News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Nine people, most from Toledo, were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Federal Fugitive Arrested. Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office announced the arrest of Jose J. Romero-Bonilla, a.k.a. “Galvan/Colorao/Garban.". On Jan. 18, 2018, a criminal complaint charged Jose J. Romero-Bonilla, a.k.a. “Galvan/Colorao/Garban,"...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Sinaloa Drug Cartel members face up to life in prison at sentencing.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Top House and Senate Democratic health leaders released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today that exposes the deficiencies in the Trump Administration’s management of the 2018 Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) open enrollment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that John Leroy Gordon, 26, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with one count of carjacking in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2119, and one count of brandishing, using, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation of title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONY LAM, age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with distribution of 40 grams or more of a mixture containing fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States, Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Federal Government Contractor Sentenced for Removing and Transmitting Classified Materials to a News Outlet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TERRANCE MORGAN, age 25, of New Orleans, RICHARD GREEN, a/k/a “Blue," a/k/a “Bam," age 28, of New Orleans, KENDALL CELESTINE, age 20, of New Orleans, and ERIC ROBINSON, age 26, of New Orleans, MARVIN ARMSTRONG, age 52, of New Orleans and PATRICK SCHEXNAYDER, a/k/a “Pat," a/k/a “Red," age 27, of New Orleans, were indicted on August 23rd by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that former West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Menis E. Ketchum II, age 75, pled guilty to wire fraud. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the West Virginia Legislature’s Commission on Special Investigations, and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division conducted the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Reliant Rehabilitation Holdings Inc. (Reliant), a national provider of rehabilitation therapy and related services headquartered in Plano, Texas, has agreed to pay the United States $6.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §3729, et seq....
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MELVIN WALKER, age 46, pleaded guilty yesterday to being a felon in possession of firearms before the Honorable Sarah S. Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Dr. Gilberto Sanchez, 56, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 12 years and 1 month in prison for prescribing unnecessary controlled substances to his patients, committing health care fraud, and laundering money, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SEAN BRIGGS, a/k/a “Big Sean," a/k/a “Big C," age 33, was sentenced today to 60 months imprisonment for one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking crime in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Elfego Alcala, 46; Aida Corona, 37; Tamilene Cisneros, 48; and Lupita Cisneros, charging them with conspiracy, production and transfer of false identification documents, and fraud and misuse of visas, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Russellville, Kentucky, man, Tracy Green Baskerville, pled guilty before United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers this week to being a felon possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar on Sept. 6 from 1-2 p.m. in advance of the Sept. 13 release of the 2017 American Community Survey statistics. The webinar will show participants how to access new data and online resources from the 2017 American Community Survey. Attendees will also...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that FERNANDO FINATTO MINGUZZI (“MINGUZZI"), age 22, a citizen of Brazil, pleaded guilty on Aug. 22, 2018, before U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Chris R. Cook, 45, of Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this morning on charges related to distributing methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Today 66 House Democrats urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to suspend efforts to finalize a proposed rule that would roll back safety and security standards for chemical facilities established under the Obama Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damien Rutledge, 22, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to his role in a series of five gunpoint commercial robberies that occurred in September, 2017 in Rochester, New York.
