News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -Andre Cooper, 39, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to a one-count federal information charging him with making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Marlies Gonzalez with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General Regional S.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Defendant, who used Businesses to Distribute Synthetic Cannabinoids and Launder Drug Proceeds, also Ordered to Forfeit $1 Million, Five Properties in New Mexico and Arizona, and Nine Vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDRE MILLER, 27, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Douglas S. Waterbury, a residential property owner and landlord in the Oswego, New York, area, subjected female tenants and potential tenants to egregious sexual harassment in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Darwin Good was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for heroin trafficking and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of heroin trafficking in July 2016, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Passaic County, New Jersey, men were arrested today for allegedly violating the civil rights of two individuals during a motor vehicle stop in Paterson, New Jersey, with one officer also being charged with extortion for personally accepting a firearm in exchange for reducing the charges on an arrestee, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Zicko Peterkin, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, has admitted to operating a lottery scam to defraud American citizens, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MANUEL SERRATA, age 42, JOSE GUADALUPE CERVANTES-MARRON, age 48, and JOSE HINOJOSA, age 45, pleaded guilty today to violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Admits to Distributing 45 Kilos of Meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was arraigned in federal court today for his alleged role in a drug trafficking ring responsible for selling crack, heroin, and furanyl fentanyl in and around Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Taj R. Williams, 33, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted after a jury trial of arson and unlawful possession of Molotov cocktails, was sentenced to 104 months in prison by U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fredericksburg man was sentenced today to 16 1/2 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Paul Fabrizio Solis (40, Bradenton) to 16 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography. He was also ordered to serve 25 years on supervised release, following his incarceration. Solis pleaded guilty on November 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Father Kidnapped His Daughter and Fled to Egypt.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Texas man was sentenced last week to 16 months in prison for possessing an improvised weapon while a prisoner in Pollock, Louisiana.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Saratoga National Historical Park has several special events and programs planned to help you shake off winter and step into spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - In observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 8-14, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi held a Crime Victims’ Rights Awards Ceremony today to recognize law enforcement professionals who have demonstrated exceptional service to crime victims within the Southern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Vice Chairman Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Mack Arthur Parker, 52, of Juneau, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve 34 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
