News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Michael Vincent Maes, 30, of Oakland, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to life in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, attempt to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to launder...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ernesto Watkins, age 21, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for armed robbery and a firearms offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, a federal jury in Portland returned guilty verdicts against Harry Dean Proudfoot III, 78, formerly of Tigard, Oregon, for running a fraudulent gold mining investment scheme that he used to steal $3.2 million from 140 investors. Proudfoot was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado today sold 20 parcels totaling 7,847 acres for $981,143 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced that three New Jersey police agencies were among 75 agencies nationwide to receive federal grant for body-worn camera programs, part of more than $56 million in grants awarded by the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) to enhance state and local law enforcement safety and wellness.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Carla Webb Daniels, of Wheeling Island, West Virginia, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day incarceration to be followed by six years supervised release for distributing heroin near an Ohio County school, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Mark Ian Gaver, age 56, of Bonita Springs, Florida, and previously of Middletown, Maryland, today to 17 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction for eight counts of bank fraud and two...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Osage County Murder Investigation Update. On Nov. 29, 2018, the FBI responded alongside tribal and county law enforcement authorities to an incident which occurred in Wynona, Oklahoma. After initial investigation, the location in which the crime occurred has been verified by both the Osage Nation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to over 24 years in prison for producing child pornography of a 2-year-old boy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Shreveport husband and wife with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and multiple counts of filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana David C. Joseph and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Two dozen people have been indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges related to a distribution ring operating in south Georgia and northern Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Alejandro Juarez (33, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Juarez faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Pursuant to his plea agreement, Juarez has agreed to pay restitution to the victims of the conspiracy in the amount of $143,383.51, and has consented to a forfeiture money judgment in the same amount.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An owner and four former employees of New England Compounding Center (NECC) were convicted today by a federal jury for their roles at NECC, the company that caused the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak. The outbreak was the largest public health crisis ever caused by a pharmaceutical drug. With today’s convictions, 11 former owners, executives, and employees of NECC have been convicted of federal criminal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Friday, December 7, 2018, four men entered guilty pleas for their roles in the conspiracy to murder Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati-Casañas, a Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Lieutenant Albarati was murdered on Feb. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jese Carillo Casillas, age 33, based out of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2018 to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Four North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Yves Joseph Legault has been sentenced for coercing and enticing the production of child sexual exploitation images over the Internet. The defendant preyed on children in both Mississippi and Georgia simultaneously.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Dillingham man has been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges, arising from the seizure of methamphetamine found inside his luggage at the Anchorage International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Born and raised in New York City, Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan returns home to lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division in its mission to disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking organizations worldwide. With a noteworthy background, Mr. Donovan brings a mixture...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: RENO - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that Jon Raby, a veteran BLM land manager and leader, has been named State Director in Nevada. Raby will report to the BLM Nevada State Office in Reno in early February 2019.
