News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -U. S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Emanuel L. Lutchman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Southwick man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for sending two packages, containing white powder, to federal agencies in Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ryan Schorr, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to robbing two branches of US Bank in New Mexico in Sept. and Oct. 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL - Today, Germaine Moore, 45, of Millbrook, Alabama, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for three counts of production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Hal Taylor, District Attorney Randall Houston...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) has approved Emergency Special Action WSA18-04 with modification to close the Federal winter cow moose season and close moose hunting in Unit 23 except by Federally qualified subsistence users for the 2018/2019 regulatory year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Asheville has charged Shane McKinley Swimmer, 18, of Cherokee, N.C., with first degree murder in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Nathaniel Carr, 24, of Concord, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition by a prohibited person, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has found Reginald Lee Black, Jr. (26, Tampa) guilty of 30 counts of fraud, including 1 count of conspiracy, 27 counts of credit card fraud, and 2 counts of aggravated identity theft. Black faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich today sentenced Gary Todd Smith (49, Fayetteville, North Carolina) to 40 years in federal prison for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. The court also ordered Smith to forfeit $63 million, an amount traceable to proceeds of the offense. Smith had pleaded guilty on June 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK -Emmanuel Philippe, age 23, a citizen of Haiti residing in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon, and possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy and embezzlement, while being employed as a teller at Tri-State Bank ("Tri-State") in Memphis. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement today regarding the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) updated assessment of the Permian Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Auburn man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Worcester in connection with embezzling from a labor union.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Brandon Edward Nichols, 27, of San Jose, charging him with possessing a firearm as a felon, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Threw Away Mail to Avoid Having Her Wages Garnished to Pay Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced tax preparer PAMELA WHITT a/k/a PAMELA MOTLEY, of Bessemer, Alabama, to two years in prison for filing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Significant Bitcoin Money Launderer Arrested as Key Link between Drug Proceeds and Ring Leader in Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Armstrong County resident pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to charges of violating the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Victor Gonzalez Rodriquez, 35, a Dominican Republic National, was sentenced on Wednesday December 5, 2018, in district court for illegally re-entering the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: DENVER, Colo. - In keeping with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s commitment to work closely with states to enhance conservation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed plan amendments addressing Greater Sage-Grouse conservation on public land in Colorado.
