News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that Baldemar Arambul, 43, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 30, 2018, to 20 years in prison by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Arambul had previously been found guilty after a 3 day Omaha jury trial where numerous witnesses...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office and the Mendocino National Forest invite the public to two Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Recreation, Volunteerism and Stewardship Workshops on May 12 and 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Stephanie M. Campellone, age 46, of Myrtle Beach, SC, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to Filing a False Tax Return, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1). United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for receiving images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Kimberly A. Warner, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a stolen firearms and methamphetamine operation and was sentenced today to five years probation for her participation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On April 30, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Oluwamuyiwa Abolad Olawoye, 32, a Nigerian citizen and recent resident of Georgia, to 108 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Olawoye’s sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - An indictment was unsealed today against Dr. Wayne Jerome Celestine, age 57, a physician who practices in Gretna, Louisiana and resides in the New Orleans area, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON ‐ A Lake Jackson area attorney has entered a guilty plea to bank fraud for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Sarah Norton, 38, of Jewett City, Connecticut, was charged by indictment April 26 with enticing a minor and traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC), a subsidiary of multinational electronics company Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic), has agreed to pay a $137.4 million criminal penalty to resolve charges arising out of a scheme to retain consultants for improper purposes and conceal payments to third-party sales agents, in violation of the accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Carrie Caporino, 46, of Scarborough, Maine, pleaded guilty today to two counts of embezzlement from health care providers and one count of social security number fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Gerald Thomas Johnson, a/k/a “Geezy," age 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, to life in prison for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang’s Greenmount Avenue Regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Former Arkansas State Senator and State Representative Henry (Hank) Wilkins IV pleaded guilty today to conspiring to accept over $80,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing Arkansas state legislation and transactions, including steering approximately $245,000 in Arkansas General Improvement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Rutherford, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, and Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie of the FBI’s Newark Division announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Department of the Interior will conduct the first experimental flow at Glen Canyon Dam since implementing its Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) in 2016. The goal is to provide enhanced habitat for the lifecycle of aquatic insects that are the primary food source for fish in the Colorado River.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: GERLACH, Nev. -- The Winnemucca District, Bureau of Land Management, along with partner organization Friends of Black Rock-High Rock have selected Teal Francis and Clairissa Stephens to complete two week residencies for the 2018 Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program celebrating the Black Rock Desert High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area (NCA). The artists will complete their residencies this spring in May or June.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Gary Keith Atchley, 53, of Jefferson County, Missouri, surrendered this morning in federal court to an Indictment charging him with five counts of wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud the citizens of Olympian Village.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Georgia woman was sentenced last week to 96 months in prison for her role in a scheme to illegally obtain Louisiana titles for stolen vehicles.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun expanding an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Austin Jay Robinson, of Belington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for his participation in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
