News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Carbon County, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for conspiring to illegally traffic over 20 firearms - including assault rifles and other high-capacity weapons - into the Camden, N.J. area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 315 months in prison for his role in a violent and long-running racketeering conspiracy perpetuated by the “South Side Cartel," a set of the Bloods Street gang based in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A former employee of Electrical Workers 527 Federal Credit Union in Texas City has entered a guilty plea to bank fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Former Secret Service Agent Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A former employee of Electrical Workers 527 Federal Credit Union in Texas City has entered a guilty plea to bank fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that California’s Sand to Snow National Monument is no longer under review and that he will recommend no changes be made to the existing monument. The monument was under review in accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s April 26, 2017, executive order.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Covington, Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROBERT CASE, age 47, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute five hundred (500) grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Cape Girardeau, MO - Larry White, Sr., 63, and Erica White, 35, both of Sikeston, were sentenced today - Larry to 33 months in prison and Erica to 1 year and 1 day in prison on charges of misusing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Twenty candidates will state the oath of citizenship and be presented certificates by the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This is one of many naturalization ceremonies taking place in national parks during Citizenship Week under a partnership between the National Park Service and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Norma Ibarra-Gonzalez, age 48, of Houston, Texas, and Marta Ibarra-Castillo, age 36, of Houston, Texas, were charged today by Indictment with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on July 2, 2017. The case involves the seizure of approximately 13 pounds of methamphetamine announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing Prince William County Juvenile.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Kansas City, Kan., man with producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Two Oklahoma City residents were sentenced Wednesday to terms in federal prison for child sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man who allegedly stole approximately $18,120 from a credit union, then took three people hostage during a carjacking made his initial appearance in federal court today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that it has resolved its review of the Hinesburg Police Department’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The compliance review focused on interactions with individuals with mental health disabilities and was initiated in January 2017, following a May 2016 incident between a Hinesburg police officer and a resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Thomas Roy Clark, 52, of Bushland, Texas, pleaded guilty today to one count of health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud insurance companies through the submission of improper billing. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Two more Houston residents were sentenced to federal prison on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy resulting in the seizure of $1.2 million dollars in cash, $72,000 in jewelry, and several kilos of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Cory Jones, a/k/a Corey Jones has been sentenced to four years, three months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The defendant attempted to rob a citizen and afterward exchanged gunfire with security guards and another citizen at that location.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Lawrence Jerel Higgins, 29, St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 54 months in prison on multiple charges of using social security numbers of others to conceal his criminal history while obtaining employment with information technology companies.
