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U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca Announces a $500,000 Grant Awarded to the City of Jackson Police Department for Additional Police Officers

DOJ PressNovember 19, 20210

Jackson, Miss. – U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca announced today that the City of Jackson Police Department (JPD) received an award totaling $504,310 from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. Nationally, the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) awarded $139 million in new funding to 183 police departments across the nation, including $504,310 to JPD. The funding to JPD is to be used for the hiring of additional officers to fight violent crime in the City of Jackson. “We are committed to providing police departments with the resources needed to help ensure community safety and build

Grand Jury indicts two individuals accused of fraud involving Paycheck Protection Program and the Small Business Grant Program

DOJ PressNovember 13, 20210

ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted Dionneshae Forland with four counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, and one count of theft of government property and five counts of aggravated identity theft. The indictment also charges Dwayne Times with one count of wire fraud, and one count of theft of government property. The indictment alleges that Forland and Times submitted fraudulent PPP loan applications and a fraudulent Missouri Small Business Grant Program application that falsely inflated the number of employees and payroll costs of various businesses Forland and Times operated in order to receive loan

Justice Department Awards Highly Competitive Grant to York County’s Caring Unlimited for Youth Violence Prevention

DOJ PressNovember 1, 20210

PORTLAND, Maine: As Domestic Violence Awareness Month ends, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced today that Caring Unlimited, York County’s domestic violence resource center, was recently awarded a $497,000 three-year grant from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Consolidated Youth Program. Caring Unlimited’s program was one of only 16 projects selected nationally to receive such a grant. The “Safe Communities for Youth” project will expand youth-focused prevention and intervention efforts in York County by conducting a community needs assessment, followed by the creation and implementation of a strategic plan designed to reduce victimization and perpetration of youth

Jackson Grant Charged for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm

DOJ PressOctober 25, 20210

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jackson Grant, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged today by criminal complaint with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Grant is scheduled to appear on the charge before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. According to court records, Grant was found in possession of a firearm during the execution of a federal search warrant on October 22, 2021. Federal law enforcement, with the assistance of state and local officers, searched the ground floor of an apartment located at

Hardy and Grant County residents indicted on drug charges

DOJ PressOctober 20, 20210

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Scott Allen Greenwalt, of Moorefield, West Virginia, and Tonda Marie Hixenbaugh, of Petersburg, West Virginia, were indicted today on drug charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Greenwalt, 48, and Hixenbaugh, 30, were each indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine” and one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.” Greenwalt was also indicted on three counts of “Distribution of Methamphetamine” and one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.” Greenwalt and Hixenbaugh are accused of working together to distribute more than five grams of methamphetamine, also known as “crystal meth”

Grant County man admits to drug charge

DOJ PressOctober 14, 20210

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – William Glenn Vance, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Vance, 44, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Distribution of Buprenorphine – Aiding and Abetting.” Vance admitted to selling buprenorphine in September 2019 in Grant County. Vance faces up to 10 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $500,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D.

Grant County man admits to firearms charge

DOJ PressOctober 14, 20210

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Jeffery Allen McCurdy, of Cabins, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. McCurdy, 34, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.” McCurdy, a person prohibited from having firearms because of a prior conviction, admitted to having two 12-gauge shotguns and a .22 caliber long rifle in January 2021 in Grant County. McCurdy faces up to 10 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $250,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of

DOJ and University of Washington resolve claims researcher falsified grant application

DOJ PressOctober 13, 20210

Seattle – The U.S. Department of Justice and the University of Washington have settled allegations that a professor in the College of Engineering falsified documentation provided to the National Science Foundation associated with a grant that UW received from the Foundation. The University will pay the government $801,756, to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act, which includes restitution and a penalty. According to settlement documents, between August of 2018 and September 2019, the principal investigator on the grant submitted false documents regarding the grant to the National Science Foundation. The grant was part of the highly competitive “Designing Materials

Grant County Man Sentenced To 9 Years in Federal Prison for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Violating Court Supervision

Press ReleaseOctober 6, 20210

Spokane – Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Rodolfo Ramirez, Jr., age 36, of Moses Lake, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on June 30, 2021, to Felon in Possession of a Firearm. United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Ramirez to an 84-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 3-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Judge Rice also imposed a 24-month term of imprisonment, to run consecutive to the sentence imposed in the firearm case, after finding that Ramirez

EDVA Announces Grant Award for Certified Peer Recovery Specialists

Press ReleaseOctober 1, 20210

RICHMOND, Va. – Acting U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh announced today that the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) has provided $301,780 in grant funding for Project RECOVER. The funding will provide peer recovery support for Central Virginians suffering with substance use disorders during one of the most critical times in their path to recovery – immediately following an overdose. This support will be provided by Certified Peer Recovery Specialists who work with local emergency services, are in recovery themselves, and have taken training to help others who want to join the same life-saving journey. “With the help of our

Ibram X. Kendi Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant

The Daily CallerSeptember 28, 20210

The MacArthur Foundation has named Boston University professor and author of “How to Be an Antiracist” Ibram X. Kendi to its renowned fellowship. The Foundation’s website named Kendi and 24 others, many of them scientists, artists and academics, as 2021 fellows. “My first words were ‘Are you serious?’” Kendi said of receiving the honor, according to The New York Times. “It’s very meaningful — I think to anyone who studies a topic where there’s a lot of acrimony and a lot of pain — to be recognized and to get love mail sometimes,” he said. “And this is one of