News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Cristhian Guerrero-Alvarez, a/k/a “Raul Hernandez," of Warrington, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about Oct. 18, 2016, Guerrero-Alvarez, an alien, and native and citizen...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Nov. 16, 2016, a federal grand jury in Harrisburg charged Victor Avalos-Trinidad, age 34, with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Kickbacks Paid Out of Valeant Corporate Funds Spent on Philidor Option Were Laundered Through Secret Shell Companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Charleston felon sentenced to over two years in prison; Fayette County felon faces up to 10 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: The Dripping Springs Natural Area, including the visitor center, picnic sites and all the hiking trails within the area, will be closed to visitors on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Jung Yoon Choi, age 56, formerly of Aurora, Colorado was recently sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 19 months in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for obstructing and impairing the laws of the Internal Revenue Service, announced Acting United States Attorney Bob Troyer and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kyle Lee Smith, age 29 of Branson, Missouri was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison followed by five (5) years of supervised release on one count of Transportation of a Minor with Intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The first of six defendants charged as the result of an anti-gang operation in the Coachella Valley earlier this year has been found guilty of possession of an unregistered short barreled shotgun, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Leonel Gomez-Hernandez, a/k/a Fernando Hernandez, 26, of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Nov. 17, 2016, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Gomez-Hernandez was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received time...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore J. Chuang sentenced Gloria Patricia Taylor, age 52, of Lanham, Maryland today to 146 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 20 indictments charging 25 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced that Ravious Darnell Thomas, age 49, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, has been sentenced to a total of 215 months in federal prison as a result of possessing a firearm while a convicted felon, possessing crack cocaine and violating the terms of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer released the following statement condemning hate crimes today, promising vigorous prosecution when appropriate.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CLARENCE R. SINGLETON, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery and use of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Artur Samarin, age 24, also known as Asher Potts, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg, to two months in federal prison on a two count indictment, which charged Samarin with passport and social security frauds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Vysean Leandre Embry, 33, of Tulsa, Oklahoma was sentenced for his participation in drug trafficking activities conducted from the Tonight Inn and Suites located at 8333 East Admiral, Tulsa, Oklahoma and other locations throughout Tulsa.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kenel, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Nov. 10, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area woman who brought her two children to Mexico to keep them from their father was sentenced today to 13 months in prison in a federal kidnapping case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Justin Laurence McKinley (49, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to sending notices over the Internet soliciting the live molestation of children for online viewing. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervision.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The following events are happening at Lake Mead National Recreation Area Nov. 19 - Dec. 11.
