News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two federal inmates were sentenced for possessing weapons. Stuart commended the work of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: HELENA - Mario Antonio Alicea, a 28-year-old Helena resident, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release after pleading guilty to felon in possession of firearms on Nov. 16, 2017. U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Arkansas Compounding Pharmacy and its CEO to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged six individuals in a narcotics conspiracy involving the alleged smuggling of narcotics into an Ohio prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Independence, Missouri - On Saturday, May 5, 2018, Harry S Truman National Historic Site, in partnership with the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, will offer a special free concert at 11:00AM, as part of the weekend leading to the commemoration of the birth of Harry S Truman, 33rd President...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who allegedly sold hundreds of firearms without a license, some of which were subsequently used in crimes, was charged in federal court today, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: A downloadable file containing estimates of the resident U.S. population by single year of age and sex is now available at .
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - More than a dozen individuals, including the owner of an auto body shop where drugs were stashed, are facing criminal charges as part of a federal investigation into drug trafficking on the West Side of Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that additional bank fraud charges have been filed against an Alaska woman who allegedly defrauded an Anchorage medical practice of at least $550,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores observed, “Today, we remember the 168 lives that were lost in a cowardly attack by a domestic terrorist in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The victims included innocent men, women, and children who were our family, friends, and neighbors. The victims also included...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Today, following House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler’s (D-NY) participation in a bipartisan forum at Georgetown Law entitled, “Congressional Oversight of the DOJ and FBI in the Trump Era," he released a new report detailing Committee Democrats’ efforts to conduct proper oversight of the Trump Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury yesterday found Matthew Berckmann, 44, guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault of his spouse by strangulation. The verdict came a few hours after a four and a half day trial. Berckmann faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years on each count when he is sentenced on August 6, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of ANTONIO CARLOS DE GODOY BUZANELI, 56, for his role in a $150 million investment fraud scheme involving Brazilian factoring. BUZANELI entered his guilty plea earlier today before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Ameriprise financial advisor faces federal fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly defrauding clients by embezzling funds that she promised would be invested, United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Jonathan Henry, age 26, of Bethesda, Maryland, and Dominique Davis, age 27, of Germantown, Maryland, today on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was returned on April 11, 2018, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Henry. Davis is currently detained in Montgomery County on unrelated charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A South Carolina man who moved to Lincoln County and failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Cody Matthew Wroblewski, 33, of Harts, will spend 10 years on federal supervised release following his sentence. Stuart praised the work of the United States Marshals Service and the West Virginia State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned a nine-count indictment today charging a Manassas Park, Virginia man with seven counts of production of child pornography in addition to counts of distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging Dontrell Wise, 32, and Lamario Jones, 31, both of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Former police officer Anthony Maldonado, of Kahului, Maui, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law in violation of Title 18, United States Code § 242, and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Witness Tampering in violation of Title 18, United States Code § 1512(k).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Jose Luis Romero, 53; Salvador Padilla III, 38; and Eberardo Mendez, 50, all of Sacramento, charging them with distributing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
