News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Gang members sentenced to 18, 20, and 23 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Former Utah CEO Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WV - The U.S. Attorney’s office in the Northern District of West Virginia is applauding Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice’s newest tool to fight the opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damar Currie, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of cocaine, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: GALVESTON - A 37-year-old Galveston sex offender has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Bossier City man was sentenced to 12 years in prison, with two years suspended, for driving drunk and crashing his car into bollards guarding a gate at Barksdale Air Force Base.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: With Possession Of A Destructive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The owner and operator of numerous Miami, Florida-area home health agencies was sentenced to 240 months in prison today for his role in a $66 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jose Carlos Terra Izquierdo (24, Amarillo, TX) to 24 months in federal prison for credit card fraud, to run consecutive to the 12 month and 1 day prison sentence he received in the District of Nebraska. The court also ordered Izquierdo to pay restitution to the companies that he defrauded.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keith A. Griffith, 35, a federal inmate, was sentenced today to four years in prison by United States Chief District Court Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for bribing a corrections officer at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky (“FMC Lexington"), a federal correctional facility, to smuggle prohibited items into the prison. This sentence is to be added to the term of imprisonment Griffith was already serving for narcotics related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Owner of Numerous Miami-Area Home Health Agencies Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in $66 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A teenage resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, on a charge of violating federal drug laws. The Court also ordered Tristin Bradley Axton, 19, of Greensburg, to pay $8,120.00 for the funeral expenses of the victim, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 250,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Newkirk, 34, of Buffalo NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the indictment of Michael Ron David Kadar, 19, who holds dual United States and Israeli citizenship, in three jurisdictions for hate crimes and other offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. -- In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 40 parcels in Elko, Eureka and Nye Counties totaling approximately 69,691 acres in the Elko and Carson City Districts at its March quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced today that Charles Newkirk, 34, of Buffalo NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to possessing with intent to distribute, and distributing, 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ronald Shane Hough, 50, of Mt. Holly, N.C. pleaded guilty to federal charges for his role in a fraudulent debt collection scheme operating out of Mecklenburg County, announced R. Andrew Murray, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Brian J. Bilodeau, 33, of Auburn, Maine, was arrested yesterday and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with illegal possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JETTY HUI, age 44, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). The guilty plea was taken before United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown.
