News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK W. ERRICO, 64, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzlement and tax evasion offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Senior United States District Court Judge, William H. Steele, sentenced Destina Yetta Parker aka Desinta Yetta Parker on Aug. 22, 2017 to serve a term of five (5) years on probation. The defendant pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, 13 defendants were arrested in Brooklyn, New York and two were arrested in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a coordinated federal and state takedown of a large-scale opioid and crystal methamphetamine distribution ring. Eight federal defendants are scheduled to make their initial appearances...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney P. Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Xavier Justice Hamidreek, 24, of Supai, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 24 months in prison for sexually abusing an underage victim on the Havasupai Indian Reservation. Hamidreek was also sentenced to a 24-month concurrent term for possessing marijuana...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - William R. Jones, 67, of Geneseo, Ill., entered pleas of guilty today to theft of government funds and making false statements about his military service to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, announced Patrick D. Hansen, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Sentencing has been scheduled for Dec. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Grant County man and woman pled guilty today to heroin distribution charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Joseph Allen Ellsworth, 32, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was ordered to serve 14 years in federal prison for bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ordered Ellsworth to serve four years of supervised release following his release from prison, and pay restitution of $7,318.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: The United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced today a for crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man was sentenced yesterday to federal prison after previously pleading guilty to drug and gun charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Defendant Receives Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence. SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Anthony Vita, 37, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 15 years in prison for distributing a controlled substance, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant Jaquith and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Mexican National who was residing in Illinois has been ordered to federal prison for assisting a South Texas drug trafficking organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Juan Carlos Gamez-Herrera pleaded guilty April 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebecca S. Kanter (619) 546-7304 and C. Seth Askins (619) 546-6692.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
Release: OKLAHOMA CITY -The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has found four loaded firearms in 10 days at security screening checkpoints at Will Rogers World Airport (OKC). So far this year, a total of 26 firearms have been intercepted at OKC checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - E-commerce company Custom Wristbands Inc. (aka Kulayful Silicone Bracelets, Kulayful.com, Speedywristbands.com, Promotionalbands.com, Wristbandcreation.com and 1inchbracelets.com) and its top executive Christopher Angeles have agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - John Charles Fortner, 39, of Chillicothe, was arrested yesterday afternoon when he met up with an undercover officer who he believed would connect him to children in order to engage in sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that on Aug. 21, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Louis Houghton, age 70, of Winnebago, Nebraska for his conviction for theft from an Indian gaming establishment. Houghton was sentenced to five years of probation and 150 hours of community service. He was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $36,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed two complaints today seeking imposition of a civil money laundering penalty and to civilly forfeit more than $11 million from companies that allegedly acted as financial facilitators for North Korea, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Michael DeLeon, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Phoenix Field Office, and Michael J. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a former North Shore resident who had left the country last year before being charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and arrested in early 2017, was sentenced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s Flight Standards Service (AFS) plays a vital role in making the U.S. aviation system the world’s safest. But even the best can get better.
