News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced JAMES SPENCER BELL, 29, of Lumberton to 241 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. BELL, was charged ...
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: This is to follow up on a letter dated October 9th regarding an August 31st incident in which elements of the Guatemalan government misused seven U.S.-donated military-style J8 jeeps, armed with weapons, to attempt to intimidate U.S. Embassy and United Nations personnel. We continue...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Harassed Victims with Multiple Texts, Phone Calls, Death Threats, False Online Service Subscriptions and Posed as Reporter Investigating Sex Abuse Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Justin Hobbie, age 41, of Springfield Center, New York, appeared today in federal court on charges that he received and distributed child pornography over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Daniel Nathaniel McCall (53, Sanford) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Due to his multiple felony convictions, McCall qualified for an increased penalty under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JERRY PEA, age 42 of Ponchatoula, and JAMES JACKSON, age 35 of Hammond, pleaded guilty yesterday to narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses in Hammond, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Sterling woman was sentenced today to 7 years in prison for health care fraud and tax charges for operating a fraudulent sleep study clinic in Northern Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Misty Danielle Combs Bailey, a 35 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was sentenced to five years of probation after being convicted of Obtaining Controlled Substances by Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DIANE DALMY, 63, of Denver, Colorado, was resentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a securities fraud scheme, and for hiding money after her original sentencing proceeding earlier this year to avoid paying restitution to victims of the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Carlos Rodriguez, 41, of Hobart, Indiana, was charged in a criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine and possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 224,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man today admitted to trafficking cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island, and to shipping packages containing cash to Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Law Enforcement Recovers over $30,000 from Home of Hamilton County Man.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Jennifer Anne Thaw, who admitted embezzling approximately $390,680 from her employer where she worked as the office manager, was sentenced in federal court today to one year and one day in prison, three years supervised release and ordered to pay restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Three residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Peer, of Springfield, West Virginia, was indicted this week by a federal grand jury sitting in Wheeling for violating permits and discharging untreated sewage from his sewage treatment plant, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hollywood man who allegedly sold fentanyl to buyers he met on Craigslist was indicted today on federal charges of selling the powerful synthetic opioid to a customer who suffered a fatal overdose.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Mitchell Zong, 45, a former Anchorage resident, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 30 months in federal prison, and to pay a fine of $10,000, for conspiracy to commit money laundering with his father, Kenneth Zong.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: White Sands National Monument Addresses Infrastructure Needs & Improves Visitor Experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has been recognized by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for their work with the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program at the 2018 PSN National Conference’s Award Ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri. Law Enforcement Coordinator...
