News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Gary Delima, 28, of Copiague, New York, and Sharif Cargo, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, and 28 grams of cocaine base, and for conspiring to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Noel Carter, 44, of Bakersfield, was arrested today for conspiring with Bakersfield Police Department officers Damacio Diaz and Patrick Mara to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana that Diaz and Mara seized in the course of their duties as police officers, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LORENA COBURN, 43, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 16 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a fraud and identity theft scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Edward I. Campbell, 41, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to a $1.4 million investment fraud scheme that defrauded at least 44 individuals. Specifically, he pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a convicted sex offender in Reeds Spring, Mo., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Edward I. Campbell, 41, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to a $1.4 million investment fraud scheme that defrauded at least 44 individuals. Specifically, he pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Sept. 19, 2017, a federal grand jury indicted a Washington, D.C., woman for providing contraband to an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan (USP Canaan), Waymart, Pennsylvania, and that the inmate has been charged with possession of contraband in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Taylor T. Sullivan, 20, of Elmira, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned three indictments yesterday charging three Hartford residents with various drug and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Leonard E. Megee, 65, was sentenced in federal court Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska, for possessing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Megee to 50 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Megee will begin a five-year term of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Albert Larry Harris, Jr. (27, Lake County) with two counts of receipt of a bribe by a public official. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison on each count.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today drove home the importance of working together in the face of natural disasters that have caused so much devastation in recent weeks, in his final speech before ICAO’s North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACC) Directors of Civil Aviation meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DWAYNE CLAUSE, age 54, of Metairie, pled guilty yesterday to participating in a methamphetamine-distribution conspiracy throughout the New Orleans area. Specifically, CLAUSE pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: During the afternoon of Sept. 21, 2017, a male with a surfboard attached to his ankle, was observed floating face-down in the water just north of the village of Rodanthe at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Bystanders brought the 66 year old male from North Carolina to shore and began cardiopulmonary...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Was on Supervised Release for Federal Firearms Offenses When Arrested.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Almost 1,000 people have already registered to take part in the first Indiana Dunes Outdoor Adventure Festival. The event takes place October 6-8, 2017 and showcases the Indiana Dunes region’s outstanding opportunities for hiking, paddling, biking, and other activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Nathan P. Perez (35, Orange County) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for receiving and possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on June 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg, West Virginia man was sentenced today to 84 months incarceration for illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
