News from 2023
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Remarks at First Colloquium Bringing Together 20 African Countries to Collaborate on Pretrial Detention Issues
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division joined the Honorable Chief Justice of the Kenya Supreme Court Martha Koome and Kenya Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji in delivering remarks today to kick off the first Africa Regional Colloquium on “Enhancing the Delivery of Justice by Addressing Pretrial Detention Challenges.
Justice Department Secures Agreement with IT Staffing and Services Company for Posting Discriminatory Job Advertisements
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with American CyberSystems Inc., a Georgia-based company that provides IT services and staff recruiting nationwide under the name Innova Solutions (formerly ACS Solutions).
Justice Department Secures Agreement with Cumberland County Addressing Mental Health Care, Suicide Prevention and Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opiate Withdrawal at the Cumberland County Jail
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The Justice Department today filed a complaint and proposed consent decree with Cumberland County, New Jersey and the Cumberland County Department of Corrections to resolve allegations that conditions at the Cumberland County Jail violate the Constitution.
Louisiana Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Conspiracy to Commit Forced Labor and Transporting a Minor for Criminal Sexual Activity
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
A Louisiana man was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for conspiracy to commit forced labor and transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Justice Department Secures Agreements with Ten Employers for Posting Discriminatory Job Advertisements on a College Recruiting Platform
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Department Has Secured Over $1.6 Million in Total Civil Penalties in the Last Year
New Jersey Prison Corrections Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violation After Facilitating Assaults on Inmates
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and required to pay a $10,000 fine for agreeing with others to physically assault inmates for actual, perceived and fabricated violations of the prison’s rules and customs in a manner that resulted in injury to the inmates.
Departments of Justice and Education Release Resource on Confronting Racial Discrimination in Student Discipline
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) jointly released a Resource on Confronting Racial Discrimination in Student Discipline.
Two Utah Men Charged with Federal Hate Crime Offense
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Two Utah men were charged with a federal hate crime April 26 following the return of an indictment by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Justice Department Secures Agreement With IT Company To Resolve Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with N2 Services Inc. (N2), an IT services company based in Jacksonville, Florida.
Justice Department Files Proposed Amended Complaint and Consent Decree with Fourth Poultry Processor, Further Addressing Long-Running Conspiracy to Suppress Workers’ Compensation
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Decree Prohibits the Exchange of Compensation Information, Requires Processor to Pay Restitution, and Subjects Settling Poultry Processor to Antitrust Compliance Monitor
Justice Department Statements on District Court Ruling Enjoining American Airlines and JetBlue’s Northeast Alliance
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division issued the following statements today regarding the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s ruling in favor of the Justice Department and the Attorneys General of six states and the District of Columbia in their civil antitrust lawsuit to stop the Northeast Alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue:
North Carolina Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 27, 2023
Did Not Pay Taxes on more than $1.8 Million in Income
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 | May 28, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - 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.
Marrero Man Pleads Guilty to a Violation of the Federal Gun Control Act
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - On May 11, 2023, MELVIN WALKER, age 34, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, pled guilty to a one-count indictment, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8), announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Madison Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2023
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Roland J. Scott III, 21, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 8 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 40 grams or more ...
Wise County Meth Distributor, Who Possessed Firearms, Sentenced to Over 15 Years
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2023
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Wise County, Virginia man, was sentenced last week to more than 15 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms.
New Orleans Man Indicted for Arson and Possession of Destructive Devices
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the unsealing of a two-count indictment returned on May 5, 2023, that charged RICKY WILSON, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, for violation of the National Firearms Act.
Rosedale Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for a Conspiracy To Smuggle Firearms and Other Military Items From the United States To Assist Separatists Fighting Against the Government of Cameroon
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Tamufor Nchumuluh St. Michael, age 42, of Rosedale, Maryland, yesterday to 30 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy and for violating the Arms Export Control Act by sending firearms, ...
Mission Man and Mellette County Woman Sentenced in Burglary and Homicide Case
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2023
News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Mission, South Dakota, man and a Mellette County, South Dakota, woman, in a case that involved charges of Second Degree Murder, First Degree Burglary, and related firearms offenses.