Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 17, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Three Guatemalan nationals who were extradited to the United States from Guatemala to face…
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON – Democrats are in jeopardy of losing their long-time firewall against new voting restrictions in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin should Republicans who support such curbs win…
PECOS – On Tuesday, a Mexican national was sentenced to a total of 60 months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after previously being removed by immigration authorities.…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRED ASANTE pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in a…
– A Colorado county clerk who is a proponent of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread election fraud and is facing investigation for an alleged breach of voting…
Miami, Florida – A St. Lucie County man who made death threats to a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Florida death was sentenced today in Tampa, Florida…
A federal district court in Louisiana halted one of President Joe Biden’s key climate initiatives implemented shortly after he was inaugurated in January 2021. Judge James Cain, Jr. of the…
Memphis, TN – United States Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., along with stakeholders in the South Memphis Community announced the second “Better Community Summit” effort to reduce violent crime throughout…
As blue states such as New York, Oregon, New Jersey, and his home state of Delaware begin to pull back on indoor facemask mandates, President Joe Biden says he’ll continue…
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – On February 2, 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland released the Justice Department’s new National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking…
BANGOR, Maine: A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty in federal court today to entering the United States after a prior removal, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. According to court records,…
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jason Edmonds, age 43, of North East, Maryland, with conspiracy and bribery. Co-defendant John Conigliaro, age 60, of…
By Rami Ayyub -Officials in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, California and Oregon said on Monday they will lift indoor mask mandates for schools and other public places in coming weeks,…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today that it has issued a Dear Colleagues Letter reminding state and local government agencies that…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Florida man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a bribery and kickback conspiracy and committing fraud in connection with a contract for…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced that the United States has filed suit against Dr. Charles T. Nevels, a psychiatrist who has worked in several nursing…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – A government-funded research project released on Friday sheds new light on the upward trend of mass shootings in the United States, finding that the…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Dominican drug lord Justo Germán Rosario (CPOT No. 64), also known as “Papín,” was indicted, arrested, and extradited to the United States to face drug…
BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that $884,755 recovered from forfeited assets of Scott J. Wolas will be distributed to his victims. The United States Attorney’s Office…
FARGO – United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced John Thomas Poitra, age 32, Belcourt, ND, to 7 years in federal…
Black Lives Matter (BLM) removed fundraising features from its website Wednesday after California and Washington threatened to hold the group’s leaders personally liable for its missing financial records, the Washington…
A lightning bolt spanning nearly 500 miles across three states captured a new world record holder for longest flash, multiple sources reported. A lightning bolt from April 2020 spanning 477.2…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh joins the law enforcement community across the Commonwealth of Virginia in mourning the loss of Bridgewater College Police Officer John Painter…
Senate Democrats unveiled on Tuesday potential reforms to the Electoral Count Act, among which include changing who presides over Congress’ certification of election results and how much support is necessary…
A large coalition of state financial officers announced their opposition to one of President Joe Biden’s top nominees for the Federal Reserve over her “radical” policy positions. Sarah Bloom Raskin…