News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gary Lee Romero, 32, of Santa Clara, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 63 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 58-year-old Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Alfred McIntosh, Jr., a/k/a “Bim," 45, of Limington, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 12 years in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for distributing methadone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Two elected officials pleaded guilty today on charges of demanding and taking bribes in exchange for their official acts in connection with a municipal contract, Acting United States Attorney Daniel Lemisch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Oniel Christopher Russell, a/k/a OG Russell (39), a Jamaica national, with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and felony assault on a federal officer. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 18 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On June 10 & 11, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will host a series of 100th anniversary programs at Chickamauga Battlefield commemorating the opening of military training camps on the battlefield during World War I.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced today Crowell Farms, Inc. (Crowell Farms) located in Asheville, and its owner, Michael Alexander Crowell, 65, also of Asheville, on felony violations of the Clean Water Act, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sharon Thompson, 25, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing property, and conspiracy to retaliate against an informant, before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $2,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jordan Akeem McDaniel, 28, of St. Stephen, South Carolina, was sentenced to a total of two hundred and eight-eight months imprisonment for the armed robbery of Orvin’s Insurance Agency in St. Stephens. McDaniel pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Rarzell White, Jr. (30, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Dennis J. Northover, II, 27, of Mansfield, was charged with one count of receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Coushatta man was sentenced Wednesday to 83 months in prison for illegally possessing methamphetamine and firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: A superseding indictment[1] was filed today charging Montanez Adams, 22, and Robert Holmes, 19, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with two counts each of Hobbs Act robbery, and two counts each of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and aiding and abetting, and Adams...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A man dubbed the “Incognito Bandit" has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for armed bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, June 8, 2017, to examine the Administration’s budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HOWARD HAMMER, 45, of New Milford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in an extortion scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Cedarcreek, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Andres Fernando Cabezas (33, Lake County) with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. Cabezas is employed as a teacher at Carver Middle School in Leesburg.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: June not only marks the beginning of summer, it also marks World Oceans Month. Our oceans, which make up approximately 70 percent of the earth, are natural treasures, a source of food and energy, and a foundation for the way of life.
