DOJ Newswire News
Ansonia Man Admits Stealing and Selling Catalytic Converters
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that FRANCISCO AYALA, 22, of Ansonia, has pleaded in Hartford federal court to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.
Box Elder Man Admits Meth Trafficking, Firearm Crimes on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder man accused of trafficking drugs on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation after law enforcement found a pound of methamphetamine and eight firearms in his truck admitted to charges today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man for Illegally Possessing Two Machine Guns
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - XAVIER DUHON, age 20, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on April 14, 2023 in a one-count indictment for possession of machine guns, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Brooksville Man Found Guilty of Possessing Firearm as an Armed Career Criminal
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has found Wayne Allen Phillips, Jr. (45, Brooksville) guilty of one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a previously convicted felon. Phillips qualifies for an increased penalty under the Armed Career Criminal Act. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 20, 2023. Phillips had been indicted on March 29, 2022.
U.S. Marshals Arrest Alabama Sex Offender in Maine
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Portland, ME - The U.S. Marshals Service, Maine Violent Offender Task Force announce the arrest of Jerry Griffin, 53, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Griffin was wanted by the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama as well as the Biddeford Maine Police Department for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Alabama issued a warrant of arrest on Nov. 3, 2022, in additional to a warrant issued by Maine on Jan. 13, 2023.
DEA Washington Division Gears up to Celebrate the 24th National Drug Take Back Day
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Washington DC - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host its 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22nd, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded/ expired medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. In partnership with local law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed more than 8,300 tons of medicine from circulation since its inception.
Raceland Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAMER SMITH, age 46, of Raceland, Louisiana, pled guilty on April 4, 2023 to Count Three (3) of the indictment, charging him with Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, ...
Two Los Angeles Men Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy That Led to Murder
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -Two men from Los Angeles, California, were sentenced yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to acquire methamphetamine in California and distribute it in the Cortland, New York area, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge ...
Justice Department Secures Agreement with General Motors and Announces a New Resource to Help Employers Avoid Immigration-Related Discrimination When Complying with Export Control Laws
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
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Frederick County Sheriff and Gun Dealer Indicted for Scheme To Illegally Acquire Machineguns
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Charles Austin Jenkins, age 66, of Thurmont, Maryland, and Robert Justin Krop, age 36, of Frederick, Maryland, with conspiracy and false statements in order to acquire machineguns. Krop is also charged with illegal possession of machineguns. No court appearance is scheduled for the defendants at this time.
Bronx, New York, Man Sentenced to 43 Years in Prison for Multistate Kidnapping, Assault, and Arson Rampage
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 516 months in prison for a multistate crime spree during which he kidnapped and sexually assaulted his former girlfriend, assaulted a federal employee, set fire to a used car dealership, and rammed multiple police vehicles before being apprehended, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Felon Sentenced for Drug Trafficking Crimes and Gloucester County Shooting
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Gloucester man was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for drug, firearms, witness tampering and retaliation and obstruction of justice convictions.
International Business Organizations Convicted of Criminal Conspiracy to Violate Iranian Sanctions
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Two international business organizations pleaded guilty and were sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for their participation in a criminal conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and sanctions by sending U.S.-origin goods to Iran.
East Hartford Man Admits Role in Catalytic Converter Theft Ring
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRYANT BERMUDEZ, 31, of East Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.
Great Falls Felon Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Possessing Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
News Release: BILLINGS - A Great Falls man with a felony conviction was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
USDOJ-OJP-OVW offers new grant application process starting April 19
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2023
OVW Fiscal Year 2023 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program Solicitation grant opened on April 19.
High Level Member of Chicago Gang Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring To Distribute Heroin
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-level member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang has been sentenced to 120 months, plus eight years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute wholesale quantities of heroin on the West Side of Chicago.
Mandeville Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - MAURICE BUTLER, age 35, of Mandeville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on April 4, 2023 to a single count indictment charging him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Clinton Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Being a Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Clinton man was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).