News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA - A Sun Valley man was sentenced late Monday afternoon to 54 months imprisonment for his participation in a large-scale international identity theft scheme that fraudulently obtained tax refunds by using bogus Republic of Armenia passports and then engaged in money laundering of over $14 million of these criminal proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Stockton residents Arturo Napoles, 29; Raymond Morin, 31; and Raul Diaz, 23, charging them with unlawful dealing in firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Napoles was also charged with 19 counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, five counts of possession of a machinegun, two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and one count of distribution of cocaine.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
Release: HOUSTON - Today Houston Airport System Director Mario Diaz joined Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Deputy Administrator Huban A. Gowadia in a ceremony announcing new checkpoint technology at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The automated screening lanes incorporate enhanced capabilities at the airport security checkpoint while improving the passenger experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mitrel Y. Anderson, 30, La Crosse, Wis., pleaded guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to possessing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Darryl William Young, age 66, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced for three counts of Armed Bank Robbery and two counts of Bank Robbery. United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the arrest and the filing of federal charges yesterday against JEFFREY WEBER. The Complaint charges that WEBER communicated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Eugene Willis (24, Orlando) guilty of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in relation to a carjacking. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of seven years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Chad Lee Engel and Scott Michael Petri were charged yesterday in a five-count indictment for: (1) Use of Explosive to Commit a Felony - Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 844(h); (2) and (3) Use of an Explosive to Damage Property - Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 844(i); (4) Conspiracy to Commit Bank Burglary - Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 371; and (5) Conspiracy to Damage Property by Use of an Explosive - Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 844(n).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Derrick Jennings, 48, formerly of Manchester, pleaded guilty to fentanyl trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Benjamin McKenzie (42, Largo) to four years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse videos and images. He was also sentenced to a 20-year term of supervision and ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: James M. Elbert, III, of Flint was sentenced to 260 months (21⅔ years) in federal prison for kidnapping and being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Justin Grant Crain, age 38, of El Dorado, Arkansas was sentenced today to 148 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of knowing receipt of child pornography. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Billerica man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for sexually exploiting two young boys over a five-and-a-half year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Georgia man today admitted using a fake driver’s license in order to obtain a check issued in response to false statements and representations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Florida man pled guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Derrick Shane McCullough, 27, of Keystone Heights, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Charleston Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Sara Johnson, 35, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal firearms charges, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury yesterday found Taloa Latu, 28, guilty of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The verdict came a few hours after a two and a half day trial. Latu faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years when he is sentenced on June 4, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 199 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervision by United States Probation Officers, as a result of violating federal firearm and drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) held a joint hearing today on how the opioid epidemic is affecting workplaces, communities, and the lives of working Americans across the country.
