News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that 13 individuals have been charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. Those individuals are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joshua Wade Carter, age 42, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 35 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for Failure To Register As Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for dealing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Sixteen defendants face federal charges related to methamphetamine production, announced James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwone K. Dean, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN G. KOUKOURAS, 40, of Eugene, Oregon, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant Extended Predatory Loans to More Than 620,000 Financially Struggling Americans, Including Victims Who Never Sought Them.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Albert Larry Harris, Jr. (27, Lake County) today pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe as a public official. He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. The sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: On Nov. 14, 2017, the defendant, Joseph P. Totoro, II, 51 of Wayne, PA was sentenced to a term of 25 years of incarceration, 10 years of supervised release, and a $725 special assessment for the sexual abuse of a child over a two year time period. The defendant was convicted in August 2017 of attempted...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire woman who ran a home health agency that paid more than $1.25 million in illegal kickbacks for referrals of Medicare patients has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YONI LAGOS, age 26, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for Illegal Entry of a Removed Alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kyle Reece Major, age 33, of Vian, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 17 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to “H.R. 1 Percent.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Mattapan man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing cocaine and conspiring with others to distribute cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, who introduced a bill last month to repeal the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 that dramatically restricted DEA’s ability to crack down on opioid distributors, issued the following statement after 44 Attorneys General signed a letter in support of repealing the law...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Initial comment period extended one week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rashawn Dewer, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Washington - A member of the Wildboys gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, after being found guilty by a federal jury for his role in the attempted murder of a rival gang member.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Today, United States Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions, III, designated and appointed James P. Kennedy, Jr. to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, effective Nov. 17, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the Castlegate Road street gang was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a federal firearm offense.
