News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 204 months in prison for robbing seven banks - and attempting to rob an eighth bank while brandishing a firearm - committing one carjacking and attempting to commit three additional carjackings, and taking a hostage at gunpoint while fleeing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: This morning in Tucson, AZ, FBI agents arrested a local attorney and his assistant for allegedly obstructing justice, tampering with a witness and assisting an offender in avoiding apprehension in a criminal case, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash of the Western District of Texas and FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael DeLeon, Phoenix Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Mo., in-home health care nursing assistant pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing bank account information from one of her clients in order to illegally transfer more than $207,000 out of her account.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTON MITCHELL, also known as “Blaze," 29, of Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Zakaryia Abdin, 19, of Ladson, South Carolina, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By State Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the administration, per Royce’s urging, determined that Russia violated international law in the poisoning of British citizen Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH BARROS, 37, of Norwich, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Kevin Mitchell was sentenced to 46 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after being previously convicted of a felony, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger has announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Kathleen A. Fetek (age 55) for executing a scheme to defraud beneficiaries of estates being handled by Fetek Law Offices, S.C., a firm that had been operated by Fetek’s father in Racine, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMIE FRIERSON was found guilty of five robberies in connection with a robbery spree in Manhattan, during which thousands of dollars were stolen. FRIERSON was convicted after a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Capping a three-year investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force, authorities this morning arrested 20 defendants named in a series of indictments that allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An inmate at the Jackson County Detention Center was sentenced in federal court today for leading a conspiracy to smuggle contraband cell phones and other items into the jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Nathan James Garcia, aka “Bones," was sentenced to 84 months in prison today for robbing and conspiring to rob a bank in Salinas, Calif., announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging HECTOR MOLINA-PENA, age 34, of Mexico, ELMER PEREZ-MARROQUIN, age 43, of Guatemala, ANTONIO PLATA-PONCE, age 35, of Mexico, GERARDO RODRIGUEZ-ARIAS, age 31, of Mexico, CARLOS HERNANDEZ-ROMERO, age 33, of Mexico, and JULIO NOYOLA-CAMPOS, age 38, of Mexico, with illegal reentry of a deported alien.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Join former Artist-in-Residence David Boye for an enchanting evening of live acoustical guitar music. Boye’s program will be held on Tuesday evening Aug. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Glacier Basin Campground’s amphitheater in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Chase, 50, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of attempted receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Wichita police officer pleaded guilty today and admitted he knew about illegal poker games, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Donna Alms, 55, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, and formerly of the Big Island of Hawaii, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for defrauding Waste Management of Hawaii, Inc. of $862,722 over the course of 4 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax man who is a registered sex offender pleaded guilty today to downloading images of child sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Joshua Laine Rogers, 35, of Stuart, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Donald L. Graham to 30 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing and distributing pornography of a teenage victim. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
