News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - A federal grand jury has returned a five-count indictment against Jonathan Edward White, 40, for manufacture, possession, and transfer of an explosive device in violation of the National Firearms Act. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Gregory Rex Wilson, 52, of Portland, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for distributing heroin and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Terre Haute, Indiana - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, announced today that Justin A. Vangilder, 29, of West Terre Haute, was recently sentenced in United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. On Nov. 29, 2018, United States District Court Judge William T. Lawrence sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TERRY MADISON, age 22, pleaded guilty yesterday to committing robbery of a Walmart Money Center located in Hammond, Louisiana, on April 14, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident was sentenced today to 160 months in prison in connection to a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned an indictment charging AARON WAYNE PICKRELL, a former registered nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN PETER, a/k/a “Huggie," JASON CAMPBELL, a/k/a “Holiday," a/k/a “Fish," and STEVEN SYDER, were found guilty yesterday of the murder of 20-year-old Brian Gray in the Bronx on Oct. 2, 2012. PETER...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: Thirteen individuals were arrested on federal drug conspiracy charges following a bust led by the FBI Wednesday morning, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson delivered the following statement today during consideration on the House floor of H.R.2, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Authorities with the Orange County Violent Gang Task Force this morning arrested nine defendants on federal narcotics and firearms charges stemming from an investigation into gang activity in Santa Ana and surrounding communities.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK-Twelve alleged members of the La Mara Salvatrucha, MS-13, street gang were indicted by a Queens County grand jury Tuesday on various charges including attempted murder and conspiracy, in addition to drug and weapons charges. This following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: With the holiday season upon us, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to make sure your laser-light displays are aimed at your house and not into the sky.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that TERRY MADISON, age 22, pleaded guilty yesterday to committing robbery of a Walmart Money Center located in Hammond, Louisiana, on April 14, 2018.
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 suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADEYEMI ODUFUYE, also known as “Micky," “Micky Bricks," “Yemi," “GMB," “Bawz," and “Jefe," 32, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 45 months of imprisonment for his supervisory role in a business e-mail compromise scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that four employees of the United States Postal Service were indicted for various crimes in connection with the distribution of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Middletown insurance agent and agency owner who specializes in providing equine insurance coverage today admitted to operating schemes which defrauded customers, insurance companies, and finance companies of approximately $1.3 million dollars.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management requests public input on a proposed implementation of an amenity fee at the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada.
