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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act against Joel Nolen, the owner and operator of rental properties in Lassen County, California.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Brian Battle, 45, Jefferson, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 2 ½ years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Battle pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 24, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melissa Dawn Lockhart, 49, of Huntington, was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced that Chad Rombow, 47, previously of Grafton, was sentenced to 72 months of imprisonment today following his sentencing for participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NICS Inquiries/Firearms Records Checks. Send to USAVAE.NICS@usdoj.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a seven-count indictment charging 20 men and four women with trafficking cocaine in the District of Puerto Rico, beginning in 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) oversees the investigation, with the collaboration...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX-In an effort to address the alarming surge in social media threats directed towards El Paso schools, law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies came together to show the safety of El Paso’s children is paramount and threats directed towards El Paso schools will not be tolerated.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC), and Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and the Chair of the White Collar Fraud Subcommittee of the AGAC, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy Ramsden, of Panama City, Florida, practicing at The Anti-Aging Clinic of Northwest Florida, settled potential violations of the Controlled Substances Act by agreeing to pay a fine of $190,731 and surrendering his Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration for Schedule...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that three defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for their roles in a marijuana trafficking ring on Pardee Street in Rochester, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to committing five different armed robberies of convenience stores, hotels, and banks between October 2021 and December 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Madani Ilara Tejan, a/k/a “Malik," “Mylik," and “Dani," age 30, of Washington, D.C., late on Feb. 17, 2023, for using a firearm in connection with murder and robbery, and for a drug distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Capitol Heights, Maryland, man was sentenced today to 2 years in prison for conspiring to engage in dogfighting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: DALLAS, TX-The FBI Dallas Division’s Child Exploitation Task Force and the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announce the conclusion of Operation Janus, a month-long operation aimed at the rescue of children across North Texas who are the victims of online sexual exploitation.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONI JONES, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2023 to a violation of the Federal Drug Control Act, Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Corey J. Lattimer, 30, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Melanie Clodfelter, 41, of Summersville, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false statement in acquisition of a firearm. Clodfelter admitted to purchasing a semi-automatic firearm used to kill one Nicholas County deputy sheriff and seriously injure another in June 2022.