News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Ellis Treas-Baca, 31, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 78 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on a sexual abuse charge. Treas-Baca will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 18, 2017, Rondal Franklin Heitsch, 52, of Rugby, ND, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of Bank Robbery; Heitsch pled guilty to the charge on Jan. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Ignacio Arellano-Banuelos, 36, of Dallas, Texas was found guilty today following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey for illegal reentry after removal from the United States, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Harinder Dhaliwal, 47, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to export from the United States five kilograms or more of cocaine before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced new data indicating the organic industry continues to grow domestically and globally, with 24,650 certified organic operations in the United States, and 37,032 around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raul Ramirez Vargas, 43, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to 130 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Severiano Martinez-Rojas, also known as “Negro" and “Gato," of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of sex trafficking and admitted his participation in the sex trafficking of three victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: ***MEDIA ADVISORY***. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, along with federal, state and local advocates of crime victims’ rights, will join for the Walk/Run for Justice 5K and Crime Victims’ Rights Fair. The free event takes place rain or...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: In El Paso this morning, 44-year-old Dalia Valencia was sentenced to federal prison announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist.
By State Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding North Korea...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Alberto Randazzo Directed Victims’ Mothers to Molest Their Children and Send Him Images of the Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Northeast Albuquerque Bank Robbed by Man Wearing Nike Cap, Motorcycle Gloves.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that CODY LANE PAX, age 20, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment, and 10 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Wilbur Reid, Jr., of Roanoke, Virginia, was convicted today of possessing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury today found Richard Lilliston (70, Brooksville) guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and to make false statements to the Social Security Administration. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendants FRANCISCO C. ARIAS and EDER J. CORTEZ-ZELAYA, who were convicted at the trial of U.S. v. Francisco Arias, Eder Cortez-Zelaya and Corinna Concepcion, in the District Court of Guam, were sentenced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges today sentenced Todd Shepard (49, Missouri) to 15 years in federal prison for the forcible assault of a federal officer, inflicting bodily injury, and using a deadly weapon. This new penalty term must be served in addition to his other currently active sentences. Shepard pleaded guilty on Jan. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Two local men and a third from Massachusetts have been indicted by a federal grand jury for a 2009 robbery and murder in Newport News.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Marquell Romell Brown, a/k/a “Fat" (33, St. Petersburg) to six years and six months in federal prison for selling cocaine. He pleaded guilty on January 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Emily Oberst, 24, of Syracuse, New York pled guilty today in federal court to one count of conspiracy to sexually exploit children and 11 counts of child exploitation, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and FBI Special Agent in Charge Vadim Thomas of the FBI Albany...
