News from June 2023
Armed Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Possessing Firearm and Distribution Quantities of Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Eugene Washington, Jr. (36, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams more of fentanyl. Washington faces a maximum penalty of 55 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
Hostage-Taking Co-Conspirators Will Serve a Combined 32 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Olegario Lares-De La Rosa, 30, of Mexico, was sentenced last Friday by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 18 years in prison. Lares-De La Rosa was convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking, Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit, Transportation of Illegal Aliens and Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, after a jury trial in February 2023.
USDOJ-OJP-BJS offers new grant application process starting June 21
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
FY 2023 Survey of Prison Inmates Research and Development grant opened on June 21.
FBI Media Alert: Men Flee After Robbing an ATM Undergoing Maintenance in Albuquerque
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Men Flee After Robbing an ATM Undergoing Maintenance in Albuquerque.
Missouri Man Sentenced for Shipping 85 Pounds of Meth from California
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Mount Vernon, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute nearly 32 kilograms of methamphetamine over a three-month period and for illegally possessing two firearms.
BJS Releases Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Operational Pilot Test and Split Sample
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: The Bureau of Justice Statistics, a division of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Update on the NCVS Instrument Redesign: Operational Pilot Test and Split Sample. The report provides an update on the next steps in BJS’s multiyear effort to improve the efficiency...
New Orleans Man Sentenced on Federal Drug and Weapons Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - CHRISTIAN GUITY, age 26, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 87 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, and a $300 mandatory special assessment fee on Counts One, Two, and Three of a four-count indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Federal Jury Convicts Three Defendants of Interstate Stalking of Chinese Nationals in the United States and Two Defendants of Acting or Conspiring to Act on Behalf of the People’s Republic of China
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, convicted three defendants on multiple counts of a superseding indictment charging them with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), without prior notification to the Attorney General.
Owner of Firearm Used in Shooting of Newport News Teacher Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Firearm Possession
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News woman pleaded guilty today to illegally obtaining and possessing a firearm and making a false statement on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) form to purchase the firearm.
Stolen Audi Leads to Jail Time for Fentanyl Dealer
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
Repeat Domestic Abuser Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms During Domestic Assault
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Harold Sanders, 34, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a firearm.
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking and Weapons Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that FURRELL JOHNSON, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Lance M. Africk to a two-count indictment charging him with Carjacking and violating the Federal Gun Control Act.
Boyd County Man Sentenced to 262 Months for Armed Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - An Ashland man, Gary R. Rowe, 49, was sentenced on Monday to 262 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning for armed drug trafficking charges.
Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis felon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm as an armed career criminal, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Striking Officer During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Florida man was sentenced today for a felony charge 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 2020 presidential election.
Illinois Man Sentenced to Prison for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Illinois man was sentenced to prison today for felony and misdemeanor charges 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 that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP grant application closes on Aug. 7
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
OJJDP FY 2023 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Outreach and Education Subgrants Program grant opened on June 21.
Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 30 Years
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 21, 2023
Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy Resulted in Several Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl Laced with Xylazine
Indiana Man Sentenced to Life Plus 25 Years for Drug and Armed Drug Trafficking Offenses
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 21, 2023
lfred A. Cooke, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Merrillville, Indiana, and U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana announced that Steven Hecke, 47, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after previously being found guilty following a five-day trial in June 2022.
Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to Over Three Years for Felon in Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on June 6, 2023, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.