Barclays chief executive Jes Staley will resign after reports of an investigation into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the bank announced Monday. Staley will be replaced by C.S. Venkatakrishnan, Barclay’s …
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Prisons Short Staffed Due To COVID-19 Risks, Officers Retiring And Quitting
U.S. prisons are experiencing staffing shortages as officers retire, quit and risks associated with COVID-19, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Corrections officers are exposed to dangerous working conditions including …
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Illinois Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Viewing Child Sex Abuse Images While Traveling On A Commercial Airplane
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressTampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Donald Max Ingram (70, Illinois) to five years in federal prison for possessing and viewing images of children being …
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Beavercreek man pleads guilty to attempting to travel overseas to join ISIS-K
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDAYTON, Ohio – A Beavercreek man who was arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at John Glenn International Airport in 2018 while trying to travel to Afghanistan to …
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Tennessee Sex Offender Sentenced for Failing to Register in Mississippi
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressGREENVILLE, Miss. – A Tennessee man was sentenced on Thursday to 30 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Mississippi. According to court documents, the …
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California Attorney Pleads Guilty To Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressDamian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEREK JONES, an attorney currently suspended from practicing law in California, pled guilty today to …
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Man Illegally Living in Peoria Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPEORIA, Ill. – A man illegally living in Peoria, Illinois – Pedro Lozolla, 28, of the 2100 block of West Garden Street – was sentenced on October 29, 2021, to …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPEORIA, Ill. – A Bridgeport, Illinois, man, Billy Joe Kocher, 49, of the 300 block of Olive Street, was sentenced on October 20, 2021, to 10 years in prison, to …
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East Moline Man Pleads Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPEORIA, Ill. – An East Moline, Illinois, man, Christian Matthew Lannan, 24, of the 3600 block of 8th Street Court, pleaded guilty on October 29, 2021, to the charges of …
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Justice Department Awards Highly Competitive Grant to York County’s Caring Unlimited for Youth Violence Prevention
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPORTLAND, 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 …
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North Carolina Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding IRS
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressA North Carolina tax return preparer was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS. According to court documents and statements made in court, from …
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Votes On Build Back Better, Infrastructure Bill Delayed As Democrats Scramble To Reach Agreement On Lowering Drug Costs
The House Rules Committee is no longer meeting Monday to markup Democrats’ spending package, meaning that the full House vote on it and the bipartisan infrastructure bill will be delayed …
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Democratic 2020 Candidate Wants Government-Sponsored ‘Social Credit’ System Comparable To China’s
Peter Hasson on November 17, 2018 New York entrepreneur and Democratic 2020 candidate Andrew Yang wants to implement a system in which a government-run mobile app rewards Americans with “digital …
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AG Alan Wilson joins lawsuit to stop vaccine mandate for federal contract workers
by Phil Stiltonby Phil Stilton(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a lawsuit aimed at blocking the requirement for federal contract workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. South Carolina is …
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Attorney General Alan Wilson joins lawsuit to stop federal funding of abortions
by Phil Stiltonby Phil Stilton(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – A federal rule change allowing taxpayer dollars to be used to encourage and support abortions has prompted Attorney General Alan Wilson to join with Ohio Attorney General …
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A Pennsylvania Satanic organization was able to convince a school district to alter its dress code to remove a ban on clothes that were “satanic in nature,” local news station …
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Gas-Guzzling Cruise Ships To House Thousands Of Climate Diplomats During Two Week UN Conference
Two gas-guzzling cruise liners will house thousands of diplomats during the upcoming two week United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, U.K. Tallink Grupp, the European company that operates the ships, …
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The U.S. announced it will provide an additional $144 million in aid to Afghanistan as part of efforts to help citizens in the country in a statement by Secretary of …
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Member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe sentenced to two years in federal prison for domestic assault
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Drew Beck, 36, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 4 to two years …
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Stolen Firearms Offenses and Making False Statements
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Connecticut man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield in connection with stealing 17 firearms from a West Springfield gun shop and making false statements to …
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Windsor Mill Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge for Fraud Scheme Purporting to Sell COVID-19 Vaccines
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBaltimore, Maryland – Odunayo “Baba” Oluwalade, age 25, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme purporting to sell COVID-19 …
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Winter Haven Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Theft Of Government Funds
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressTampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Daniel Brooke (49, Winter Haven) to six months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for …
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Third Illinois Defendant Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOISE – A Bloomington, Illinois woman pleaded guilty to bank fraud. According to court proceedings, Abbi L. Sullivan, 21, of Bloomington, Illinois, traveled to Idaho with at least three co-defendants …
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Welch Man Sentenced to 45 Years in Federal Prison for Murder
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressA Welch man was sentenced Friday in federal court for murdering his 81-year-old mother in her home on Aug. 4, 2011, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District Judge …
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Latin Dragons Nation Member Sentenced to 204 Months of Imprisonment
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressHAMMOND- Ralph Mendez, 47, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as …