DOJ Newswire Report News
Florida Woman Sentenced To 40 Years For Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Brooke Sparks (38, St. Petersburg) to 40 years in federal prison for producing child sex abuse material.
Essex County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Possessing Two Loaded Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for drug trafficking and firearms possession in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Wisconsin Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
A Manitowoc, Wisconsin man has been indicted for producing images depicting his sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Firearms Offenses and Carjacking
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Brendan Iber, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced today that Freddie Granger was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Granger, 42, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2023, to one count of being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition, one count of carjacking, and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Brothers Sentenced in Gun Trafficking Conspiracy After Investigation of Firearms Recovered at Indianapolis and Chicago Crime Scenes
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
Brothers Jacob Tomlin, 28, and Ryan White, 21, of Indianapolis, have both been convicted of federal felony offenses for their scheme to illegally sell straw-purchased firearms. Tomlin was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to two counts of making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Wisconsin Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
A Manitowoc, Wisconsin man has been indicted for producing images depicting his sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Atoka Resident Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Minors In Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jimmy Dean Altom, age 56, of Atoka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 94 months imprisonment on two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.
Ontario County Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Eric Passalacqua, 37, of Phelps, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci
U.S. Marshals Locate 225 Missing Children in 16 Locations Across the United States During Operation We Will Find You
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
On May 24 the United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced that the USMS, along with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), working with several state and local agencies in 16 federal judicial districts, led a 10-week national operation resulting in the recovery or safe location of 225 endangered missing children.
Graham, Durbin Introduce Resolution Recognizing National Police Week
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 25, 2023
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, introduced a resolution designating the week of May 14 through 20, 2023 as National Police Week.
San Diego Restaurant Owners Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud and Money Laundering
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
A federal grand jury in San Diego returned an indictment on May 19 charging a California man and woman with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Owner of Two California Construction Firms Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Crimes
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
A California man was sentenced yesterday to 12 months in prison for willfully failing to account for and pay over employment taxes.
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Oversight of Artificial Intelligence
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Durbin calls for Congress to swiftly act on oversight of AI
Durbin: No American is Immune to the Scourge of Gun Violence in this Country
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin calls on his colleagues to honor National Police Week by passing gun safety laws; remembers fallen Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston
Senate Confirms Brad Garcia to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Under the leadership of Chair Durbin, the Senate has confirmed 127 judges to lifetime appointments on the federal bench during the Biden administration
Durbin Statement on Final Report by Special Counsel Durham
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the final report released by Special Counsel John Durham, who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to investigate the opening of Crossfire Hurricane:
Durbin, Peters Introduce New Legislation to Respond to Immediate Needs at Our Southern Border
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
New proposal provides immediate assistance to border officials and authorities to help secure the border & efficiently process asylum seekers; also provides support to communities that receive asylum seekers
Durbin Reintroduces Legislation to Combat Rising Domestic Terrorist Threat
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
Following the continued rise in horrific incidents of domestic terrorism and hate crimes targeting religious and ethnic minorities and communities of color, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced legislation to address the growing domestic terrorism threat.
Holdrege Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Cory D. Sikes, 41, of Holdrege, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for possession of child pornography.
Federal Jury Convicts Alabama Resident Of Aggravated Sexual Abuse In Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 24, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announces today that Dennis Hebert, age 38, of Phenix City, Alabama, was found guilty by a federal jury of one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country.