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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging two foreign nationals with international methamphetamine and precursor chemical trafficking conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Dana Michael Russell, also known as “Anthony Roberts," 36, of Giffithsville, Lincoln County, pleaded guilty today to possession of prepubescent child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on Feb. 15, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Brady Daniel Torgerson, age 35, from Beulah, North Dakota, to serve 24 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and $200.00 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with the Anchorage School District in Anchorage, Alaska, to address the discriminatory use of seclusion and restraint against students with disabilities. The settlement, which resolves the department’s investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), will protect students with disabilities by eliminating seclusion and prohibiting discriminatory restraints.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - After three days of trial, a federal jury convicted Mark Bolling, 55, of Charleston, today of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and illegal possession of a firearm silencer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A third member of an Atlanta-based conspiracy that bilked unsuspecting seniors in Rhode Island and several other states out of more than $3.2 million was convicted today in federal court in Rhode Island after pleading guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Nicole Elsholtz, 35, Merrill, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Elsholtz pleaded guilty to this charge on March 14, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans announced today that JAMES “Jay" SINYARD and MARY “Gigi" SINYARD (“the SINYARDs"), residents of Brandon, Mississippi, were charged on Feb. 14, 2023 with one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that two defendants received prison sentences for conspiring to bring methamphetamine into an Alabama prison. On Feb. 1, 2023, a judge sentenced Lamar Graves, Jr., 42, from Attala, Alabama, to 168 months in prison, followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Cody Ahonen, 29, of Mt. Holly, Vermont was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 48 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to possessing cocaine and cocaine base with intent to distribute and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD -Robert Perez, Jr., 33, of Perris, California pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in California and New Hampshire, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A Cordova corporation was sentenced today to a $450,000 fine, $550,000 in restitution, and 5 years of probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Matthew Jackson, 27, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Beckley, pleaded guilty today to possession of a weapon by an inmate of a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce are launching the Disruptive Technology Strike Force. Under the leadership of the Justice Department’s National Security Division and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the strike force will bring together experts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Kyla Gilbert, 26, of Beckley, was sentenced today to three years of federal probation in connection with a conspiracy to traffic more than 130 firearms from the Beckley area to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Weymouth man has been sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed prodigious amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico, which he and a co-conspirator obtained via the U.S. mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: MERIDEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEAN CARLOS MERCADO, 34, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 50 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a drug trafficking organization that used the U.S. Mail to ship kilogram quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - A federal jury convicted Davenport men, Najawaun Marcus Quinn, 26, and Dimetri Alexander Smith, 30, yesterday following a 7-day jury trial for racketeering related charges. Quinn was convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering, Using and Carrying a Firearm During...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2023
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGEL CORREA-ORTIZ, 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring.
