from March 2023

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to commit nine armed robberies of local businesses in the summer of 2018, as well as an armed robbery in which a convenience store employee was beaten and then fatally shot

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
A man who was intercepted in a wiretap conspiring to distribute large quantities of ice methamphetamine was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

By State Newswire Reports | Mar 8, 2023
U.S. Relations With El Salvador


By State Newswire Reports | Mar 8, 2023
Protests Against Electoral Overhaul in Mexico

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
Complaint Seeks Forfeiture of Properties Worth Approximately $75 Million Owned by Viktor Vekselberg and Maintained by Fugitive Vladimir Voronchenko

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Robert L. Birchum (55, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing and retaining classified documents relating to the national defense of the United States.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Demetrius Reddick (36, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted coercion or enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Jermaine Lamar Harvard (41, Lake County) guilty of distributing fentanyl resulting in the death of another.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari (26, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS”). Pursuant to the terms of his plea agreement, Al-Azhari and the United States have agreed to the imposition of a stipulated sentence of 18 years in federal prison.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Karl Patrick Kluge (54, Fort Myers) to eight years and one month in federal prison for possession of images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon today joined more than 100 executives, clinicians, researchers and policymakers in New York City for the 4th Annual Gun Violence Prevention Forum hosted by Northwell Health.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
The Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance today awarded $4 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program.

By Press release submission | Mar 8, 2023
The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article summarizing an NIJ-supported study that examines where terrorists live and plan terrorist acts, in relation to where the acts occur.

By State Newswire Reports | Mar 8, 2023
Dominican Republic National Day

By State Newswire Reports | Mar 8, 2023
Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Argentina

By State Newswire Reports | Mar 8, 2023
Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Brazil

By State Newswire Reports | Mar 8, 2023
Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Canada

By Press release submission | Mar 7, 2023
The total correctional population in the United States fell 1% from yearend 2020 to 2021, according to statistics in Correctional Populations in the United States, 2021 – Statistical Tables and Probation and Parole in the United States, 2021, two reports released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.