News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, defendant, Pedro L. González-Seijo, President and owner of PGS Insurance, Inc., was arrested and charged in an eleven-count indictment alleging securities fraud and bank fraud, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man who formerly worked as a ride operator at Memphis Kiddie Park was indicted for filming numerous images and videos of an underage girl engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYESHON KING, 31, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: THEODORE KURZ, age 70, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged by a federal grand jury in a three-count indictment for mortgage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: This morning search efforts continued for Jens “Jay" Yambert. After hearing about the search for Yambert, park staff have heard from visitors who saw Yambert on Monday morning, Aug. 27, along the Keyhole Route. Visitors indicated that the weather was poor with ice, sleet, rain, and strong winds. Park staff greatly appreciate information that visitors are providing.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily decrease flows in the lower American River below Nimbus Dam early September 7, from 1,800 cubic feet per second to as low as 1,000 cfs by 7 a.m. to facilitate fish weir installation at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery. Flows should return to 1,800 cfs by late afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that his office secured a life sentence today in a case involving a Delaware County man convicted of murder through the use of a firearm and conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Michael Vandergrift, 31, of Chester, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Also Used Fraudulent Identification Documents to Get a Job.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a Beckley man was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in federal prison on a gun charge. James David Morris Jr., 39, pled guilty in May to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patrick J. Griffin, State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of New Haven, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned a three-count indictment today charging QUENTIN STAGGERS, also known as “Q," 47, of New Haven, with distributing synthetic cannabinoids, commonly known as “K2" or “Spice.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Vermont woman was sentenced today to 7 1/2 years in prison for her role in two area bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Aug. 30, 2018, Edgar Arroyo-Amezquita pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll to bribery and conspiracy to obtain property by fraud from a program receiving federal funds, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
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: FORT WAYNE - Aaron Rhoades, 35 years old, of Pierceton, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tracy Estelle Fuentez, 43, of Fresno, Calif., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The following Lake Mead National Recreation Area events are happening Sept. 1 to Oct. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: National Center for Disaster Fraud Partners with National Association of Attorneys General to combat disaster-related fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYESHON KING, 31, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Three Doctors and Three Employees of Milpitas Home Health Agency Charged With Paying and Receiving Kickbacks to Refer Patients.
