News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Tambra Brown, 30, of Grenada, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Minnesota Tax Return Preparer Indicted for Tax Refund Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Laci Marie Fox a/k/a Laci Marie Noah, age, 27, of Poteau, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 36-year-old man from Galveston County has been ordered to federal prison following his guilty plea of receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Lavelas Luckey pleaded guilty Oct. 28, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, NY - Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Buffalo, a Rochester man was arrested Wednesday and charged by criminal complaint in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York with receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of willfully injuring or committing depredation against any property of the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAMIAN BARBARITO ROMERO, age 37, from New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged today before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance to a one-count Indictment charging him with possession of child pornography involving children under the age of twelve, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(4)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Uriel Adolfo Rayo-Dominguez, 19, a citizen of Mexico, and Jennifer Castillo, 18, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced that Miguel Figueroa, 32, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 10 grams or more of a mixture and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Georgia man has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation with six months’ home detention on his conviction of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 20, 2018, Steven Eugene Johnson, a.k.a. Yahya Johnson, 36, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison by the Honorable Pamela Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge. Upon his release from prison, Johnson will be supervised by the U.S. Probation office for three years.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: PALATINE, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Manuel Gallardo, owner of Gallardo’s Construction Services, after inspectors observed employees exposed to fall hazards on six Chicago-area residential roofing projects between August and November 2017. The company faces $281,286 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy Laubacker, 26, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and cyberstalking, was sentenced to 180 months in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Pineville man was sentenced last week to two and a half years in prison for using an online storage site to house child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Justin L. Billings, 35, of Wellsville, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Shaquin Brodie, 20, a former resident of St. John, appeared for arraignment today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being arrested in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 16, 2018, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced. Brodie was arrested pursuant to an indictment and arrest warrant issued on Jan. 11, 2018, by the District Court of the Virgin Islands charging him with mail fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Portland International Airport (PDX), a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) designated research airport, often tests new technology or procedures. One new technology recently implemented at PDX was ScreenADAPT®, an X-ray image analysis training system that tracks the eye movement of trainees as they inspect simulated bags to enhance visual search skills.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: Sajmir Alimehmeti, a/k/a “Abdul Qawii," Adorned His Apartment with an ISIS Flag, Purchased Combat Knives and Other Military-Type Equipment, Provided Advice and Assistance to an Individual He Believed to be Traveling to Syria to Fight with ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: (WESTON, Fla.) - A federal jury has found Tirso Hernandez-(35, Ocala, Florida) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years...
