News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ramon Crespo, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of robbery and possession and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, was sentenced to serve 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage woman, who was an inmate at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (HMCC) at the time of the offense, was sentenced for distributing fentanyl to other inmates while in prison, which resulted in the overdose of four inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Totowa, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for knowingly possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon and trying to bring a loaded gun onto a plane, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A family practice physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances, health care fraud, tampering with a witness and false statements to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Hezekiah Morton, age 47, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to distributing heroin and fentanyl in May 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Thomas Earl Armstrong, 42, of Moss Point, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 109 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Andrew Roy Broughton, 30, of Moss Point, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WOOJAE JUNG, a/k/a “Steve Jung," pled guilty today to one of count of securities fraud relating to his scheme to buy stock based on material nonpublic information. JUNG’s plea was taken by U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman and will be transmitted to U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States Senior District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade sentenced Jose Francisco Esparza-Arevalo on Dec. 12, 2018 to serve a term of imprisonment of 37 months, in addition to time already served, followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 17, 2018, Shantae Daane Salther, age 40, formerly of Clinton, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, after being found guilty of False Statements, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Salther was ordered to serve a period of supervised release of three years and a $100 special assessment payable to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment late yesterday charging a Henrico man with possessing 100 grams or more of heroin with the intent to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA-- On Dec. 19, 2018, Soo Hyun Jung, also known as Jay Jung, age 46, from Coralville, was sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Mail Fraud and one count of False Claims to a Government Agency, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Jung was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, pay a $300 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and pay $618,021 in restitution to twelve victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: A top sales representative was sentenced to prison today for his participation in a money laundering conspiracy involving alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers and clinical laboratories.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today renewed his efforts to shine a light on financial ties between opioid manufacturers, third-party advocacy groups, and government panels that provide outside expertise on pain management policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant and Co-Conspirators Misappropriated Money Obtained to Fund Mortgage Loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon is proud to announce that Rebecca Ann “Becky" Plyler was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by Governor Henry McMaster. The Order of the Palmetto is considered the highest civilian honor in the State of South Carolina. It was first awarded...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Aug. 14, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Pedro Quinones, age 44, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania and Douglas DeHaven, age 35, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: A Solon man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of more than $2.7 million.
