News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Gwinner, North Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating firearm laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced a federal indictment charging RENE PATRICK VARGAS, 32, with illegally exporting box turtles to Hong Kong.VARGAS will make his initial appearance at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to trafficking heroin while armed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Deshaun Lipscomb, age 26, of Monroe County, to 120 months’ imprisonment for drug and firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to trafficking heroin while armed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: A Chinese national who had been living in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to distributing opioids and other drugs that were shipped from China to the United States and ultimately to Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a 48-page opinion affirming the conviction of former Puerto Rico Superior Court Judge Manuel Acevedo-Hernández, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Burbank man who operated a string of allegedly sham medical clinics - and who already faces federal charges of using the clinics to orchestrate a massive narcotics scheme - was arrested today on new charges that he unlawfully procured United States citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that, GREG BRIGHT, 32, of Turkey, NC, was convicted in federal court following a three day jury trial before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III. The jury found BRIGHT guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY SHELTON, also known as “Pretty," 39, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 110 months of imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, for his role in a cocaine and crack cocaine distribution ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Bitty Yu was sentenced to 24 months in prison for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Richard Seeborg, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JOSEPH LUTHER LEWIS, 29, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to 151 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Mitchell Ray Finley, 50, of Fresno, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins to 70 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release. Finley had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Wahilli Nasco James, 23, of St. Croix, was sentenced today for his role in the armed robbery of the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store, located on the St. Thomas waterfront, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. "The flagrant actions of gun-toting robbers will not...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Deshaun Lipscomb, age 26, of Monroe County, to 120 months’ imprisonment for drug and firearms crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: New Accessible Fishing Pier Enhances Visitor Services on Lake Mohave.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Clyde Morgan, aka Uber Legend, 49, of Wilmington, North Carolina, was charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Monday a fugitive citizen of Mexico, who was wanted by authorities in his home country for rape and robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in dealing heroin at his recording studio while armed.
