News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, woman who admitted her role in a more than $200,000 mortgage fraud conspiracy involving a property she purchased in Mays Landing, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Yesterday, Gabriel Rodríguez-Pacheco, a former Puerto Rico Police Officer was sentenced to 21.8 years in prison for production of child pornography and for possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report regarding the management of financial assurances for coal mine reclamation. The report requested by Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN N. MILNE, 58, of Westport, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment for violating the conditions of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FRANK MERCEDES was sentenced today to life in prison plus 10 years for murder in connection with a drug conspiracy, murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire conspiracy, and use of a firearm resulting in death...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Joseph Charles Desorbo, Jr. (58, Seminole County) to 17 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The court also ordered him to serve a life term of supervision, made a recommendation for a reevaluation prior to his release, and required him to register as a sex offender. In addition, he was ordered to forfeit the cellphone he had used to facilitate the offense.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ To raise awareness about grain engulfment prevention and other hazards in the grain handling industry, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) formed an alliance to provide information, guidance, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: A Canfield man was arrested today after being indicted on firearms violations, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EDDIE JAMES, age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Sarah Vance to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Joseph Charles Desorbo, Jr. (58, Seminole County) to 17 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The court also ordered him to serve a life term of supervision, made a recommendation for a reevaluation prior to his release, and required him to register as a sex offender. In addition, he was ordered to forfeit the cellphone he had used to facilitate the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Submitted False Documents Claiming Huge Income and Withholding and Obtained more than $1Million in Tax Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark Van Ronzelen, 45, of Wentzville, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with impersonation of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and possession of a fraudulent FBI identification card.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tysaun A. Pugh, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was arrested today and appeared in federal court to face drug charges after being indicted by a federal grand jury on April 3, 2018, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today the results of the April 2018 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that the former Buncombe County Manager, Wanda Skillington Greene, 66, and her son, Michael Gene Greene, 47, both of Arden, N.C., are facing federal charges related to the misuse of public funds. A criminal bill of indictment charges Wanda...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three East Los Angeles men have agreed to plead guilty to federal civil rights and racketeering charges for participating in the 2014 firebombing of African-American residences inside the Ramona Gardens Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES -Three East Los Angeles men have agreed to plead guilty to federal civil rights and racketeering charges for participating in the 2014 firebombing of African-American residences inside the Ramona Gardens Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida -U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced John Pierre Mack, III (26, Kissimmee) and David Augusta Jones, III (27, Orlando) to four years and nine years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. They pleaded guilty in January 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced BOBBY RAY WILLIAMS, JR., 41, of Stantonsburg, North Carolina, and TEMEEKA NESHAUNE HONEY, 40, of Wilson, North Carolina, in...
