News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Keandre Armon Connor, age 37, of Laurens, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks sentenced Connor to a total term of 120 months in federal prison followed by supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $616.9 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ellis Arkie Sago, 24, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to serve ten months in custody, five of which are to be served in prison and the remaining five in a halfway house, for assaulting a federal officer. Sago will be on supervised release after completing his custodial sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Scott D. Alexander, 56, and Nancy L. Alexander, 52, from Belleville, Illinois, have each been sentenced to a year in prison as a result of their convictions for embezzlement and theft from a labor union and wire fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago financial advisor who told clients that a “fat finger" trading error caused major losses to their investments admitted in federal court today that he actually lost all of their funds through poor trading.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Tommy Ramirez, 29, of the Dominican Republic, and Ramon Clavel, 55 of Haiti, were sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Maryland Man Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Sexually Exploiting 12-Year-Old Girl Over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, Byron Jamar Esco, 30, of Prattville, Alabama received a sentence of 57 months in prison for a illegally possessing a firearm and shooting a cow, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The prosecution was the result of Esco senselessly using a firearm to shoot and kill a pregnant cow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six Ohio men who met on Craigslist have been charged with crimes related to producing child pornography and the repeated sexual abuse of at least two 10-year-old girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Kevin J. Gorbsky, age 32, of Bowie, Maryland, on five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity and one count of transferring obscene material to a minor. The indictment was returned on Aug. 23, 2018, and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pled guilty today to child pornography crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nathan Kelley entered his guilty plea to one count of distribution or attempted distribution of child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography. Stuart commended the investigative work of the Parkersburg Police Department and the West Virginia State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced WARREN L. BAKER, 32, of Goldsboro, North Carolina to 408 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROY DAVID MELANCON, age 40, of Independence, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a one-count Indictment charging him with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Ryan McNerney, 41, of Dry Ridge, Ky., was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Christopher Michael Picher (26, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to receiving over the internet videos and images depicting child sexual abuse. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. Picher has been detained since his arrest on March 22, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be open Sat., Aug. 25 and Sun., Aug. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regularly scheduled programs will be offered this weekend, weather permitting, as Hurricane Lane weakens.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A New York man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of selling dangerous designer drugs, fentanyl, and oxycodone over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered two loaded firearms in different passengers’ carry-on bags at security screening checkpoints at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Brandy Rickaby, 34, of Danielson, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement in response to a new health care proposal from Republicans regarding protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
