News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted three men for a kidnapping conspiracy in which the defendants allegedly lured the victim from New Jersey to Maryland, in order to kill the victim. The indictment was returned on March 20, 2017. The indictment charges the following individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Joseph Carlton Meek, 22, of Lexington, South Carolina, was sentenced to 27 months for Misprision of a Felony and Making False Statements in connection with Dylann Storm Roof’s racist assault on parishioners at Mother Emanuel AME Church.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LEANDA JOANNE PRATHER, age 37, of Canadian, Oklahoma, pled guilty to EMBEZZLEMENT OF MAIL BY POSTAL EMPLOYEE, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709, punishable by no more than 5 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kirby Cleveland made his initial appearance in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with murder, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Director Jesse Delmar of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety. Cleveland remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled for March 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 43-year-old former Navasota resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of production and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. John Allen Chumley pleaded guilty Sept. 13, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Amid mounting reports from Bloomberg and other outlets that the Trump administration will soon release an executive order reversing a range of Obama-era climate change policies, and in light of the recently released administration budget proposal that eliminates nearly all federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former Fairfield Police Department maintenance worker to six years and six months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Kearneysville, West Virginia man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for a firearm violation, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Hid From the IRS the $130 Million Sale Of a Company He Owned; Manufactured Millions of Dollars of False Deductions; And Provided False Information To IRS During Audits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Although I rise in qualified support of H.R. 372, the “Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017," I do not endorse the Majority’s exaggerated claims regarding the bill’s impact on the affordability and availability of health insurance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Wilbur Reid, Jr., of Roanoke, Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly possessing heroin and cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A New Jersey man who owned four Peoria area gas stations, Adnan Rashid, 35, has been sentenced to serve 21 months in federal prison and to pay $1.5 million for underreporting sales on federal corporate and Illinois sales tax returns and for later failing to file corporate returns. On March...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT SHORT, also known as “Santana," 30, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to causing the death of Darrick Cooper through the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Potomac, MD - On March 26th, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. Ric Jackson, longtime volunteer with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal), will share his knowledge of one of the park’s hidden gems. Did you know that less than 10 miles from Great Falls, there was a sandstone quarry and stonecutting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BRADLEY DEWAYNE BAILEY, age 39, of Messer, Oklahoma, was sentenced to concurrent terms of 105 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for two counts of FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking organization, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. David Huffman, 36, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men were each sentenced to 17 months in prison today for their roles in a conspiracy to illegally transport foreign nationals into the United States via commercial airline flights, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Danesha Phillips, 23, and Marlo Phillips, 19, both of Madison, Wis., were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley for passing counterfeit U.S. currency at numerous merchants in southern Wisconsin. Danesha Phillips and Marlo Phillips are sister and brother.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - East West Seafoods LLC, a State of Washington company, was sentenced in federal court today to pay a total of $50,000 in fines for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Clean Water Act, and the Refuse Act by intentionally discharging oily bilge water and raw sewage into the ocean off the coast of Alaska, and then presenting false records to the U.S. Coast Guard.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
