News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Three people were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes. Riccardo D. Harris, 35, of Canton, was charged being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Harris had a Smith & Wesson.40-caliber pistol and ammunition on Oct. 19, despite a previous conviction for aggravated robbery, according ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Chinese Citizens Sentenced in Scheme to Sell Mislabeled Dietary Supplements.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: COTTONWOOD, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management’s Cottonwood Field Office will be filling multiple seasonal positions for the upcoming 2019 field season. An initial round of recruitment for the seasonal positions will begin Jan. 7 through Feb. 8, 2019. Job vacancies and instructions on how to apply can be found online at www.usajobs.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury of all criminal charges for his role in planning and participating in the armed robbery of two jewelry stores in the Las Vegas community in January 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police Officer was sentenced today in federal court in Boston with illegally purchasing two firearms on behalf of acquaintances.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Robert Craig “Bob" Smith, age 55, of El Dorado, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $850,399.79 in restitution on two counts of Bank Fraud. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Max Johnny Wesley (23, Miami) to four years in federal prison for access device (credit card) fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $272,842.88, the proceeds of Wesley’s participation in the fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A dozen residents in the Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo., areas have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in an $8.5 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine over two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced KELLY LIU, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 16 months in federal prison following her convictions for securities fraud (insider trading) and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The Court also sentenced LIU to pay a fine of $7,500 and to serve 1 year of supervised release following her term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Machesney Park resident was arrested Wednesday on a charge of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nicholas Easton, 29, entered his guilty plea before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI, the Parkersburg Police Department, and the Parkersburg Narcotics and Violent Crime Task Force.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after a federal judge in Texas ruled Obamacare is unconstitutional...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A dozen residents in the Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo., areas have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in an $8.5 million drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine over two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging EDWARD LUGO, 37, of New Haven, with one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 20, 2018, Alexander P. Bebris (age: 49) of Neenah, Wisconsin, was charged by a criminal complaint with distribution of child pornography, contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(2)(A)...
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 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Abington man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl distribution.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States on Thursday filed a civil denaturalization complaint in the Northern District of Illinois against a former Bosnian military member who allegedly obtained his naturalized U.S. citizenship by fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-John Jason Burgess, 43, of Hillsboro, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of concealing or destroying labor union records.
