News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that federal law enforcement authorities today took custody of the last of seven members of a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed over a kilogram of heroin and other narcotics in Newark and the surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Newark men have been arrested and charged for their respective roles in a string of armed carjackings in Jersey City, New Jersey, in June 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: A man who farmed land in north central Iowa and made false statements to a bank and to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and committed bankruptcy fraud was sentenced on February 7, 2018, to more than a year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandy May, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years probation for her role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Belton, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally trafficking in thousands of illegal fireworks and explosives following an explosion that destroyed a Grandview, Mo., business last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for multiple counts of tax fraud and obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Quashad Maurante Pugh, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a St. Martinville man was sentenced to five years in prison for drug distribution and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in federal prison for drug and firearms crimes, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: Metro Police Officer Hit By Gunfire From Suspect.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A 33 year-old Providence man previously convicted of drug trafficking and assaulting several police officers was sentenced today to 3 years probation, the first six months to be served in home confinement with electronic monitoring, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Estelle Cook, Jr., 28, of Pickens, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Carlton Reeves, to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: Gregory Hubbard, aka Jibreel, 54, of West Palm Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty on Feb. 8, to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans February.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Antonio Chavez (34, Arcadia), a/k/a “Cino," to 17 ½ years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine and for possessing over 500 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man convicted of transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes was sentenced on February 8, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in a credit card fraud and identity theft scheme that stole over 5,000 credit card numbers and resulted in a loss of over $1.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Authorities executed multiple search warrants and arrested five Corpus Christi residents following enforcement actions resulting in criminal complaints for federal firearms and/or narcotics violations, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the below statement following the passing of his longtime friend and committee Staff Director Ray Baum...
