News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Four men who are alleged to be members and significant criminal associates of the Latin Kings street gang operating in New Bedford, Mass., were charged yesterday on federal drug offenses. The charges stem from a long-term investigation into narcotics sales in the New Bedford area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler has announced that his office, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Minnehaha County States Attorney’s Office, Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, Sioux Falls Police Department, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will present a forum on...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A man dubbed the “Incognito Bandit" was arrested this evening at Dulles International Airport in Virginia as he attempted to board an outbound flight to South Africa and charged with armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Karl Touset has been sentenced to prison for 10 years for transporting child pornography into the United States. Specifically, Touset paid a woman in the Philippines who provided him with photos of young girls stripping and displaying their genitals. He also watched the girls on webcam and instructed the girls on what sex acts he wanted to see them perform on themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Sentence comes one day after his brother, Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, received a life sentence for his role in the plot.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for all of the 1,147.10 acres offered. The on-line sale was hosted on www.EnergyNet.com. The combined bids brought in $5,119,501.50 which will be distributed between the Federal government and the State of Ohio where the parcels were located.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, 52-year-old Irfan Abdul Ghaffar was sentenced to seven years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a synthetic marijuana distribution scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Ivery Myers, 64, and Cornelius Delshun Robinson, a/k/a “Tadow," 37, both of Houston, Texas were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Victim Was Robbed at Gunpoint by Defendant and an Accomplice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: In Excess of $1.4 Billion Recovered From Criminal and Civil Forfeiture Cases, More Than $2.2 Billion in Civil Actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from an incident in which he carried a loaded AR-15 assault rifle and a revolver into a Northwest Washington pizza restaurant, scattering employees and customers, and fired his assault rifle into a door.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael DiGiacomo and Brian J. Counihan, who handled the prosecution of the case, stated between January 2008 and December 2010, the defendant, a practicing attorney at the time, devised a scheme to defraud investors out of approximately $3,400,000. As part of the scheme, MacCallum...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant Inflated Mortgage Funding, Then Sold Toxic Loans to Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: A man responsible for distributing pounds of ice methamphetamine and sending the proceeds back to Mexico was convicted by a jury on March 23, 2017, after a two-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago father and his twin boys have been sentenced to federal prison terms for recruiting vulnerable minors to engage in sex acts for money.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: SODA SPRINGS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pocatello Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposed new phosphate mine near Soda Springs, Idaho. The public scoping process will help the BLM identify potential environmental impacts of the project and define the range of alternatives that should be considered in the environmental impact statement (EIS) that will be developed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Ivery Myers, 64, and Cornelius Delshun Robinson, a/k/a “Tadow," 37, both of Houston, Texas were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Dr. Henri Wetselaar, MD, 93, and David A. Litwin, 58, were found guilty of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of oxycodone and other controlled substances, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
