News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison for stealing thousands of credit cards from the U.S. Mail and selling the credit cards on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year of imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release and ordered to pay approximately $979,595.82 in restitution on her conviction of embezzlement, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man caught with heroin and a firearm in July 2017 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Antonio Newson, 42, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Intercept Corporation, d/b/a “InterceptEFT" (“Intercept"), a privately held corporation headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, has pleaded guilty to an Information charging the company with operating an illegal money transmittal business, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Tijuana woman who was charged in the first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for transporting 21 pounds of pure methamphetamine across the United States-Mexico border on behalf of a drug trafficking organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Springfield, Illinois - Lincoln Home National Historic Site is pleased to host students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Illinois 21st Century Program on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m at the Visitor Center at 426 South 7th street Springfield, Illinois. These students...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Michael Moore (36, Sarasota) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory term of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 7, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Kareem Lanier Also Sentenced for His Role in Three Additional Murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Robert Ciaffa (619) 546-7748.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Kankakee, Ill., man, Thomas James, 33, of the 500 block of S. Indiana Ave., has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for robberies of businesses in Champaign and Kankakee in July and August 2016. James’s sentencing hearing was held on Dec. 8, in Urbana. James was also ordered to pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Friday, December 8, 2017, Dr. Shepherd A. Odom, 78, of Alexander City, Alabama, pleaded guilty to charges of drug distribution and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia, man has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Tijuana woman who was charged in the first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for transporting 21 pounds of pure methamphetamine across the United States-Mexico border on behalf of a drug trafficking organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Eddy Wilkins, also known as Alejandro Hernandez, age 65, and a citizen of Mexico, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported, as well as fraud and misuse of a social security number, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno residents Brandi Marshall, 41, and Daniel Barrios Jr., 37, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and conspiracy to launder money in connection with their embezzlement of money from a Fresno business, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel M. Schiffmiller, 24, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced last week in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for his conviction on firearms-related charges. Schiffmiller was sentenced on Dec. 6, 2017, to 19 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Anthony Estrada, 24, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a felony information charging him with using interstate communications to threaten the lives and safety of children at a Las Cruces public elementary school.
