By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONI JONES, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2023 to a violation of the Federal Drug Control Act, Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Corey J. Lattimer, 30, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Melanie Clodfelter, 41, of Summersville, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false statement in acquisition of a firearm. Clodfelter admitted to purchasing a semi-automatic firearm used to kill one Nicholas County deputy sheriff and seriously injure another in June 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, a federal jury found Olegario Lares-De La Rosa, 29, of Mexico, guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Hostage Taking, Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit, and two counts of Transportation of an Illegal Alien for Profit. Lares-De La Rosa previously pleaded guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm on June 9, 2022. Sentencing is scheduled for May 4, 2023, before United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Michael Graves, 67, of Charlton Heights, and West Virginia Environmental Services (WVES), a company wholly owned by Graves, each pleaded guilty today to a felony violation of the Clean Water Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Three individuals were sentenced today and last week to 58 months in prison combined for engaging in a straw purchasing conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: A Michigan endocrinologist was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison for evading taxes due on income related to his medical practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: A former Kentucky correctional officer pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward B. Atkins to two charges of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting two federal inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has implemented the new United States Attorney’s Offices’ Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy released earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Canton, OH - Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Travis Ingram Jr., 21. Ingram was wanted by the Columbus Police Department for aggravated murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of violating federal conspiracy law in connection with the theft of 24 vehicles, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today an indictment charging eight people with federal civil rights offenses and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FATADE IDOWU OLAMILEKAN, a/k/a “Fatade Olamilekan Idowu," a/k/a “Olamilekan Idowu Fatade," a/k/a “Idowu Fatade," a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Melissa Dawn Lockhart, 49, of Huntington, was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing a quantity of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today an indictment charging eight people with federal civil rights offenses and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Diamond Cook, age 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Feb. 16, 2023, to 48 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Cook will serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on Feb. 14, 2023, defendant WILLIAM NELSON, age 21, a resident of South Carolina, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to committing a carjacking in New Orleans, Louisiana on Jan. 2, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Khalif Marquee Coleman, 35, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that three defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for their roles in a marijuana trafficking ring on Pardee Street in Rochester, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2023
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Amiga Informatics (Amiga), a New York IT staffing company. The settlement resolves the department’s determination that Amiga violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by posting discriminatory job advertisements that solicited applications only from individuals with specific citizenship or immigration statuses.
