Month: December 2021

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland hosted the U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial at the Department of Justice on Dec. 16, 2021. Joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the Attorney General welcomed Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Affairs Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, and Slovenian Ministers for Justice Marjan Dikaučič and for Home Affairs Aleš Hojs representing the Presidency of the EU Council. Other senior EU officials who participated in person or remotely, included the Director of Europol, President of Eurojust and EU Counterterrorism Coordinator. A joint statement was issued following the meeting, which can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1457246/download.

Source: United States Department of Justice News

TULSA, Okla. – A member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in a racketeering enterprise, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. The UAB is a “whites only” prison-based gang with members operating inside and outside of state prisons throughout Oklahoma.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced Tuesday, December 14, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 120 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. According to court documents, Clarence L. Woolsoncroft, age 58, pleaded guilty to the firearm offense in August of 2021. Woolsoncroft will serve three years of supervised release following his prison term.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced Tuesday, December 14, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 180 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. According to court documents, Matthew Michael Loth, age 42, pleaded guilty to the methamphetamine and firearm offenses in July of 2021.

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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Joshua Matthew St. John, age 42, of Glenwood, was sentenced on December 16, 2021, by United States Chief District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 132 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. His term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, St. John pleaded guilty to the methamphetamine offense in May of 2021. His co-defendant, Sarah Diane Adams, is scheduled to be sentenced on January 7, 2022.