News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Trenton man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute over a kilogram of cocaine and crack cocaine in the Trenton area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Fortino Velasquez-Jimenez, 37, a native of Mexico living in Wausau, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to six months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States. Velasquez-Jimenez pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that FELIX LOPEZ, also known as “Pablo," 23, of Hartford, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint charging him with narcotics distribution offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GARRETT GOMEZ, 27, of Barkhamsted, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of distribution of fentanyl. This prosecution is part of an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: A man who failed to comply with conditions of federal supervised release was sentenced Nov. 14, 2017, to two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute over a kilogram of cocaine and crack cocaine in the Trenton area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft and Conspiring to File Fraudulent Tax Refund Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the ordinary course of business, any one of a dozen topics related to the Department of Justice would be worthy of its own hearing. And, to be clear, I would rather spend our time today discussing the upkeep of the criminal justice system, the enforcement of civil rights, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Janet West, a former Cox Communications vice president, has pleaded guilty to her part in an embezzlement scheme that cost the company millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Two women have made initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Providence on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today on charges related to sending and receiving child pornography over the Internet.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: MIAMI - DOE recently inducted several Florida International University (FIU) students into its fellowship program that serves as an incubator and pipeline for EM’s future workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield with distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Alex “Lex" Hernandez, 27, previously of Manchester, New Hampshire and Lowell, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of distributing fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 9, 2017, Judge J.P. Stadtmueller, sentenced former Neshkoro banker Geffrey Sawtelle, (age: 64), to two years in prison following his conviction on three counts of bank fraud, in violation of...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is lifting its emergency fire restrictions on Nov. 15, due to reduced fire potential. This action also removes time limits set on target shooting on public lands in Fresno, Monterey and San Benito counties, where the majority of visitation occurs. Fire restrictions were initiated on June 9, with shooting limitations implemented on July 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: FBI Arrests North Bend Man for Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: A third Toledo man has been indicted on federal charges including sex trafficking of minors, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YONI LOPEZ-ROJAS, age 25, a citizen Guatemala, was charged yesterday in a one-count Bill of Information for Illegal use of a Social Security Number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Ari Fitzwater (619) 546-8756 and Assistant U. S. Attorney Connie Wu (619) 546-8592.
