News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today for federal drug and firearm charges arising out of a large-scale seizure of fentanyl and other contraband. Edgar Belis, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 19 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018, Belis pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Two Previously Charged Retired State Troopers Agree to Plead Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Secaucus, New Jersey, woman was arraigned today on charges of holding a Sri Lankan national against her will and for years forcing the victim to work without pay as a domestic servant, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Laura Olguin Mercado, age 30, and a Mexican citizen living in Lafayette, Indiana, pled guilty today to transporting illegal aliens within the United States.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NORCROSS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Parts Authority LLC - a wholesale auto and truck parts distributor based in Norcross, Georgia - for exposing employees to fire, electrical shock, and struck-by hazards. The company faces $133,406 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Omar Davis, 38, of Moultrie, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday to 276 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, brandishing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and kidnapping.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: On Dec. 13, 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs announced a Notice of Intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Energy Infrastructure Development on Indian Lands - 2019" early next year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Tallahassee City Commissioner and Political Consultant Charged in Racketeering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: The drugs, including fentanyl, were for nurse’s personal use.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - At 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, select roads in Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for motorized oversnow travel. Winter is here!.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Sven Eric Marshall, 61 years old, formerly of South Bend, Indiana, has been charged with five counts of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who told his apartment manager that he was going to rob a bank so he could pay his rent, and then robbed a bank with a fake bomb, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison and five years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that David L. Cook, 61, of Burnham, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for using the internet to access child pornography intending to view it. Cook pleaded guilty on Oct. 10, 2017. Because he had a prior qualifying conviction, he faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Armando Ernesto Abarca, 22, of Modesto, Calif., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 168 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today for the armed robbery of a female Z-Trip driver who was shot at least 20 times.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Anthony Braylock, 35 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Edward Gonzalez, age 30, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, was charged on Nov. 30, 2018, with drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Wind Cave National Park, S.D. - Twenty-five elk in Wind Cave National Park were recently fitted with GPS (Global Positioning System) radio collars to help monitor elk inside the park for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant threw stolen loaded gun over fence when approached by officers to be taken into custody for deportation.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the Chair Emeritus of the Committee, today issued the following statement...
