News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Authorities Target ‘Booter’ or ‘Stresser’ Services that Facilitate Internet Attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: A 15-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Toledo man with trafficking heroin, cocaine and fentanyl analogues.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Courtney Webster, 34, of Cincinnati; Jonathan Stanley, 34, of Cincinnati; Keith Johnson, 35, of Alexandria, Kentucky; and Michael Boone, 45, of Newport, Kentucky, were sentenced this week, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiring to distribute heroin. On Tuesday...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Justin Muzinich to be Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JEFFREY M. DESALVO, age 35, a resident of Picayune, Mississippi, was sentenced Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 after previously pleading guilty to three counts of unlawful use of a merchant mariner license in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2197.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: California Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Scheme to Smuggle Rifle Scopes and Tactical Equipment to Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Florida man was sentenced Monday to 96 months in prison for trafficking nearly 10 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the filing of a complaint charging Darrell Jones with possessing a firearm subsequent to having been convicted of a felony. Jones was taken into federal custody today, presented before United States Magistrate Judge Lisa M. Smith, and ordered detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDEN HUERTAS, 37, formerly of Norwalk, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to escaping from custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to nine years’ in prison, followed by six years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Oscar Arnelson Rodriguez-Cruz (41, Orlando) to 27 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the IRS of federal payroll taxes. The court also ordered Rodriguez-Cruz to forfeit...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will waive amenity-related fees at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 21. Other fees, such as camping and group day use, will remain in effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Dec. 20, 2018, Justin Kyle Phelps, 27, of Philadelphia, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to serve 300 months in federal prison for enticing and attempting to entice minors for sex and using a minor to engage in sexually explicit...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: IDICTMENT* - Joseph McDonell, 40. On Dec. 18, a federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against Joseph Heath McDonell, of Dallas, charging access device fraud and identity theft. McDonell was found in possession of credit and debit card making equipment, stolen personal identifying information...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced that Chief Tax Counsel Jennifer Acuña would be departing the committee at the end of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Recent winter storms have brought several feet of snow to Lassen Volcanic National Park. “The past few storms have brought enough snow to deem it necessary to close Lassen National Park Highway for the winter season," stated Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Jim Richardson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court on methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Byron White, 38, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in federal prison, by Chief United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for conspiracy to distribute Fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 47-year old resident of Rio Grande City has been indicted based on false statements he manufactured in connection with the operation of his Texas Medicaid-based durable medical equipment (DME) business, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
