News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that YOLANDA SILVERIO, 54, of Austin, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 10 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft in connection with health care. Judge Bryant also ordered SILVERIO to perform 150 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Embezzled over $550,000.00 from Iceland Sports Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Michael Crumble and Ramell Markus with kidnapping, extortion and possessing and brandishing a firearm in relation to those crimes. The defendants were arrested today and are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Gregory Walsh, to 24 months in federal prison followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Walsh had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1349 on April 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Evan “Red" Harris, 34, of Burlington, Vermont, was sentenced yesterday for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, over 100 grams of heroin, and over 28 grams...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dwayne G. Perkins, age 37, of Albany, was arraigned today on a charge that he possessed and intended to distribute crack cocaine, cocaine, and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Law Enforcement Operation Resulted in Fatal Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for trafficking narcotics, possession with intent to distribute and manufacture controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) was joined by Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and Reps. Robin Kelly (D-IL), Lou Correa (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) to introduce legislation aimed at preventing acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists and other extremist groups. This is a companion bill to legislation first introduced in the Senate by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher L. Morgan, age 31, of Schenectady, New York, was arraigned last week on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury charged Khalid Swanson, 43, of Cleveland, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Reno County man is facing federal charges of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: John H, Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DIANE DALMY, 63, of Denver, Colorado, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of conspiracy stemming from her role in a securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lee Loomis, aka Lawrence Leland Loomis, 60, of Granite Bay, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 12 years in prison for schemes that caused millions of dollars in losses to more than 183 investors, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on a series of bipartisan national monument, conservation and recreation bills highlighting the importance of local stakeholder engagement in conservation management decisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Nakai, 33, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Valley, Ariz., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 12 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer. Nakai will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Anastacio Cruz-Santiago, 37, formerly of Madison, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 8 months in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for social security fraud. After serving his prison sentence, Cruz-Santiago will then be removed from the United States.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing on American cyber diplomacy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Rodney Moret of Madison Heights, Michigan was sentenced today to 75 months’ imprisonment for participating in conspiracies to distribute prescription pills illegally and to defraud Medicare, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. His crimes include over $15 million of prescriptions drugs, and an additional $6 million in health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Defendants face a forfeiture allegation of $475,431.
