News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey H. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that WALTER C. LITTLE, a/k/a “Chet," a former partner at an international law firm (the “Firm"), was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to commit insider trading from at least February 2015 through May 2016. LITTLE pled guilty on November 9, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who also imposed today’s sentence.
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: 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Joseph Picchi, 49, of Hammonton, NJ, was charged today by Indictment[1] with one count of enticement of a minor announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about July 20-21, 2017, attempted to entice a minor online, who he believed had not attained the age of 18 years, to engage in sexual activity, for which any person could be charged with a criminal offense.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Multiple gang members are among the dozens of individuals arrested in a major law enforcement operation targeting violent criminals in central Arkansas. Thursday’s early-morning takedown highlights the coordinated work of federal, state, and local agencies to combat drug and gun crime in Little Rock, and is part of both new and continuing efforts by all law enforcement in the area to address the rise in violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Admits He Intended to Sell the Heroin Near a Public Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that District Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced Chance Tyler Hood, 20, of Sapulpa, to serve 180 months in federal prison and Kristina Jean Koehn, 29, of Hominy, to serve 240 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: A Honduran who illegally used someone else’ social security account number was sentenced today, to more than three months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Feb. 22, 2018, defendant Karen Curet-Nieves was sentenced to a term of 48 months (four years) of imprisonment, and two years of supervised release term by District Judge Pedro A. Delgado for her participation in a bribery and health care fraud scheme that occurred from approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Admits Making and Throwing Explosive Devices - One Device Injured a Police Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Chad Scates Tidwell, age 32, of Memphis, Tennessee pled guilty to Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, up to a $1,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: The Eisenhower National Historic Site will be changing to its spring operating hours starting March 2. Spring hours remain in effect until March 29. Orientation to the site and guided tours of the Eisenhower Home with a National Park Service Ranger will be available to the public Friday through Tuesday at 10 am and 2 pm The site will be closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays from March 7 to March 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A convicted felon who carried a stolen 9mm handgun into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, then aimed the gun at a police officer was sentenced today to a total of 120 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, 23-year-old Bradley Ahearn admitted to shooting a U.S. Mail carrier last year in Spring Branch, TX, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Houston Division; and, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Multiple gang members are among dozens of individuals arrested in a major law enforcement operation targeting violent criminals in central Arkansas. Thursday’s early-morning takedown highlights the coordinated work of federal, state, and local agencies to combat drug and gun crime in Little Rock, and is part of both new and continuing efforts by all law enforcement in the area to address the rise in violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRAIG FRANCIS, also known as Horus Durjaya Bey, 44, of Windsor, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - John King Lionell, 26, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to rob banks in the District of Columbia and Maryland. A co-defendant, Steve Jamal Smith, also known as Jabrail Love, 23, of Hyattsville, Md., earlier also was sentenced to a 42-month prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Justice Department announced today the results of 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.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
Release: U.S. Virgin Islands - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the United States and its territories. The new procedures beginning...
