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By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio woman was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in San Antonio to 100 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: Memphis, TN - Kedric Reese, 21, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for carjacking, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence and illegal possession of a stolen firearm. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) launched an investigation into reports that an unaccompanied alien child and MS-13 gang member murdered a 20-year-old Maryland woman in July 2022.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced today that Anthony Darnell Patterson, 29, of Grand Rapids was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for illegally possessing and selling guns. Chief U.S. District Judge Hala Y. Jarbou also ordered Patterson to spend three years on supervised release following his confinement.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: A federal court in Miami, Florida, has entered permanent injunctions against Rudy Aly, Rhonda Hudge, Cindy Odige, and TUPS Tax, LLC, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business. Aly was enjoined after failing to respond to the United States’ complaint. Hudge, Odige, and TUPS Tax consented to their injunctions.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), and the Department of Justice today issued a joint compliance note on the use of third-party intermediaries or transshipment points to evade Russian- and Belarussian-related ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of KEVIN CHIU, a former business relationship manager at a financial...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Terrance Paul Snow (22, North Fort Myers) with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. If convicted, Snow faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Snow that the United States intends to forfeit a Taurus Model 85.38 Special revolver and 4 rounds of.38 ammunition, which are alleged to be traceable to the offense.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission today announced the resumption of negotiations on an EU-U.S. agreement to facilitate access to electronic evidence in criminal investigations. Officials from the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of State, and European Commission plan ...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative grant opened on March 3.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL-In celebration of Women’s History Month, FBI Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge Sherri E. Onks will welcome a visit from Susan Roley Malone, who was one of the first two females to graduate from the FBI Academy in 1972. In addition to meeting with FBI employees, Malone will join SAC...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jay Smith 32, of Freeport, New York, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act in connection with the Oct. 22, 2020 invasion of a reproductive health care clinic in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly scheduled a sentencing hearing for August 7, 2023.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

News Release: Two Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees pleaded guilty on Feb. 9 to conspiring with another individual to engage in fraud on MTA excess vehicle auctions.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Los Angeles, California, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments. The sentencing took place on February 6, 2023.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

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By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward for Swoosh and Sack Stealer Responsible for Albuquerque Credit Union Robbery.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Joseph Gonzalez, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Victor J. Pizarro-Santiago (Pizarro-Santiago).

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

News Release: A former Kentucky correctional officer pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward B. Atkins to two charges of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting two federal inmates.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2023

News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury indicted three women today on charges related to the attempted arson of a nail salon in Monroe, Ohio.