News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Anderson, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Clyde Allen Williams, 33, of Anderson, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Anderson for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Court Judge Timothy Cain of Anderson accepted Williams’ guilty plea and sentenced him to 100 months in federal prison, to be followed by court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Greenholtz, age 25, of Cairo, New York, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a.22 caliber revolver as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland woman who was employed as a personal care aide has been charged with scheming to submit false claims to the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Morad “Ben" Neman and Hersel Neman - the owners and top executives of Pacific Eurotex Corp., an import-export textile company based in the Los Angeles Fashion District - each received federal prison sentences today for their roles in a “Black Market Peso Exchange" scheme to launder money for international drug cartels.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 252 months in prison for robbing 14 hotels in New Jersey and New York, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding a just released joint U.S. - Mexico declaration in which the Trump Administration committed to increased spending on development in southern Mexico and Central America...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Alcatraz Cruises, LLC to operate the Alcatraz passenger ferry service and associated commercial services under a new 15-year concession contract within Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: MEMPHIS, TN-The FBI Memphis Field Office reminds shoppers to be aware of cyber criminals and their aggressive and creative ways to steal money and personal information. Scammers use many techniques to fool potential victims, including fraudulent auction sales, reshipping merchandise purchased with a...
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: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that AHMED MOHAMMED EL GAMMAL, a resident of Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to 12 years in prison for...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Yuma, AZ - Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office announced today that Quail Construction LLC., will begin detouring traffic on County 19th Street between Avenue C and Avenue D starting January 7. The detour will remain in effect through approximately January 22 to accommodate excavation and installation of a new groundwater pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A former student at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine that was sent through the mail by a co-conspirator in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Timothy Levesque, 53, of Trenton, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 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 a 15-count indictment charging FRANK MOSS, 31, of Prospect, with offenses related to the illegal purchase and possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Joel Zupnik, 53, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a three-day federal jury trial held in U.S. District Court in Rapid City. The guilty verdict was returned on Dec. 12, 2018.
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: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Shiquisa Monique Watts, a/k/a “Quisha," age 23, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was sentenced to over two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March 2018 to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: As part of its ongoing efforts to address aging park infrastructure and improve the visitor experience, Cabrillo National Monument announces an entrance fee increase beginning Jan. 1, 2019. The changes, which come in response to public comments on a fee proposal released in October 2017, resulted...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: One of the nation’s leading crime laboratories, the Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC), has announced that it will voluntarily adopt standards approved by the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC ). Those standards define minimum requirements, best practices, scientific protocols and other guidance to help ensure that the results of forensic analysis are reliable and reproducible.
