News from March 2023
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Pamela McDaniel, 69, of Charleston, was ordered today to pay $17,543.92 in restitution and sentenced to five years of federal probation, including six months on home detention, for altering a postal money order and embezzling more than $28,000 from the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority (CKHA).
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Thomas John Mills, 37, of Beckley, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for production of child pornography. Following his release from prison, Mills must register as a sex offender.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Justin Allen Bowen, 40, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that today Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation in the District of Delaware, sentenced Shakira Martinez to 9 years’ incarceration for money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and structuring bank transactions following a jury verdict in July of 2022.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah returned an indictment charging an Ogden man and woman with carjacking an SUV that belonged to an elderly citizen.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
A 62-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to conspiring to defraud the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $646,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
A federal judge today sentenced a convicted felon for illegal firearm possession, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
U.S. Navy Captain (Retired) Jesus Vasquez Cantu was sentenced today to 30 months in prison by a federal district judge in San Diego on charges that he received lavish bribes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis, who plied him with luxurious hotel stays, travel, and prostitutes. Cantu was also ordered to pay a criminal fine of $75,000 and restitution to the U.S. Navy in the amount of $100,000.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found LEONARDO HECTOR ROSADO, 52, of the Bronx, New York, guilty of fentanyl and cocaine distribution offenses.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
A man was arrested today in the Northern District of Florida on criminal charges related to a murder on a U.S. Army base in Germany 21 years ago.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Commerce Adds 37 to Entity List for Unsafeguarded Nuclear and Missile-Related Activities, Supporting PRC Military Modernization, Violations of Human Rights, and Support for Russia’s Military and/or Defense Industrial Complex
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Commerce Announces Expedited Licensing For Exports To Assist In Earthquake Relief
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury Issue Joint Compliance Note on Russia-Related Sanctions Evasion and Export Controls
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Commerce Adds 37 to Entity List for Unsafeguarded Nuclear and Missile-Related Activities, Supporting PRC Military Modernization, Violations of Human Rights, and Support for Russia’s Military and/or Defense Industrial Complex
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Four Florida Men Arrested in Plot to Kill Haitian President, Grand Jury Returns Indictment Against 11
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today gave remarks in opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent letters to former co-Chairs of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States seeking information on the Commission’s work, deliberations and true purpose.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today sent letters to former co-Chairs of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States seeking information on the Commission’s work, deliberations and true purpose.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) holding a field hearing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona.
By Press release submission | Mar 3, 2023
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke at a press conference about the crisis at the southern border
