News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement denouncing the Trump Administration’s decision to reorganize the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to focus on defending health care workers who refuse-because of their personal moral and religious beliefs-to care for patients based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or reproductive health choices...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: A man who broke into a semi-truck and stole the driver’s firearm was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Rodney D. Cydrus, 48, formerly of Chillicothe, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mailing threatening communications. Cydrus was an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution at the time of this offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: A former Parma resident and a Cleveland man were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to embezzle more than $186,000, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW HARWOOD, 43, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale fencing operation. Judge Shea also ordered HARWOOD to pay a $35,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 38-year-old Fort Worth area man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to import 29 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Manuel Martinez Jr. pleaded guilty Aug. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Revere man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Rodney D. Cydrus, 48, formerly of Chillicothe, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mailing threatening communications. Cydrus was an inmate at Lebanon Correctional Institution at the time of this offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town today presented Alabama district attorneys with a new program to boost collaboration between state and federal prosecutors in choosing which jurisdiction is best for prosecuting repeat offenders or defendants accused of serious criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration is streamlining the application process for researchers who study or wish to study Schedule I substances not currently approved for medical use. Schedule I drugs are defined as drugs, substances, or chemicals with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, such as ecstasy or LSD.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Two Dubuque men who robbed the Fidelity Bank and Trust in Maquoketa, one of whom also sold heroin that led to an overdose and possessed firearms as a felon, were sentenced yesterday and today to federal prison terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced that George J. Jonaitis III, 42, of Hobart, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge James T. Moody for enticement of a minor and committing a felony involving a minor as a registered sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Possession Of A Stolen Firearm. HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Brian Oliver, age 41, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody. Oliver was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Arkee Vernard Howard (27, Orlando) to 9 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONY RILEY, age 49, of Empire, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to committing mail fraud in relation to the BP settlement fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two Wichita police officers and a gambling operator tried to out an undercover investigator at a poker game, a federal indictment unsealed today alleges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Erwin Phillips Burley (29, Houston, TX) to eight years in federal prison for enticing a woman to travel across state lines to engage in prostitution. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution to the victims in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Emporia man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a large-scale crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana trafficking conspiracy in the Emporia area from March 2015 through June 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that on Jan. 12, 2018, Judge Pamela Pepper, sentenced Joel Rivera (age: 29) to 36 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for his role in armed robberies of local Family Dollar stores.
