News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Glen Kyle Wells, a/k/a Lou, and Kyle, age 31, of Baltimore to 188 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin relating to a drug trafficking organization in North Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Sweep included efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DUSAN MLADEN, also known as David Mladen, 63, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for threatening a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge and lying to federal law enforcement officers investigating the crime. Judge Meyer also ordered MLADEN to pay a $20,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: On Feb. 22, 2018, Edwin Vergara-Cedillo, 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to a term of 18 months of imprisonment, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Vergara-Cedillo pled guilty on November 7, 2017 to two federal charges, illegal reentry after deportation and possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. Vergara-Cedillo was sentenced to 18 months on each count, to be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The federal indictment against Philip Ahr, a/k/a “DaddyX" and “DaddyXX," of Radnor, Delaware County, PA, was unsealed today in federal court. The indictment charges Ahr with two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Richard “Rob" Walker Attempted to Obstruct a Federal Grand Jury Investigation Into Payment from a County Contractor and then Lied to Investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. The cases involve more than two hundred and fifty defendants from around the globe who victimized more than a million Americans, most of whom were elderly. The cases...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC (IATSE) recently renewed their alliance to protect the safety and health of workers in the entertainment industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Eugenio Delgado-Rivera, 48, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to the federal crime of unlawfully re-entering the United States as an illegal alien having been previously convicted of an aggravated felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Joseph A. Banco Jr., Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Aug. 23, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a one count indictment against Rafael Garza a/k/a "Poppy," Timothy Woods, Juan Cisneros a/k/a "Hot Rod," Alfredo Arambul a/k/a "Freddy," a/k/a "Chain," Carlos Alberto Lopez, Tiffany Harper, Anthony Hope, Anthony Gilliam, Corey Blair, Marcus Joyner, Ricky Dortch, and Johnny Smith alleging that these individuals conspired to possess with the intent distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David Guevara-Pimentel, 24, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for dealing firearms without a license, illegal possession of a machine gun, and distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. The cases involve more than 250 defendants from around the globe who victimized more than a million Americans, most of whom were elderly. The cases...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Defendant Lied About Brother’s Role in Murder of Navajo Man.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) are proposing a project to improve stream and riparian habitat and boating access on the New Fork River near Pinedale.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Defendants among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: New Project Safe Neighborhoods program to target repeat offenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Clyde Peterson, 46, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Yahtahey, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a sexual abuse of a minor or ward charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Peterson will be sentenced 21 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Peterson also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. The cases involve more than two hundred and fifty defendants from around the globe who victimized more than a million Americans, most of whom were elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Justice Department coordinates largest nationwide elder fraud sweep - more than one million victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Penitentiary inmate Deldrick D. Jackson has been sentenced to an additional one year, six months in federal prison for running an inmate taxi service and a contraband smuggling operation and with his fiancée Kelly Bass.
