Main Squeeze Juice Co. Comes to St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, MO – Main Squeeze Juice Co., a Louisiana-based juice and smoothie bar franchise, is opening at least four new locations in the St. Louis, Missouri area. The first store is…
Walk-On’s Celebrates Grand Opening of First Ridgeland Restaurant
Ridgeland, MS – Whether hiking the Historic Chisha Trail or playing on the Rez, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux will soon be the go-to destination to fuel-up for a day of adventure when the…
Acting U.S. Attorney Ellison C. Travis Announces $16,506,360 Award to Enhance Crime Victim Services and Compensation Payments
Acting U.S. Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that the Middle District of Louisiana received $16,506,360 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and its component, the Office for Victims of…
Baton Rouge Laboratory Owner and Florida Woman Charged with Scheme to Pay and Receive Health Care Kickbacks as Part of National Enforcement Action
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force (“MFSF”) is part of a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units to…
Member of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Receives Sentence
SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Michael Shane Haynes, IV, 43, of Bossier City, Louisiana, has been sentenced by Chief United States District Judge S.…
Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers Opens First Restaurant in New Jersey
LINDEN, NJ – Leading fast-casual restaurant concept Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers announced today it has experienced significant development nationwide throughout the second and third quarters of 2021, including the opening of…
Crave Hot Dog & BBQ Bringing Food Truck to South Georgia
Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is a Hot Dog and BBQ restaurant that features a beautiful modern rustic décor with a lounge area, self-pour local crafts on tap, and fun for the…
New York AG Files Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her fight to safeguard the health care and reproductive rights of patients across New York and the rest of the nation.…
New Iberia Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Firearm
ALEXANDRIA, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Dondrea Joseph, 28, of New Iberia, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell to…
Post-Tropical Cyclone Hovers Over Already-Battered Gulf Coast, Leaving Almost 5 Million People Under Flash Flood Watches
Post-Tropical Cyclone Nicholas reached the Gulf Coast, leaving almost 5 million people with flash flooding and heavy rain, according to the National Hurricane Center. Nicholas first hit southern Texas as a category…
Traffic Stop leads to arrest of convicted felon trafficking meth
DESTIN, FL – A man spotted driving without headlights or tail lights Sunday night near Mary Esther was pulled over by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy and ultimately charged with…
Rusk County Man Sentenced for Christmas Postal Crime Spree
TYLER, Texas – A Henderson man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Paul Wayne Kennedy, 39, pleaded…
CBP Memphis Finds Israeli Passport and IDs in Hollowed out Book
MEMPHIS, TENN – On Tuesday, Aug 10, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee, examined a package described in the paperwork by the shipper…
Attorney General Alan Wilson joins 20-state push to protect 2nd Amendment
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that, if left intact, inappropriately permits federal regulators to outlaw a…
California Resident Charged in Superseding Indictment for Role in Sim Swap Scam Targeting at Least 40 People, Including New Orleans Resident
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RICHARD YUAN LI, age 21, a resident of Hercules, California, was charged on August 26, 2021 by a federal grand jury seated…
CBP Memphis Seizes 2.7 Kilos of Ketamine in Ottoman
MEMPHIS – On Sunday, August 29, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork by the shipper as…
Justice Barrett says Supreme Court does not run on party lines as media portrays
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett worried Sunday that the court is increasingly being portrayed to the public as a partisan institution, emphasizing that justices must be “hyper vigilant” that they do…
Seven More Charged for Involvement in Staged Automobile Accident Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the August 26, 2021 Indictment of ASHLEY McGOWAN (“McGOWAN”), age 35; LERTRICE JOHNSON (“L. JOHNSON”), age 45; DAVIENQUE JOHNSON (“D.…
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Altered Postal Money Orders and Theft
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTOINE MERCHANT, age 32, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on August 26, 2021 to conspiracy to pass altered U.S. Postal…
Bank Teller Charged with Federal Fraud Charges
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on August 27, 2021 a Bill of Information charging DEMETRIA MYERS SILVIO, age 32, of New Orleans, Louisiana, with Wire…