News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that a Matthews, N.C. man was sentenced to 198 months in prison and five years of supervised release for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Nestor Javier Martin Fernandez, 37, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LAZARO VILLATORO-BODDEN (“VILLATORO-BODDEN"), age 36, was sentenced today after pleading guilty on Jan. 10, 2018, to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal use of a social security number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), praised the passage of H.R. 3400, the Recreation Not Red-Tape Act or RNR Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that promotes increased access to outdoor recreation opportunities on federal lands and boosts rural economies across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 17, 2018 - Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRA), headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the United States to resolve violations of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The fifth defendant to plead guilty in a multi-state dog fighting case was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in dog fighting activities that took place in New Jersey and Virginia, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito of the District of New Jersey and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court today, RASHAD DAVONTE YOUNG, 27, and JERAMIE ROSS VAUGHN, 30, of Whiteville, North Carolina pled guilty in Raleigh before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to one count of Bank Robbery and one count of Discharging a Firearm in Furtherance of a Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Arrested by Louisville Metro Police following a police involved shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Robert Krietzman was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution for possession of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Beth L. Freeman, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steve S. Jabar, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and making false statements, was sentenced to time served by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Russel Lee Orr (42, Trinity) to 15 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity, attempted production of child pornography, and for soliciting for child pornography online. A federal jury found Orr found guilty on July 1, 2016. Prior to his arrest, Orr had worked as an aircraft mechanic in the Tampa area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Tommy Ramirez, 29, of the Dominican Republic and Ramon Clavel, 55, of Haiti, plead guilty today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury for the District of Nevada returned an indictment yesterday, charging a former Las Vegas, Nevada, realtor with tax evasion, corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws, making a false statement to a bank and failure to file tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed several lands bills including H.R. 788, the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act. Introduced by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), the bipartisan bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to give states more flexibility to create, maintain and expand shooting ranges on public lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tonight, Subcommittee on Health Chairman, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), will host a special order on the House Floor in which he and other bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will discuss the committee’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a confirmation hearing today for President Trump’s nominees to serve on the United States Postal Service (USPS) board of governors, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill continued her years-long efforts to get answers on USPS’ contracts with its competitors for critical ‘last mile’ delivery.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tonight, Subcommittee on Health Chairman, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), will host a special order on the House Floor in which he and other bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will discuss the committee’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Terrance Robinson, a/k/a “Rico," age 31, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to distributing cocaine and cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine).
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing to consider the Marrakesh Treaty, which would facilitate access to books and other published materials for the blind. The committee heard testimony from ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mario Ernesto Garcia-Zavala, 22, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by George Z. Singal to time served (about 221 days) after being found guilty of having entered the United States after being removed. He was convicted following a non-jury trial on March 21, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a proposed rule to help reduce the oversupply of opioids, specifically in West Virginia after reports of pill dumping.
