News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that former Reading, PA Mayor Vaughn Spencer, 71, of Reading, PA was found guilty today by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and honest services wire fraud, nine counts of bribery, and one count of honest services wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A California man was arrested today and charged with making violent threats against Boston Globe employees in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial response to political attacks on the media.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Jacques Eviglo, age 37, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was found guilty of 25 counts of making false claims and 5 counts of wire fraud as a result of a five-day federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Joplin, Mo., area.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Hagerstown, Md. - Fall is a great time to experience the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal). Come for a visit and bike or walk the towpath, stop by a visitor center, enjoy the arrival of fall colors and cooler days, or attend one of our special events. The park is open daily, and visitors are welcome to join rangers for the following special events and programs, September through November.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on news that the Trump Administration plans to announce Title X funding grants for FY 2018 for a six-month grant cycle instead of a year-long cycle as has been the case in past years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Seven men from around the country were sentenced today and yesterday for participating in an international child pornography production conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon of the District of South Carolina, and Special Agent in Charge Alphonso “Jody" Norris of the FBI Columbia, South Carolina Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JHON ALBEIRO PINEDA JIMENEZ, age 36, and PEDRO ANTONIO JIMENEZ, age 64, citizens of Colombia, were charged today in a two-count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stamatios “Tom" Kousisis, 60, of Downingtown, PA, and his employer Alpha Paining and Construction, Inc., were found guilty today by a jury of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, and ten counts of making...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a federal jury found an Abbeville man guilty Wednesday of shipping marijuana to himself.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Lester Antonio Dionicio-Elias, 33, of Drexel Hill, PA, was charged today by indictment with illegal reentry after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -A Charles Town, West Virginia man has admitted to robbing a Charles Town bank, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview Field Office is seeking public comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) analyzing the potential effects of a wild horse gather and fertility control plan for the Beaty Butte Herd Management Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Marco Lizandro Duarte-Beltran, aka Marco Antonio Duarte-Beltran, 32, an undocumented alien from Mexico, charging him with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted two Tuscaloosa men in connection to a series of armed store robberies in Tuscaloosa County between December 2017 and April 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michael C. Painter, age 32, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Carl Jack Hall, 51, of Asheville, N.C. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger to 108 months in prison on charges of possession and receipt of child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Judge Reidinger ordered Hall to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day’s imprisonment, followed by two years’ supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY CHARLEMAGNE, also known as “Red," 42, of Windsor, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribution, and distribution of, controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that three individuals have been sentenced in federal court in Sioux Falls to 20-year prison terms for their involvement in two separate methamphetamine trafficking conspiracies in the Sioux Falls area.
