News from March 2023
Texas Man Sentenced for Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: Defendant Spent 37 Minutes Inside Capitol Building, Rifled Through Papers on Senators’ Desks.
Schenectady Felon Admits to Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine Base for Distribution, and Possessing Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Charles Whorley, age 35, formerly of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty yesterday to possessing and intending to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base, and to possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Federal Firearms Licensee and Boston Man Indicted for Firearm Trafficking and Straw Purchasing Conspiracy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: BOSTON - A Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) and a Boston man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to illegally traffic and straw purchase firearms.
“NOMINATION OF ERIC M. GARCETTI” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on March 14
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
“NOMINATION OF ERIC M. GARCETTI“ was published in the Senate section on pages S768-S769 on March 14
Indy Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking “Glock Switch” Devices That Turn Semiautomatic Pistols into Machineguns
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Zaiveon Perry, 24, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a machinegun.
Kittrell Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years For Multiple Armed Bank Robberies
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - Cameron Evans, 27, of Kittrell was sentenced today to 185 months in prison for charges related to two bank robberies in Raleigh and Greenville.
Weaponization Committee Launches Probe Into Air Force Leak
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: The unauthorized disclosure of U.S. military personnel records by the Air Force to an opposition research firm funded by Democrats is now under investigation by the House “Weaponization Committee."
Federal Arrest of an Undocumented Non-Citizen for Assault on a Federal Officer
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX-On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Venezuelan national, 19-year-old Jhon Rincon-Teran for assaulting a federal officer in El Paso, Texas.
Exton, Pennsylvania Lab Agrees to Pay $125,000 to Resolve Controlled Substances Act Violations
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Frontage Laboratories, Inc. (Frontage) has agreed to pay $125,000.00 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain complete and accurate records of controlled substances and...
Week ending March 11: Justice Department publishes 2 notices
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
There were two notices published by the Justice Department in week ending March 11, according to the Federal Register.
Washington, D.C. Student Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: Defendant Assaulted Officers With an Electro-Shock Device.
Rep. Stewart and Chairman Jordan Launch Investigation into Unauthorized Disclosure of Servicemembers’ Private Records
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall demanding information on the serious breach of servicemembers’ personal information without their knowledge or consent.
Mescalero man charged with assault in Indian Country
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2023
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Joshua Davis made an initial appearance in federal court on March 6 facing a charge of assault resulting in...
Queens Man Sentenced 121 Months In Prison For Laundering Millions Of Dollars Of Fraud And Hacking Schemes And Committing Bank Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DJONIBEK RAHMANKULOV was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for laundering millions of dollars in criminal proceeds obtained from computer hacking, healthcare fraud, and Small Business Administration...
Brittany Busby Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl at Northern Lights Transitional House
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2023
News Release: Burlington, Vermont - The United States Attorney’s Office stated that Brittany Busby, 31, formerly of Washington, Vermont, was sentenced on March 15, 2023 in United States District Court in Rutland to 28 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to distributing fentanyl. U.S. Chief District Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Busby serve three years of supervised released and pay restitution in the amount of $250 to the family of a victim.
Good Samaritan Helps Apprehend Armed Man Brandishing Two Loaded Guns In Manhattan
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
Serial Rapist Sentenced for 2007 and 2010 Home Invasion Sexual Assaults of Women in Northwest D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2023
News Release: Defendant Was Convicted in Separate Trials.
Former Rochester, New Hampshire Man Sentenced to 68 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentantyl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Craig Wiggin, 44, formerly of Rochester, New Hampshire was sentenced to 68 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
Another guilty of trafficking women in cantina backroom
By DOJ Newswire Reports | Mar 20, 2023
A 30-year-old man who resided in Houston has pleaded guilty to several sex trafficking crimes and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Jacksonville Man Sentenced To More Than 8 Years For Downloading Thousands Of Videos And Images Of Children Being Sexually Abused
By DOJ Newswire Reports | Mar 20, 2023
United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Michael Ray King (42, Jacksonville) to eight years and one month in federal prison for using the internet to download and receive videos and images showing children being sexually abused.