News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: A Miami-Dade resident was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for committing six armed robberies throughout Miami-Dade County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE -United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court before United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Swank, BORENZO CORTEZ PATRICK pled guilty to Armed Bank Robbery and to Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENNETH HARRIS, age 41, of Destrehan, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Five Members of Violent Detroit Street Gang Charged With Racketeering, Narcotics and Firearms Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Houston woman has been ordered to pay more than $2 million following her conviction of mail fraud in relation to seven-year cell phone fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Renee Heyd pleaded guilty Nov. 28, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement on the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Treasury’s progress on a 100-day action plan for allowing American beef and biotechnology products access into the Chinese market.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENNETH HARRIS, age 41, of Destrehan, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ONEIL DASILVA, a/k/a “Soxx," a/k/a “Bobby Soxx," an associate of the violent Big Money Bosses (“BMB") street gang, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison in connection with a shooting in 2011 at a backyard...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COLLIN FLETCHER, 52, last residing in Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 20 months of imprisonment for distributing ecstasy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Susan Anderson, age 56, of Elkton, Maryland, on charges related to a murder-for-hire. The indictment was returned on May 11, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Yosemite National Park will close the Big Oak Flat Road to all vehicular traffic from 9:00 pm onMonday, May 15, 2017 to 5:00 am on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. This closure is necessary for paving on the roadway.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man will serve more than 23 years in prison for his role in two carjackings, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H.- Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Bryan Franklin (41), formerly of Penacook, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Bryan Petersen and Ryan Michael Spencer yesterday with conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography, distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced to 156 months in prison for robbing three businesses and for brandishing a firearm during the robberies, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROSEMARIE COLLAZO, 52, of Yonkers, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $700,000 from her employer.
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.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Noel Blackman Prescribed Oxycodone to Addicts For Profit.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Rene Rodriguez, 31, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle for his role in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
