News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Christian Renteria-Espinoza, age 32, and Raul Salazar-Ortega, age 35, both Mexican citizens, were sentenced on Friday, April 27, 2018, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Renteria-Espinoza was sentenced to 90 months imprisonment, and Salazar-Ortega to 78 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, charging 18th Street gang members and associates Yanki Misael Cruz-Mateo, Yoni Alexander Sierra, Jose Jimenez Chacon and Saudi Levy Ramirez, with the Feb. 2, 2018 murder and murder conspiracy of a member of the rival MS-13 gang. Cruz-Mateo also faces firearms-related charges. The defendants were arraigned this afternoon before United States District Judge LaShaan DeArcy Hall.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Chanel Riggs, 27, of Lockport, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with threatening a witness scheduled to testify in a trial. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $1,000,000 fine.
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 Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, UT - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a contract on April 25, 2018, to Wheeler Machinery Company of Salt Lake City, UT. Under the terms of the contract, Wheeler will supply Reclamation’s Force Account with a variety of heavy construction equipment of the type typically used for large-scale construction projects.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: A new webcam on Anacapa Island provides viewers an intimate look into a nest with a recently hatched peregrine falcon chick and two eggs expected to hatch in the next few days.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CANDIDO VALADARES, also known as Candide Valadares, 57, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to two months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Gary Smith, of Maysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for his participation in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger has announced that Dameion D. Wyatt (age 40) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court on Friday April 27th for an arraignment on multiple offenses related to sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus loan broker was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for operating a scheme that defrauded small businesses from across the country in connection with their efforts to obtain business loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Incornaia, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking activity and possession with intent to distribute heroin, was sentenced to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: The pedestrian bridge over the Jacks Fork River along Highway 106 at Alley Spring is permanently closed and the Jacks Fork River beneath and adjacent to the bridge is temporarily closed to all visitor use. This includes all activities such as swimming, floating, fishing and gravel bar use within 100 feet of the bridge. This closure does not affect the highway bridge, which is next to the pedestrian bridge.
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: Ironelly Mora, 39, a Nashville resident and tax return preparer, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today, to one count of preparing a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Romualdo Munoz, 37, of Bloomfield, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
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: ALBUQUERQUE - Romualdo Munoz, 37, of Bloomfield, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management will host a public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, May 11. The corral is one of three facilities in Nevada that cares for wild horses and burros waiting to be adopted or purchased.
