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ADA Settlement Improves Accessibility at West Hartford Acupuncture Practice
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that West Hartford Acupuncture, located at 173 Oakwood Avenue in West Hartford, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the agreement, West Hartford Acupuncture has agreed to make its business more accessible to persons with disabilities.
Bakersfield Brothers Sentenced for Roles in Multiple Fraud Schemes
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - For their roles in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, today, Charles Abieanga, 31, of Bakersfield, was sentenced to five years and five months in prison and his brother Simon Abieanga, 28, of Bakersfield, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Charles Abieanga was ordered to pay $505,695 in restitution, and Simon Abieanga was ordered to pay $326,832 in restitution.
Six Additional Oath Keepers Members and Affiliates Found Guilty of Charges Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: Six additional members and affiliates of the Oath Keepers were found guilty in the District of Columbia today for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Their 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.
District Teen Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison For Repeatedly Threatening to Kill his Ex-Girlfriend
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -A 19-year-old D.C. resident was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, 2022, in front of the Honorable Judge Tonya S.Chutkan.
LaPlace Man Charged With Cares Act Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - ERNEST X. TAYLOR, JR., of LaPlace, LA, age 38, was indicted on March 17, 2023, by a federal grand jury for two counts of making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
McKeesport Felon Gets 9 Years in Prison after Pleading Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms and Ammunition
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Friday to a one-count Indictment and was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Washington Man Sentenced for Combative Behavior on Flight to Anchorage, Alaska
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - A Washington man was sentenced on March 9, 2023, for putting a flight crew in fear of being assaulted during a commercial airline flight.
Leader of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Sentenced
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: Baltimore, MD - U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced NFL gang leader Gregory Butler, a/k/a “Gotti," “Sags," and “Little Dick," age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, yesterday to 30 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise related to his activities in the NFL gang, which operated in the Edmondson Village area in Southwest Baltimore.
Cascade woman admits charges in Great Falls College student loan fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Cascade woman accused of illegally receiving approximately $126,000 in federal student aid through a scheme in which she enrolled others in courses at Great Falls College, Montana State University, admitted to charges today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
Kirkville Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Pupello, age 35, of Kirkville, New York, pled guilty to one count of engaging in illegal monetary transactions.
Clackamas Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robbery of Local Pub
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Clackamas, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for robbing a local pub with a gun.
Greenfield Township School Transportation Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 16, 2023, Brian Propst, age 51, of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to a charge of tax evasion.
26-Year-Old Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Two Border Patrol Agents
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Miguel Angel Acatzihua-Temoxtle, 26, of Mexico, pleaded guilty Wednesday before United States Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Rateau to one count of Assault on a Federal Officer Resulting in Bodily Injury and one count of Assault on a Federal Officer with the Use of a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon.
Brother of former Gulf Cartel leader sent to prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year old South Texas man has been handed a significant sentence for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kelvin Vazquez-Pagan, age 25, of Passaic, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on March 16, 2023, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to the charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
The FBI is Seeking Information Leading to the Arrest of a Suspect Responsible for the Armed Robbery of an Armored Vehicle in El Segundo in February
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information Leading to the Arrest of a Suspect Responsible for the Armed Robbery of an Armored Vehicle in El Segundo in February.
Last individual admits role in nationwide fraud scheme targeting elderly victims
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old Indian citizen has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
North Carolina Man Sentenced for Assaulting Officers During January 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: Defendant Used Chemical Irritant Against Officers, Also Used a Baseball Bat to Shatter a Window.
Florida Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Racially Motivated Attack Against Group of Black Men
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: A federal grand jury in Gainesville, Florida, returned a six-count indictment charging David Emanuel, 61, with committing hate crimes for his racially motivated attack on a group of Black men who were surveying land along a public road in Cedar Key, Florida.
Suburban Man Found Guilty of Robbing Three Banks and Additional Firearms Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has found a suburban Chicago man guilty of three counts of bank robbery, three counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and conspiracy to transfer a firearm to a felon.