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Silver Spring Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Gun And Drug Conspiracy Charges
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Darryl Colton Frazer, age 34, of Silver Spring, Maryland, yesterday to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for gun and drug conspiracy charges and for violation of supervised release. Frazer was convicted of those charges on Nov. 3, 2022, after a three-day trial.
Tilton Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Drug and Firearms Offenses
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CONCORD - Jared Stottlar, 43, of Tilton, was sentenced to 144 months of imprisonment today for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
Former Kentucky Federal Prison Lieutenant Convicted of Covering Up the Assaults of Two Federal Inmates by Corrections Officers
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted former Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant Kevin Pearce, 38, on two counts of obstruction for writing false reports about the assaults of two federal inmates by corrections officers under Pearce’s command. The defendant is a former supervisor at U.S. Penitentiary...
Couple Sentenced For Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, And Major Fraud Against The United States
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Today, Ricky and Katrina Lanier, 55 and 49, both of LaGrange, N.C., were sentenced by the Honorable Travis McDonough, Chief United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga, to serve federal prison terms of 48 months and 24 months, respectively...
United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow Announces Implementation of New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy and New Monitor Selection for Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the “VSD Policy") and the United States Attorney’s Offices’ Monitor Selection for Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy (the “MS-CCE Policy") released earlier today, which are effective immediately.
Virginia Man Found Guilty of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges Related to Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. 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.
DEA Chicago Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO - Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram has appointed DEA Chicago Field Division Assistant Special Agent in Charge Sheila Lyons as the new Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Chicago Field Division. Lyons, a 30-year law enforcement professional with extensive international experience, becomes the first woman to lead the DEA’s fifth-largest field division, overseeing federal drug enforcement operations in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
New Orleans Man Sentenced for Violating the Federal Gun Control Act
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - PAUL THOMAS, age 34, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on March 2, 2023 by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
Texas Man Indicted in Western Pennsylvania on Money Laundering Charge
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Houston, Texas, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Parolee Who Robbed a Pharmacy at Gunpoint While Wearing a GPS Tether Sent to Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A Clinton Township man was sentenced today to 171 months in federal prison based on his conviction for robbing a Hamtramck pharmacy and other related drug offenses, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
U.S. Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell Joins DOJ Delegation to Alabama to Commemorate “Bloody Sunday” and Passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - Earlier this week, Alison J. Ramsdell, U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, joined more than two dozen other U.S. Attorneys from across the country as a delegation to commemorate the 58th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday," the March over Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge and the passage...
Box Elder woman sentenced to five years in prison for shooting woman in the face over drug deal
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Box Elder woman who admitted to shooting a woman in the face over a drug deal on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.
Former Claims Examiner for Michigan Unemployment Agency Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DETROIT - A former unemployment examiner for the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (MUIA) pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal federal unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
Justice Department Secures Settlement to Remedy Race and Sex-Based Harassment of Students in Vermont School District
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Twin Valley School District in Vermont to resolve its investigation into complaints of student-on-student harassment based on race and sex.
Alabama Man Sentenced On Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Defendant Was Among First in Mob to Enter Capitol Building.
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Settle Common Law Allegations for Impermissible Medicaid Donations
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Tampa, FL - Lakeland Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Lakeland, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $4 million to resolve allegations that it made donations to a local unit of government to improperly fund the state’s share of Medicaid payments to LRMC.
Staten Island Gang Member Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Minors
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a five-count indictment was unsealed charging Justin Dixon, a member of the Crips street gang, with sex trafficking, coercion and enticement of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor and felon in possession. On February 6, 2023, Dixon was arraigned on a complaint before United States Magistrate Judge Taryn A. Merkl and a permanent order of detention was issued.
Stockton Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Prison
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Miguel Castellanos Huitron, (aka Efrain Tavarez Lopez) 52, of Stockton, was sentenced today to 16 years and six months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Former New Orleans Police Officer Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting a 15-Year-Old Girl
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: A former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) was sentenced in federal court to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in violation of her constitutional rights.
McComb Woman Found Guilty of Conspiracy and False Statements in Connection with Federal Unemployment Fraud
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A federal jury convicted a McComb woman for one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiring to commit theft of public money, one count of theft of public money, and one count of making a false statement to a federal agent.