News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Four Additional Chinese Nationals and Six Additional U.S. Residents Indicted in North Dakota in International Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anthony Michael Cobb, age 48, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was convicted on April 25, 2018, of unlawful possession of firearms and drug trafficking after a two-day jury trial held before United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: Firearm was Loaded and Chambered During Domestic Dispute Over a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for their roles in a heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine trafficking organization that operated in Taunton and Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: HELENA - William Paul Cox, Jr, a 35-year-old Helena resident, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison followed by three years supervised release after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on Nov. 17, 2017. U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: David Fetterolf, 54, was sentenced on April 25 to 10 years in prison for possessing more than 600 images and 29 videos of children being sexually abused, and for sharing the images and videos via the internet, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. Fetterolf pled guilty in November. Following his prison term, Fetterolf will be subject to a 10-year period of supervised release. He also received a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON--The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Samuel Lombardo, age 53, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was convicted on April 24, 2018, on drug trafficking and firearms charges after a two-day jury trial held before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cheryl McGrath, 50, of Guysville, Ohio, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison for committing health care fraud and willful failure to pay over tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Leominster man was indicted today in federal court in Boston for passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Amy June Shaufelberger, age 31, of Plum Branch, South Carolina, has entered a plea of guilty to embezzling $40,000 from Regions Bank. The plea was accepted by Senior United States District Court Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr., who will sentence Shaufelberger at a later date. Shaufelberger faces a possible sentence of up to 30 years imprisonment plus a fine of up to $1,000,000.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Mark Johnson Defrauded Client Out of Millions of Dollars by Misusing Confidential Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ZACHARY PROVOST, 33, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of armed bank robbery and admitted that he committed a series of robberies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in late 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley area physician, Dr. John Pellegrini, D.O., 64, of Huntington, West Virginia, pled guilty today to a conspiracy to commit money laundering related to the promotion of the illegal distribution of Schedule II controlled substances, outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: COALVILLE, Utah - On May 2, 2018, the Bureau of Reclamation will hold a public meeting regarding the environmental impacts of the design and construction of new state park facilities at Echo Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A brother and sister from New Jersey were convicted at trial today of running a multi-million dollar fraudulent invoice scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - David Leon Turner, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: ANTA ANA, California. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Anaheim Police Department (APD), Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD), and the FBI worked together to serve federal search and arrest warrants early this morning targeting violent criminal activity at six Southern California residences.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that James Littlejohn, age 66, of Gaffney, South Carolina, pled guilty on April 24, 2018, to two counts of theft of United States government funds in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. The plea was...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on the arrival of the Central American ‘Caravan’ at the U.S.-Mexico border: “DHS is currently monitoring the travel of the so-called ‘caravan’ towards our Southern border and is doing everything within our authorities to secure our borders and enforce the law.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON— The Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen has determined that termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Nepal was required pursuant to the statute. To allow for an orderly transition, she has determined to delay the termination for 12 months. The designation will terminate on June 24, 2019.
