News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jeremiah Rashaun Tolbert, 29, of Frisco City, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court to 61 months in prison for his illegal possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony. Judge Kristi K. Dubose imposed...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, Dec. 18, 2018-Perhaps you know of a few quirky relatives who enjoy starting a ruckus or family debate during holiday feasts? Rather than cringe, embrace the diversity they bring to the table. In fact, extend that same appreciation to some of the food on your table, for there's an untamed relative of those plated potatoes and cranberries that's key to keeping our crops healthy, productive and available for purchase.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Scheme Allegedly Defrauded Victims in More Than 20 Countries of More Than $7 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Oregon Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Prison in Connection With Immigration-Related Forced Labor Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec. 17, 2018, Jerrod Hunter Schmidt, 39, of Kingman, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 37 months in the Bureau of Prisons followed by three years of supervised release. On Sept. 28, 2018, Schmidt was found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of threatening the President of the United States and two counts of making interstate threatening communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Drug Distribution Conspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James D. Robnett, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging TODD...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder and Discharge of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Torin Finver, 54, of Hamburg, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with importation of a controlled substance. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Raymond Lee Baheza, 56, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 27 months in prison for strangulation, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Baheza to pay $2,500 in restitution to the victim and to serve three years of supervised release following prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today a new effort underway to reduce violent crime in the Rapides Parish area by partnering with federal, local and state law enforcement through the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Construction progressed at the EM Office of River Protection ’s (ORP) Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) as crews recently lifted major components into place at the effluent management facility (EMF).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Four Parsons, West Virginia residents are named in an indictment alleging a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Conway, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today during a press conference at the Horry County Police Department that a 46-count federal indictment has been unsealed that charges 27 defendants with federal drug conspiracy charges. On Wednesday morning, 22 defendants were...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that William Nicholas Hearn, 44, of Toxey, Alabama, was sentenced today for his possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. Hearn pled guilty to the two charges in August of 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As thousands enter the workforce, there were 43 fewer workplace fatalities in 2017 than the previous year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017 (CFOI) report released today. The fatal injury rate also decreased from 3.6 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: MS-13 Member Murdered for Violating the Gang’s Rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Dontaze Purnell Drake, age 41, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 70 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for involuntary manslaughter. Judge Hazel also ordered Drake to pay restitution of $12,570. Drake...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jeremiah Raye Post, age 33, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea for Felon In Possession Of Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - A Billings man who worked for Signal Peak Energy, a Montana coal mining company, admitted in federal court today to an embezzlement scheme that defrauded companies of more than $20 million and to lying to investigators about a false abduction, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
