News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Smith, 25, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon-in-possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants were sentenced to prison today for federal drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Malik Muhammad Abdull Williams, 24, of Michigan, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK - Two defendants were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings for their role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Boise, IDAHO - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today began to reconsider the selected route on public lands in Idaho for two segments of the Gateway West transmission line project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of three firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Aug. 25, 2017, after a five-day trial, a federal jury on St. Croix convicted Gilroy Derrick Elcock, 45, of six counts of production of child pornography, two counts of aggravated rape first degree, and one count of possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Two men pleaded guilty today in federal court in Providence, admitting to their roles in the operation of a butane hash oil (BHO) manufacturing laboratory inside a former warehouse in Providence. Investigators believe that a March 9, 2015 fire, which destroyed the Kinsley Avenue warehouse, began in a room where the BHO lab was located.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JOHN CARL BERRYHILL, age 53, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to 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), punishable by a minimum of 10 years to 20 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 28, 2017 - Calvin Starks, 23, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for series of federal crimes including using a firearm to commit a crime of violence resulting in death; conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and extortion; and conspiracy to tamper with a witness, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Shaquana Quenella Brookins (32, Jacksonville) to 35 years in federal prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; conspiracy to manufacture and distribute crack cocaine; and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court set scheduled separate hearing to determine restitution owed to two of her victims.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - The park has temporarily closed West Rim Drive between Rim Village and North Junction to facilitate road construction. The six-mile section of road will be closed from Sundays at 9:00 PM through Fridays at 4:00 PM. The road will be open for travel on Friday evenings, all day on...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: A jury has convicted a Social Security Administration (SSA) employee of bank fraud and making false statements, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge Andrew Vale of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Regional...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that, YACOV OCASIO, also known as “Little," 21, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin. Judge Thompson also ordered OCASIO to perform 150 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO - Following a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, a federal jury has convicted Moises Jimenez, 39, on felony drug and firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An investigation by U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Inspectors and members of the Rhode Island State Police High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force has resulted in the seizure of more than 12 kilograms of cocaine allegedly shipped to Rhode Island from Puerto Rico, and the arrest and federal detention of two Florida men.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a man from bringing a handgun on board a plane at a Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) checkpoint Saturday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Nigerian citizen in the U.S. on a student visa was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $615,555.12 in restitution for his role in what has become known as a “Business Email Compromise" (BEC) scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Kevin Oscar Naholi, 40, a Kenyan citizen residing in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with one count of possessing a firearm as an alien unlawfully in the United States. The charge is contained in a Complaint filed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Edward Sherrod, age 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was detained at his initial appearance today by Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson. Sherrod was recently indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of interference with commerce by robbery. The penalty on each count is a maximum of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The leader of a narcotics-distribution ring pleaded guilty this morning to federal drug trafficking charges and admitted importing a powerful synthetic opioid from China that was used to produce homemade pills that were distributed in bulk across the nation.
