News from February 2018
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: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found five individuals guilty of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of “crack" cocaine. Jimmy Remy Fernetus (30, Miami), Edson Gelin (40, Orlando), Raymond Mike Ayap (Orlando...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Feb. 21, 2018, a jury returned a verdict in favor of a prison physician rejecting a prisoner’s claim that his Constitutional rights were violated. The two-day jury trial was held before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Fareed Abdul Jabar, age 34, of Atlanta, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville for felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). United States District Judge Michelle Childs imposed a sentence of 46 months followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARREN BRANDON WILLIAMS, age 29, of Oakland, California, was sentenced to 6 months of incarceration followed by 6 months of home confinement by United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana Sarah S. Vance after he previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to alter U.S. Postal money orders.
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: ATLANTA - Nadir Anwar Jabbar and Scarlett Capri King have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to defraud various car dealerships and car loan financing institutions by using stolen identities to purchase luxury vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a resident of Louisville, Ky., were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Steven M. Williams a/k/a “Brother Ray," a/k/a “Ray", age 38, and Harry E. Rivers a/k/a “Hakeem," a/k/a “Pots," age 28, both of Delaware, for sex trafficking of a child and by force, fraud, and coercion. The indictment was returned on Feb. 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 31-year-old Nicholas Andreas Gonzalez-Malven to 45 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a federal grand jury in Anchorage has returned a series of indictments over the last few months charging individuals for various alleged firearms offenses arising from a number of vehicle thefts investigated by the Anchorage Police Department (APD).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Owner of Albuquerque Jewelry Store Charged with Obstructing Internal Revenue Laws and Filing False and Frivolous Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia is prosecuting a pair of cases that are part of the nationwide elder fraud sweep announced earlier today by Department of Justice Officials, United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected six projects to receive $17.6 million in federal funding under the Office of Fossil Energy’s Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies funding opportunity announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned five indictments today against six additional defendants arrested as part of last week’s multi-agency coordinated series of searches and arrests throughout Northern California, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
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: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Jose Luis Sanchez-Rosado (44, Volusia County) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Due to his multiple felony convictions, he qualified for an increased penalty under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Sanchez-Rosado pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Keith Ray Morgan, age 34, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Marc Jason Levene (56, Sarasota) with three counts of possessing explosives as a convicted felon, two counts of improper storage of explosive materials, and one count of possessing ammunition as a convicted felon. If convicted...
