News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Illegally Returned to the United States After Deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Phillip Devon Johnson, 26, of Spokane, WA, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Johnson pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Dana L. Christensen handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury sitting in Las Vegas indicted Arizona resident Douglas Haig today with one count of engaging in the business of manufacturing ammunition without a license, announced United States Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, Kyle Geoffrey Sandler, 42, of Auburn, Alabama, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, James E. Jewell, Special Agent in Charge for the FBI, and Joseph P. Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has uncovered a source of error in an industry-standard calibration method that could lead microchip manufacturers to lose a million dollars or more in a single fabrication run. The problem is expected to become progressively more acute as chipmakers pack ever more features into ever smaller space.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, Kyle Geoffrey Sandler, 42, of Auburn, Alabama, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, James E. Jewell, Special Agent in Charge for the FBI, and Joseph P. Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today three public meetings to gather feedback on Lake Berryessa’s proposed new fee program. The proposed fees would fund improvements to recreation facilities and programs, provide increased visitor services and protect natural resources at Lake Berryessa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey R. Boyd, age 55, a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was indicted on Aug. 21, 2018, by a federal grand jury for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Keri Horan, 37, an Ohio resident who was formerly a resident of Salem, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court today to purchasing a firearm for Massachusetts man, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department filed a complaint to bar two Ohio doctors from prescribing medications after an investigation revealed they recklessly and unnecessarily distributed painkillers and other drugs. Temporary restraining orders-a first-of-its-kind against doctors allegedly prescribing opioids illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a felon from New Iberia pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm purchased at a Lafayette sporting goods store that he later displayed in a music video.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dwayne Romail Brown, age 38, Michael Rinaldi, age 41, and Andrew Henry, age 44, all of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted on Aug. 21, 2018, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: FBI Announces Reward for Information About a Serial Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago has pleaded guilty to federal firearm charges for illegally selling more than a dozen handguns and rifles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Dana Point man has been charged in a recently unsealed indictment with participating in a conspiracy to procure and illegally ship export-controlled computer servers to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Three Mexican nationals have been sentenced for conspiring to import 611 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Julio Cesar Cruz-Amaro, 31, Tito Mar-Herrera, 35, and Miguel Angel Ender-Diaz, 56, pleaded guilty March 1, 2018, for their involvement in conspiring to import marijuana into the United States while on board a vessel.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER MILLER, 43, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 360 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for a drug-related murder and a subsequent attempt to destroy the body with a pipe bomb on July 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of North Versailles, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a federal jury sitting in Charleston returned guilty verdicts following the trial of four family members from southern West Virginia. The jury found Windel Lester, 67, his ex-wife Georgetta Lester Kenney, 42, and Windel Lester’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Wesley Mark Smith, age 51, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Allenwood (USP Allenwood), Pennsylvania, was indicted on Aug. 21, 2018, by a federal grand jury on attempt to commit murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and assault causing serious bodily injury.
