News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kristian Thomas, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to unlawfully possessing a firearm. Thomas entered his guilty plea under an agreement that permits him to appeal from a court order denying his motion to suppress evidence. He will be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea if he prevails on his appeal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that charges have been filed against Dakota Gardner who is currently confined at the U.S. Penitentiary, Allenwood, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Jovan Torres, 26, of Springfield, Mass., was arraigned today on three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute heroin and one count of distribution of heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Angelo Alleca, the former CEO of Atlanta, Georgia, based Summit Wealth Management, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a former business partner to defraud investors of over $35 million dollars. Alleca marketed several funds that were supposed to invest in certain assets/investments, such...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: The report, Fisheries Economics of the United States 2014, provides the most recent statistics on commercial and recreational fisheries and seafood-related businesses for each coastal state and the nation. Key to the report are the jobs, sales, income, and value added to the Gross National Product by...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a State College man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Williamsport for the prohibited possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted 11 defendants, including four family members, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former Winnebago County Purchasing Director was charged yesterday in federal court on two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds. SALLY A. CLAASSEN, 57, of Roscoe, Ill., was an employee of Winnebago County from March 3, 1997, until she resigned on Sept. 11, 2015. Claassen’s job title prior to her resignation was Purchasing Director.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The U. S. Department of the Interior has announced $10 million in funding for the Wildland Fire Resilient Landscapes Program. With that announcement, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah will receive an additional $3.5 million in funding for fuels reduction and greater sage-grouse habitat improvements in the southwest part of the state.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO ESTRADA, 26, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Robert Joseph Aragon, III, 19, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 25, 2016, for sexual abuse in Indian Country. Aragon, III was arrested in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. He received 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and restitution in the amount of $5,655.52. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Marcus E. Johnson, 44, of Fall River, Mass., was sentenced on Wednesday to 92 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and trafficking crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced today to federal prison for oxycodone crimes, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Kenneth Edward Campbell, 48, of Charleston, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. In a separate drug prosecution, Jonathan Belcher, 37, of Logan, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for distributing oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Federal charges were filed Thursday in Wichita against two men accused of trying to rob a Park City liquor store where a store employee shot one of them and held the other at gunpoint until police arrived, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with distributing marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: (GREENBELT -, Md. - A federal grand jury indicted 11 defendants, including four family members, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced that Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa L. Jampol will be recognized by the New Jersey Women In Law Enforcement Inc. (NJWLE) with a 2016 Meritorious Service Award at a ceremony today at the organization’s annual conference in New Brunswick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, today announced that two State correctional officers, Thomas Nadill Boyce, Jr., age 46, and Paul Hursey, age 46, each of Dover, Delaware, have been arrested on separate federal criminal complaints, each charging the smuggling of drugs and cell phones to inmates, in return for bribes, at the J.T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals pled guilty to methamphetamine trafficking today in federal court in Elkins, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
