News from July 2023
USDOJ-OJP-OVC offers new grant application process starting July 13
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
OVC FY 2023 Invited to Apply Buffalo, NY - Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance grant opened on July 13.
Documents Reveal FBI Colluded with Foreign Intelligence Agency to Censor Americans
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released a report titled "The FBI's Collaboration with a Compromised Ukrainian Intelligence Agency to Censor American Speech." Based on a subset of subpoenaed documents, ...
Felon Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearm After Offering To Sell Pistol, Illegal Switches for Gun Conversion
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: BILLINGS - A California felon who was identified offering to sell an undercover agent a pistol and switches used to convert guns from semi-automatic firearms to fully-automatic was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U. S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to Eight Years for Narcotics and Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Johnny Deangelo White (46, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. He had pleaded guilty in March 2023.
Justice Department discusses Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act on July 12
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Willoughby Hills Couple Indicted for Insurance-Fraud Arson
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2023
News Release: CLEVELAND - Rebecca C. Lutzko, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a three-count indictment charging a Willoughby Hills couple with conspiring to set fire to rental properties in order to collect insurance money.
Father and Son Indicted in Miami for Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances and Firearms
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: MIAMI - Ahmed Subni Wadi (Ahmed Wadi), 49, and his son Ramzi Ahmed Wadi (Ramzi Wadi), 21, both from Miami, Florida, have been indicted in federal court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and dealing firearms without a license.
Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - 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, announced today that Gabriel Villasenor was sentenced to a term of 115 months in prison. Villasenor, 29, pled guilty on Sept. 2, 2022, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Member of Violent Bridgeport Gang Pleads Guilty
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: JAUWAN EDWARDS, also known as “Yaya," 25, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to a racketeering offense stemming from his involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang.
New Jersey Man Found Guilty of Charges for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Jersey man has been found guilty in the District of Columbia of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
Watertown Man Sentenced to 14 Months for Unlawfully Possessing Sawed-Off Shotgun
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rafael Rondon, age 25, of Watertown, New York, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun.
24% Fewer Persons Were in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses in 2018 Than in 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON ― The number of people held in Federal Bureau of Prisons’ facilities on a drug offense fell 24% from fiscal yearend 2013 (94,613) to fiscal yearend 2018 (71,555), according to Sentencing Decisions for Persons in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses, 2013-2018, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. These persons accounted for 51% of the federal prison population in 2013 and 47% in 2018.
Two Las Cruces Men Sentenced for Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Jeffrey C. Boshek II, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced today that Ruben Martha, 42, of Las Cruces, and ...
Bogue Chitto Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting at a Law Enforcement Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Bogue Chittto man pled guilty to shooting at a law enforcement officer, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
La Cañada Flintridge Man Found Guilty of Murder-for-Hire Plots Against His Former Lawyer and a Litigant Who Defeated Him in Court
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A San Gabriel Valley man was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges, including conspiring with his employee to hire a hitman to kill two men - one who opposed him in litigation and the other who represented one of his companies in bankruptcy.
D.C. Man Is Fifth Defendant To Admit Role in Conspiracy That Sold Drugs Near a School
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -The fifth of five defendants engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy entered a guilty plea today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
Jacksonville Convicted Felon Sentenced to Eight Years for Narcotics and Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Johnny Deangelo White (46, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. He had pleaded guilty in March 2023.
Minneapolis Felon Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
20 press releases published in April by U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2023
There were 20 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service in April.