News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cowey Edsitty, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 115 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, KY - A Warren County, Kentucky, convicted felon was sentenced in United States District Court by District Judge Greg N. Stivers to 17 years in prison followed by a ten year period of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to distribute crystal methamphetamine announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury has convicted a Pharr man of hostage taking and harboring aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Man Carrying Portfolio Robs NE Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Philadelphia - Andrew Carr, 60, of Upper Darby, PA, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno to 132 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He worked as the “muscle" for a methamphetamine trafficking business, intimidating...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Philadelphia - Andrew Carr, 60, of Upper Darby, PA, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno to 132 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He worked as the “muscle" for a methamphetamine trafficking business, intimidating...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Colleen A. McQueeney, age 56, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, was charged on April 11, 2017, in a criminal information with embezzlement from the Women’s Consortium of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyo., has prepared snowmelt runoff forecasts for the North Platte River Basin. The April 1 forecast indicates the spring snowmelt runoff for the North Platte Basin will be above average.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: In Midland today, Senior United States District Judge Robert A. Junell sentenced a New Jersey teenager to time served followed by five years probation for making bomb threats to Sul Ross State University (SRSU) and the Big Bend Regional Medical Center (BBRMC) in Alpine, as well as threats to a former...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey men were arrested today for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $900,000 in commercial and residential merchandise from various companies, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: APR 12 - 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 Besim Muriqi, 31, of Stamford, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of armed bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: FBI Knoxville Joins FBI Atlanta in Efforts to Identify Sandy Springs, GA - Chattanooga, TN Armed Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Waldemar Pabon, 29, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing authority before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 80 years in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Pollock prisoner was sentenced to 77 months in prison for assaulting another inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Birmingham man and three-time convicted felon to 10 years in prison on a gun charged related to the 2015 pistol-whipping of a Birmingham police detective that left the officer unconscious and seriously injured, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: National Park Service Branch of Structural Fire Training Specialist, Kathy Komatz, has a passion for safety and firefighting. She recently received a Department of the Interior Citation for Superior Service for her work in improving “6 Minutes for Safety, " which shares a daily safety message for wildland firefighters and is used during daily briefings, tailgate sessions, and as an educational tool.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Tyrone Johnson, 48, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to federal charges of bank fraud and making false statements, arising from a real estate scheme involving a forged mortgage satisfaction document, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Carlos Mazariegos (40, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Omar Loya, age 29, and Guillermo Macedo-Cruz, age 37, inmates at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan (USP Canaan), were indicted on April 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury on assault and weapons charges.
