News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Juan Jose Victoria Sanchez-Lara, age 33, from Davie, Florida, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, to Illegal Re-Entry into the United States after Deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Caso Pilato, an 18 month investigation into the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU) in El Salvador, with significant support from HSI San Salvador, concluded last week with the arrests of 53 MS-13 members and associates during Operation Tecana, the enforcement phase of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Two Men Charged in Northern California in Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Investment Fraud and Tax Evasion Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Francisco Rivera, age 37, of Watervliet, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 36 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Sept. 15, 2017, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Grigory Trosman, age 78, of Damascus, Maryland to 18 months in prison, followed by six months of home-confinement and three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to bribe a public official. Judge Chuang also ordered Trosman to pay a $75,000 fine and restitution in the amount of $469,287.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PEDRO JARAMILLO, a/k/a “Enrique Jaramillo," was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for commodities fraud and wire fraud charges stemming from his scheme to defraud more than two dozen investors, including...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park will join national park sites around the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day with free entrance to the park. Entrance fees will be waived for all visitors arriving to Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. Fee-free days give more families opportunities to visit national park sites and enjoy our country's historical, cultural and natural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hermosa Beach man was sentenced this afternoon to six years in federal prison for filing fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service that sought millions of dollars in refunds and using bogus financial instruments in an attempt to pay off debt. His wife was also sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jose Alberto Nava-Reyes, age 35, from Guerrero, Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for Illegal Reentry into the United States after Deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced Nava-Reyes to 18 months imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Arnoldo Rueda-Medina, aka “La Minsa," 47, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez today and pleaded guilty to federal offenses in connection with his leadership roles in the “La Familia Michoacán" Mexican drug cartel, announced DEA Dallas Division’s Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Courtney Wayne Littlejohn, 41, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced late Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, to 100 months in prison on bank robbery charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. also ordered Littlejohn to serve three years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John Khin, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Southeast Field Office; Maximo Eamiguel, Special Agent in Charge, United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced for illegal gun possession related to an armed robbery that he committed at a gas station convenience store. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Wenatchee, Wash. - In support of its goal of making America great through shared conservation, the Bureau of Land Management along with the US Forest Service are seeking volunteers to lend a hand Saturday, Sept. 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for National Public Lands Day. Volunteers will help with BLM campsite...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: CONTACT: Jen Neville, mediarelations@wapa.gov, 720.962.7411. FEDERAL POWER LINE CREWS DEPLOY TO U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. DOE, FEMA sending staff to restore island infrastructure. LAKEWOOD, Colorado - Late last night, the Department of Energy’s Western Area Power Administration deployed an advance team to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Roukayatou Damerogo, 32, a citizen of the Republic of Togo, residing in East Hartford, Conn., was arrested on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, and charged in federal court in Boston with one count of identity theft and one count of mail fraud. U.S Magistrate Judge David H. Hennessy scheduled a detention and probable cause hearing for Monday, Oct. 2, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, NM - On Sept. 30, the Bureau of Land Management, Friends of the Organ Mountains and Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance are sponsoring three events to celebrate National Public Lands Day and connect the community to public lands in their backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Tips from Public Lead to Arrest of Pennsylvania Fugitive, Recovery of Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to Pay Nearly $2.5 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims for SNAP Funds.
