News from December 2018
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor condemning the rule offered by House Republicans’ that blocked a debate on American military involvement in Yemen...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former chairman of a Boston-based biomedical company, previously called Endeavor Power Corp., was sentenced today for making false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the SEC’s investigation into a scheme to defraud the market for Endeavor’s publicly traded stock.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to seven years’ imprisonment followed by four years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An international businessman and his wife have learned their fate for international parental kidnapping, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI. A federal jury deliberated for more than two days following a 10-day trial before convicting Carlos Otavio Guimaraes, 68, and Jemima Guimaraes, 66.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 6, 2018, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a third superseding indictment against six defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Charges Include Possessing Contraband In Prison, Tribal Embezzlement And Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Michael Schamach, 32, of Warrington, PA, was detained today in federal custody on one charge of Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity and one charge of Attempted Manufacture of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - El 6 de diciembre de 2018, un gran jurado federal en el Distrito de Puerto Rico presentó una tercera acusación enmendada contra seis individuos por conspirar para distribuir sustancias controladas, y posesión de armas de fuego para promover un delito de narcotráfico, anunció...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Isle Royale National Park begins accepting applications for the summer 2019 Isle Royale Teen Artist Exploration Jan. 2, 2019. This artistic discovery is geared to all aspiring teen artists who want to develop their art through experiencing wilderness, and is open to all visual and performing artists, writers, and composers ages 13 to 18 at time of participation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man was arrested today on charges he allegedly manufactured and sold a “ghost" machinegun without a license to an out-of-state Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) undercover agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: DENVER - During the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the CATPA Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force executed eight search warrants on suspected illegal marijuana grow houses and locations where stolen vehicles were located in the Denver Metropolitan Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - James Haskins, age 42, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Milford woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing approximately $2.6 million from her employer and using the money to purchase luxury items at Boston-area boutiques.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Forced Women and Girls as Young as 14 Years’ Old into Prostitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted five men in four countries on federal charges alleging they distributed or offered for sale stolen digital versions of hundreds of motion pictures and television shows - including “Fifty Shades of Grey," “The Expendables 3" and “The Walking Dead" - prior to their official release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A medical doctor pleaded guilty to corruptly obstructing the due administration of the internal revenue laws yesterday, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Matthew G.T. Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Milford woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing approximately $2.6 million from her employer and using the money to purchase luxury items at Boston-area boutiques.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Navimax Corporation (“Navimax"), incorporated in the Marshall Islands with its main offices in Greece, was sentenced today to a $2,000,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika for a violation of the Act To Prevent Pollution From Ships (“APPS"), and obstruction of a Coast Guard investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment yesterday adding an additional charge of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle against Shawn Christy, age 27, of McAdoo, who was previously indicted for threatening to harm President Trump and others.
