News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-------Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake, announced today that fifteen individuals, including South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) inmates, have been charged federally for their roles in a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy operating from behind prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man pleaded guilty to selling heroin that resulted in a fatal overdose, as well as additional firearms and narcotics crimes, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Lebron Charles Bunkley, 37, admitted to selling heroin to a man identified in court documents ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Terry Ray Hoff, 51, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Nov. 2, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Hoff was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 84 months of imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 16-count indictment today against Claudia Humphrey, 60, of American Canyon, charging her with theft of public money, obstruction of a federal audit, and falsifying records in a federal investigation, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Faces 5-20 years in federal prison when sentenced in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Richard S. Buffham Posted Child Pornography Videos in Online Chat Sessions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Corey Pomerleau, 35, of Harmony, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone. He was also fined $500. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow today sentenced Phil Trent, 52, of Rock Island, to serve 25 years in federal prison for distributing and conspiring to distribute heroin that resulted in the death of a 21 year old man in August 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Liberty, Mo., attorney has been indicted by a federal grand jury for obstruction of justice after stealing funds earmarked for victim restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Vitamin D is essential for strong bones and overall health, but the amount our bodies make from sunlight exposure and obtain from foods is not always enough, particularly for pregnant women.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A former chief financial officer of a Clarkston, Michigan, credit union, pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than $18 million from his employer, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CALEEB BROWN, 25, of Stamford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon,.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Barry Horrow, 68, of Glenn Mills, pled guilty today to 4 counts of bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man pleaded guilty to selling heroin that resulted in a fatal overdose, as well as additional firearms and narcotics crimes, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted a 44-year-old local man of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder money, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdict against Oscar Benitez, 44, of Conroe, following one day of deliberations and three days of trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio, Luis Felipe Rodriguez (aka “Vaquero"), a 40-year-old former Eagle Pass resident and associate of the Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to mandatory life in federal prison for his leadership role in cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is inviting review and comment on the Las Vegas In-Valley Area Multi-Action Analysis Environmental Assessment (EA.) Comments will be accepted until Dec. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - Eleven people were arrested yesterday in Washington and Nevada in connection with a large drug smuggling and distribution ring operating in four western Washington counties. An additional person was already in immigration custody. The arrests coincided with the execution of 24 court-authorized...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: (NEW YORK - - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Scruffy Faced Bandit Strikes Again. Acting Special Agent in Charge (A/SAC) George Crouch, FBI Atlanta, in conjunction with Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant, Cobb County Police Chief John R. Houser, and Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison, once again requested the public’s assistance in identifying...
