News from January 2018
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement after President Trump announced the nomination of John Ring to fill a vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: FLAGSTAFF - Last week, Gary Cody Francis, 55, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to 156 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Francis had previously pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Tuesday to 92 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a 9 mm handgun that was used in a robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A New Castle County, Delaware, man admitted today that he paid an illegal gratuity to an IRS official, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, District of New Jersey, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Adam L. Smith, the former Chief Procurement Officer for the City of Atlanta, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to accept more than $40,000 in bribe payments from a vendor who obtained millions of dollars in city contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Former MARTA Senior Director of Operations Joseph J. Erves has been sentenced to two years, nine months in federal prison for orchestrating a false invoicing scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $500,000 for maintenance work that was never performed and for then funneling most of that money into his personal bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery Today in Fort Lauderdale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a $4 million bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography. The defendant faced a mandatory minimum sentence due to a prior state conviction for statutory rape.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man today admitted robbing four banks in January 2017, including a TD Bank in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on Jan. 11, 2018, Leon Johnson, 28, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced after being convicted of one count of felon in possession of a firearm. At the time of his arrest, Johnson was on supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Austin Campbell, 45, of Smyrna, Delaware, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to the crime of interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. The offense carries a maximum possible sentence of a term of imprisonment of 30 years and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Diet Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Anthony Allen Bernal, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Bernal on Sept. 14, 2017. The indictment alleged that Bernal possessed a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina------United States Attorney, Beth Drake, announced today Soeuth Ath, 45 and Sean Ath 53, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana and conspiracy to launder drug proceeds, violations of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Toribio Guerrero Marte, a/k/a Luis Rodriguez Lugo, a/k/a Boss, 32 of the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Tuesday to 92 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a 9 mm handgun that was used in a robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Father and son, Sergio Chavez-Verduzco and Sergio Chavez-Macias, of Burley, Idaho, were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chavez-Verduzco was also sentenced for his participation in a continuing criminal enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: ***MEDIA ADVISORY***. CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart will visit Lily’s Place tomorrow for a tour of the facility and to meet with officials administering the specialized care provided by this organization. Lily’s Place provides treatment for newborns suffering from Neonatal Abstinence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national, who led a large-scale heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization in southeastern Massachusetts, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston.
