News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three men have been ordered to prison following their convictions of conspiracy to kidnap illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Angel Alexis Diaz, 20, Jose Israel Diaz, 42, and Julio Osorio, 42, all of Laredo, pleaded guilty Sept. 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 79 months in prison for trying to rob a Paterson, New Jersey, residence while dressed in a Passaic County Sheriff’s uniform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Today, SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant CRAMER CHENNAUX, age 30, was sentenced in District Court to 57 months imprisonment, to be followed by three of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Victor Francisco Ramirez, Jr., 20, of San Jose was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman following Ramirez’s guilty plea on Nov. 15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston men found in possession of firearms stolen from Carter’s Country gun store in March 2016 have been ordered to federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Anthony D. Cannon, 21, and Tony L. Watkins, 24, pleaded guilty Sept. 2, 2016, to being felons in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Alexandra Foster (619) 546-6735 and Robert Ciaffa (619) 546-7748.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury convicted Debra Skipper, 60, of Euclid, Ohio, of mail and wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A concert promoter with operations in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood has been arrested on federal wire fraud charges in a case that alleges he defrauded investors in connection with concerts and other events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Investigation of large-scale drug trafficking organization has led to several convictions and prison sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: FBI and Verona Police Department Seek the Public’s Assistance in Identifying Verona Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On April 4, 2017, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a seven-count indictment against the following individuals for their roles in the distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KWAME INSAIDOO, the former executive director of United Block Association (“UBA"), a New York-based non-profit organization, and his wife ROXANNA INSAIDOO, were found guilty in Manhattan federal court...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former North Charleston, South Carolina, Police Department (NCPD) Officer Michael Slager, 35, pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights offense for his fatal shooting of Walter Scott, Jr. on April 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Bowie, Maryland, woman was convicted today of bank fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Carbon County, Pennsylvania, man today admitted conspiring to illegally traffic over 20 firearms - including assault rifles and other high-capacity weapons - in the South Jersey area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On May 1, 2017, John Albert Campos, Sr., 49, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to six consecutive natural life sentences with no possibility of parole. Campos had previously pleaded guilty to carjacking resulting in death, use of firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death, and various other counts of carjacking, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and Hobbs Act robbery.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Yoga Hikes, every Monday, May 29 through mid September at 9:00 AM.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 79 months in prison for trying to rob a Paterson, New Jersey, residence while dressed in a Passaic County Sheriff’s uniform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will meet TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 3 at 10 a.m. to consider...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a series of embezzlement schemes totaling more than $1.5 million.
