News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve 126 months in prison for his role in robbing a local business with a stolen assault rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ronald Lee Jackson, Jr., 29, of Martinsburg, pled guilty to cocaine trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Abrahim Yahya Kassim, 26, of Richmond Hill, New York, pled guilty in federal court today to unlawful cigarette smuggling, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN KOCH, 49, of Coventry, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today the unsealing of a Bill of Information charging HARRY J. MOREL, JR., with obstruction of justice in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(d)(1).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: St. George, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah St. George Field Office is accepting public comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed land exchange between the BLM and Brennan Holdings, LLC involving lands in Washington County, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Stevie McDonald (41, Winter Haven) with multiple counts of bank fraud and a conspiracy to commit bank fraud. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Lamarque, who is handling the case, stated that the investigation began when the defendant, a former United States Air Force Reservist, distributed videos containing child pornography to an undercover agent. On Sept. 12, 2014, law enforcement officers executed a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Eight men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with their gang activities as members of the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore. The following defendants pleaded guilty on April 1 and April 4, 2016, just prior to trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Alioramus Skull, Nest of Eggs and Various Skeletons Among Fossils Being Repatriated.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - David Patrick Diaz, 36, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was sentenced today to nine months in prison and three years of supervised release for interference with flight crew members and attendants. Diaz was also ordered to complete mental health and substance abuse treatment programs, and pay restitution to United Airlines in the amount of $22,151.77.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that John Koch, 49, of Coventry, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Royce Allen Young, 38, of Laveen, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 15 years in federal prison. Young had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Four people were indicted in federal court on charges of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute at least 20 pounds of marijuana and nearly 20 pounds of MDMA, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Evan Megeath, 33, of Strasburg, Virginia, pled guilty in federal court today to unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California CPA was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for abusing his positions at a worship center in New Jersey and a non-profit in California to steal more than $4 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, April 12, to examine how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is safeguarding private taxpayer information this filing season and to determine what improvements may be necessary for the agency to fully...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Three men, two of whom were arrested this morning, were charged in U.S. District Court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl in the Brockton area. The third defendant was already in state custody. In addition, 36 grams of fentanyl and a firearm were recovered following the execution of a federal search warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: A former East Cleveland police sergeant was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in a conspiracy in which she kept thousands of dollars from alleged drug dealers, much of which was seized through illegal searches and fabricated reports, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: Postal Service Previews 2nd of 16 Stamps.
