News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYL MORRIS, also known as “King Sincere," 32, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Former Deputy Jailer at Kentucky River Regional Jail Convicted of Federal Charges Related to the Death of a Detainee.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation awarded $23,619,391 to communities in seven states for planning, designing and constructing water recycling and re-use projects; developing feasibility studies; and researching desalination and water recycling projects. The funding is part of the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Weguel Legentus, 40, and Chantale Baptiste, 32, both formerly of Coral Springs, are charged in a thirteen count indictment with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to claims, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 286, and filing false claims with the IRS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 287. The defendants had their initial appearances today before United States Magistrate Judge Barry L. Garber.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - A medical doctor and the former Health Minister of Guyana, was sentenced to 50 months imprisonment for illegally distributing oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain medication. The initial arrest stems from a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former wedding photographer in Raymore, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to a fraud scheme to dupe women into having sex - which he recorded - under the guise they were rehearsing for a pornography movie.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will be performing a Safety of Dams drilling program at Prosser Creek Dam to evaluate the ability of the dam to resist large earthquakes. Prosser Creek Dam and Reservoir, part of Reclamation’s Truckee Storage Project, are located on Prosser Creek about 1 mile east of Truckee, California, and 27 miles west of Reno, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jonathan Griego, 27, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: A jury has convicted a former deputy jailer in eastern Kentucky for his role in violently assaulting a pre-trial detainee and willfully failing to provide necessary medical attention that led to his death.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who was convicted of overseeing a scheme designed to obstruct a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights abuses at county jail facilities, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Repairs to the damaged water pipeline serving Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim were completed ahead of schedule this week, allowing lodging for those with prior reservations, campgrounds, and other services to open May 15 as normally scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On May 12, 2017, United States District Court Judge Michael J. McShane sentenced Michael Lee Souza, 40, of Grants Pass, Oregon, to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Upon his release from prison, Souza will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Today, after President Donald Trump tweeted “better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A jury has convicted a former deputy jailer in eastern Kentucky for his role in violently assaulting a pre-trial detainee and willfully failing to provide necessary medical attention that led to his death.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former government contractor pleaded guilty today to stealing the identities of numerous co-workers to make purchases at online retailers such as Amazon, Express, and Victoria’s Secret.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: JACKSON, MS-Two females traveling from Texas through south Mississippi were arrested on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On May 12, 2017, Tyson James Ruth, 36, of Jefferson, Iowa, appeared in federal court on an indictment charging Ruth with three counts of being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of a firearm and two counts of possession of a sawed-off shotgun, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Cruz Perez, a/k/a “Travieso," 41, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 327 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that federal fraud charges were recently filed against seven Florida men for participating in an international "Tech Support Scam." In a Tech Support Scam, the scammer attempts to convince the victim that he or she has a serious computer problem, and then tries to sell the victim unnecessary products and services.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal jury today convicted former professional baseball player Douglas DeCinces of insider trading charges for using non-public information to purchase stock in an Orange County company in transactions that netted him $1.3 million in profits.
