News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: 80 Search Warrants in Early December Result in Seizure of more than 40 Pounds of Heroin, 8 Pounds of Fentanyl Powder, and 39 Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: A Rochester Hills man was sentenced today to nine years in prison after having been convicted of sexual abuse onboard an aircraft, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - John E. Kelly, 63, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for mail fraud and tax evasion as part of a scheme to defraud his employers of approximately half a million dollars. He was also ordered to pay full restitution to the victim companies and the IRS. He pleaded guilty in May 2018 to one count each of mail fraud and tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Frank “Frankie Boy" Salerno, a soldier in the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Bonanno family"), was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment for racketeering conspiracy. Previously, on December 6, 2018, John “Johnny Boy" Ambrosio, an...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Jason Ryan Fain (37, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged in a criminal complaint with possessing videos and images depicting the sexual abuse of children. Fain faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. He is detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Dec. 17, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Missouri State Parks will be hosting the third annual Winter Paddling Clinic and First Day Float from December 30 through January 1. The Winter Paddling Clinic will be held at Echo Bluff State Park on December 30 and 31 in conjunction with their New Year’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Three men, all illegal alien residents of the United States, have been indicted for plotting the murder of a whistleblower who exposed a scheme to fraudulently employ other illegals.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Stephen Cometa (62, Marion County) guilty of forcibly assaulting and resisting federal employees with a deadly and dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Cometa faces a...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian national who worked as an accountant for a Massachusetts company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing nearly $600,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Stephen Cometa (62, Marion County) guilty of forcibly assaulting and resisting federal employees with a deadly and dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Cometa faces a...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Myron Owens, age 31, of East Stroudsburg, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to 140 months’ imprisonment and four years on supervised release for his role in a Monroe County-based conspiracy that was responsible for distributing between 100 and 400 grams of heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Lukes Lorenzo Herrera, age 21, of Grandview, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2018, to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Senior United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Steven J. Perry, 54, of Elkhart, Indiana, has been charged by indictment with transportation and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Oak Park man has been sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for sex trafficking several children in the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, Juan J. Perez, Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD); Jorge R. Colina, Chief of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADRIAN BELLE, also known as “A.B.," 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wednesday generated $1,533,705 at an oil and gas lease sale for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) in keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence and bolstering Alaska’s economy. The State of Alaska will receive 50 percent of the bid receipts, or $766,852. BLM Alaska received 16 bids and opened them during its second annual video livestream event.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TONY LAM, age 41, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information for distribution of over 40 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Let me start by congratulating Virgin Galactic on a successful flight and return from space for the first time since 2004. We applaud your determination and pioneering spirit that delivered today’s milestone flight.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Haleakalā National Park is accepting applications for the 2019 ‘Imi I Ka Lama College Internship Program. There are five positions available in the fields of Interpretation, Cultural Resource Management, Team Leader, and Visitor/Resources Protection. Hawai`i college residents interested in cultural and natural resources careers are encouraged to apply.
