News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today to concealing information and making false statements in order to receive Social Security disability benefits and Section 8 housing assistance to which she was not entitled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 21, 2017, a federal jury convicted Kalolo Nathaniel Iu, 28, Mandaree, ND, on charges of Sexual Abuse and Attempted Tampering with a Witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Jose Chavez-Barragan, 29, of Cotija, Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on June 22, 2017, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Chavez-Barragan was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received time served, plus...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Wilmington, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that all nine defendants prosecuted in “Operation Bear Trap" have been sentenced to prison. The sentences are the result of a long-term New Castle County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (“HIDTA")...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that David George Darrigo, Jr., age 42, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. On April 18, 2017, Darrigo pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Leesburg man made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges that he transmitted Top Secret and Secret documents to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported three times. BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was charged today in federal court in Boston with illegally reentering the United States after being deported. Nestor Mendez Nolasco, 26, was charged today with one count of illegal reentry after deportation. Mendez Nolasco was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Darrin Lee Ruddell, of West Richland, Washington, was sentenced after previously having pled guilty on March 1, 2017, to receipt of child pornography. Senior United States District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Customers, Employees Fled as He Brought Assault Rifle and Revolver Into Restaurant on Weekend Afternoon.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer season is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.5 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints through Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago businessman has been arraigned on federal fraud charges for his alleged role in a scheme to bilk elderly homeowners out of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Jon Nathaniel-Nunghons Brenner, age 34, formerly from Hopkins and Grand Rapids, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for aggravated sexual abuse. The sexual assault occurred on lands held in trust for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Leelanau County.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will host a media-only, online demonstration of the new Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) virtual training platform on June 28 via YouTube ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: (Washington, DC, June 22, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the suspension of all imports of fresh beef from Brazil because of recurring concerns about the safety of the products intended for the American market. The suspension of shipments will remain in place until the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture takes corrective action which the USDA finds satisfactory.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: The owner and director of compliance of an Indiana compounding pharmacy were charged criminally in connection with their distribution of over- and under-potent drugs, and defrauding the United States by interfering with and obstructing the lawful functions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Today, an MS-13 gang member was sentenced to 160 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring and attempting to murder on behalf of the gang. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Saddam Mohamed Raishani, a/k/a “Adam Raishani,” 30, of the Bronx was arrested last night at John F. Kennedy International Airport (“JFK Airport”) in Queens, New York. Raishani was charged by a criminal Complaint earlier today with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, of Leesburg, Virginia, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges that he transmitted Top Secret and Secret documents to an agent of the People’s Republic of China. According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, Mallory, travelled to Shanghai ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in Victoria, Texas, has returned a three-count superseding indictment against Marq Vincent Perez, 25, for allegedly burning the Victoria Islamic Center on Jan. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2017
News Release: Today, a violent member of the Omaha-area Crips Gang was sentenced to eight years in prison, and five years of supervised release, for participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving acts of violence including attempted murder and assaults and drug distribution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart of the District of Nebraska.
