News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUDY HERNANDEZ, 43, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 34 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin involved...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted the following defendants late on Nov. 18, 2016, for conspiracies to commit wire fraud and money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
Release: Research shows the majority of people in Africa depend on biomass to meet their energy needs, with approximately 80 percent relying on wood energy. Such high dependency makes families vulnerable to unexpected and sudden changes, including extreme weather and socio-political events. Researching and developing ways to diversify energy sources is crucial for a more sustainable, food secure future.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951or Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael G. Wheat (619) 546-8437.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Consultant to Iranian Mission to the United Nations Pleads Guilty to Filing False Income Tax Return and Conspiring to Violate Sanctions Laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former bank vice president pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with an investment scheme involving fraudulent loans to professional athletes. Her co-defendant, a former New England Patriots player, pleaded guilty to similar charges last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Gregory Steven Hunt, a/k/a “K.C.," of Dallas, was sentenced on Friday to 204 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2015 to one count of kidnapping, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 49-year-old Irving resident has been sentenced to fifty-seven months in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Nov. 18, 2016, the Honorable John M. Gerrard, U.S. District Court Judge, sentenced Aaron C. Kreifels to 30 months imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and he was ordered to pay a total of $300 in special assessments...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Joshua Adam Tatro (24, Merritt Island) to 350 years in federal prison for nine counts of producing child pornography, three counts of receiving child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the electronic devices that he used during the commission of the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Eric J. Simpson, 48, of Sauget, Illinois, was sentenced, on Nov. 17, 2016, to 78 months in federal prison for distribution of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that JOSEMANUEL RIOS, also known as “Jay," 40, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: New Special Assistant United States Attorney Has Charged 38 Defendants Since January 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: Zachary Stephen Thomas Regularly Stole Mail from Residents of West Michigan Between December 2015 and May 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in collaboration with state and other federal agencies and conservation groups, is proposing to remove western juniper from sagebrush-steppe habitat in southwest Idaho to help protect the Greater sage-grouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, Raji Yusuf, 30, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty in District Court to trafficking in firearms, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is set for March 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who was previously convicted of a crime and therefore prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm, was sentenced today on a federal firearms charge, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: DANNY JAMES HEINRICH, 53, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in September to federal child pornography charges. As part of his plea allocution, HEINRICH admitted in court that on Oct. 22, 1989, he abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling. HEINRICH also admitted that, in January 1989, he abducted and sexually assaulted 12-year-old J.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: On Nov. 14, 2016, two individuals pled guilty to smuggling over $2.4 million into the United States from the Dominican Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Acio Richards, 26, and N’kel Morton, 22, both of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, made their initial appearance in court on Nov. 17, 2016, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on separate criminal complaints charging each with possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
