News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Clayton A. Norfleet, age 55, of West Columbia, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Possession of Child Pornography Involving a Prepubescent Minor, a violation of 18 U.S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Latonya Lanette Carson, 43, of Dallas, Texas and Smith Olsola Akin, 34, of Plano, Texas were sentenced this afternoon for their role in a scheme to steal personal identifying information, use it to fraudulently obtain income tax refunds, and then launder those funds, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOACOBO JOSE SANTOS, age 43, a naturalized citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five hundred grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 17, 2017, Lamont Darnell Fortune, 37, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 272 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in east Tennessee. Fortune was convicted of conspiracy in April 2017, following a two-day jury trial.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Fifteen college students explored careers at EM’s gaseous diffusion plant site near Paducah, Kentucky this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Kept at least $550,000 in settlement amounts that should have gone to his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Matthew Wayne Miller, 24, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Aug. 16, 2017, for being a felon in possession of firearms. Miller was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 41 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - The last co-conspirator from the Loren Toelle drug trafficking organization was sentenced yesterday to prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. The sentence was part of a significant drug investigation and prosecution under the Department of Justice’s Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program. The sentence was handed down by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 47-year-old former Ector County Sheriff’s Deputy David Oscar Limon to 15 months in federal prison for extortion under color of law announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division, and Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant was previously convicted of transporting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Extensive criminal history including more than five felony convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of sex trafficking of a child, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: As a small thank you for the commitment, dedication, and sacrifice provided to the nation and our communities, all active duty U.S. service members and their dependents are eligible to receive a free pass to all 417 National Park Service sites and other federal land management areas.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, called on the Government Accountability...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Overland Park, Kan., accountant was sentenced in federal court today for an embezzlement scheme in which he stole more than $4 million from his firm’s clients and purchased dozens of luxury vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Acting United States Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced today that last week’s search of a residence in Homedale, Idaho, resulted in the filing of federal drug charges against Ricardo Renteria-Castillo, 29, a Mexican national. A criminal complaint filed last week in federal court alleges that...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dennis Earl Byrd, age 35, of Union, South Carolina, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, of Greenville, sentenced Byrd on Aug. 16, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 17, 2017, David Lee Sicilia, 32, of Mosheim, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison following a conviction for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in east Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Virgal Malott, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to armed robbery of a commercial business, carjacking and firearms charges under a plea agreement that recommends a prison sentence within the range of 15 to 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that MARK CASTAGNETTA was sentenced to 218 months in prison and...
