News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former deputy treasurer for the City of Compton pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges stemming from his theft of more than $3.7 million of city funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 20 year old Beaumont, Texas man was sentenced to federal prison for violating the terms of his probation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who admitted to his role in a cocaine conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to a lengthy federal prison sentence, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Defendant Committed a Robbery, Two Burglaries in Northwest Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Justin Krantz, 32, of Aztec, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two New Bedford residents were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for their roles in a wide-ranging conspiracy that distributed heroin throughout Bristol County, Mass., and Providence, R.I.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Member of International Child Exploitation Conspiracy Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mark Heath, age 38 and Shawn Melleski, age 26, both of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted on July 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury for methamphetamine trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: A Nigerian citizen, who resided in St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegally re-entering the United States after having been removed, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Carrie Costantin for the Eastern District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Florida Return Preparers Plead Guilty to Using Stolen IDs to File Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Greiders steal more than $350,000 from M-3 Construction and its elderly owners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Defendant had three prior drug charges on his criminal history.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Defendant attempted to hire inmates and an undercover officer to kill a witness to a state crime the defendant was charged with.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The continued hot, dry weather has prompted officials to step up fire restrictions in Yellowstone County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: He Receives 46 Day Sentence and Faces Deportation Proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that, following a week-long trial, a federal jury has convicted Jose Escalera, a/k/a Tank, 41, of Buffalo, NY, and Giovanni Cotto, a/k/a Monte, 36, of Springfield, Massachusetts, of retaliating against a witness. The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 104 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 65 of the 104 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 29 of them have been sentenced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who admitted to his role in a three-year cocaine conspiracy was sentenced Thursday to more than 19 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Nigerian Citizen Pleads Guilty In Missouri to $12 Million Tax Refund Fraud, Voter Fraud and Illegal Reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to robbing a bank with a homemade simulated explosive device with wires and blinking lights worn under his clothes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
