News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joel Ringelstetter, 48, Lone Rock, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one year and one day in prison for knowingly and intentionally possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Ringelstetter pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Two Russian Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Massive Data Breach Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that United States District Court Judge Kristine G. Baker sentenced Waymon Weeams, 37, of Rockwall, Texas, to federal prison for his role in a widespread scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas in Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Federal law enforcement highlights recent efforts to combat illegal firearms trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald J. Gardner, Jr., 42, of Lafayette, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for robbing the same Capital One Bank in Newark twice, including once in an armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Ricky Lee Richardson, Jr., 41, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a child, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Ashburn woman was arrested today on charges of orchestrating a multi-year loan fraud scheme causing approximately $5 million in losses to dozens of victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Two real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Mississippi, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: THE HAGUE - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration and Dutch law enforcement officials today announced sustained action against drug trafficking on the dark web, following last summer’s significant market takedowns of AlphaBay and takeover and subsequent takedown of the Hansa market. DEA continued...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Vasty Araceli Jimenez (32, Ellenton) has pleaded guilty to theft of government money. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 19, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Three people from the Akron area were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy in which they forged the signatures of medical professionals to illegally obtain thousands of Oxycodone pills and other drugs, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SAVON GERMAIN CARTER, 43, of Midvale, Utah, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Feb. 12, 2018, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Carter received 135 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and $900.00 in restitution. This case was investigated by the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office and the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Edward J. Sypher, Jr., and Matthew T. Voss, senior executives at Long Island mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC (Vanguard), pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire and bank fraud in connection with their diversion of more than $8.9 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 11 years imprisonment, five years supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $15,030, on his convictions for attempted robbery and theft from interstate shipment, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in regards to the tragic shooting yesterday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures now in place at Norfolk International Airport.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today urged current, former, and future students and their families to share their personal stories about what they think Congress should tackle when it comes to higher...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Albert Larry Harris, Jr. (27, Lake County) to 24 months in federal prison for accepting a bribe as a public official. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, MS - Jose Luis Chavez a/k/a "Big Head," 47, of Edinburg, Texas, pled guilty today before U.S. District U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, and 100 grams or more of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
