News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Bennett, 47 of Los Angeles, California, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, was sentenced to 180 months in prison by Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: On Thursday, the House of Representatives will consider S. 139 , a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This bill fails to accomplish any meaningful reform or provide any significant measure of privacy protections. S. 139 is a deeply flawed bill that ultimately ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican man on Tuesday pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana to conspiracy to illegally import methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 8, 2018, Sergio Charley, 37, of Tonalea, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 46 months in prison followed by a term of 3 years of supervised release. Charley had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Four Peruvian citizens were indicted for their alleged involvement in a multi-billion dollar, international gold money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTE, N.C. - Six members of the United Blood Nation gang (UBN or Bloods) were sentenced yesterday to terms ranging from 13 years to life in prison, for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity (RICO) and related charges, stemming from the 2014 double-murder of Douglas and Deborah London and the 2013 murder of Kwamne Clyburn, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jarod Perdichizzi, 31, of Lodi, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison for distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Zachary Wilson, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Dulce, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to sexual abuse charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Wilson will be sentenced within the range of 24 to 36 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Wilson also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 21, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 32 defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in the municipality of San Juan, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), San Juan Strike Force Unit, are in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio indicted 202 people on firearms charges last year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) -The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day public comment period on a Determination of NEPA Adequacy for 217 nominated oil and gas lease parcels within the Miles City Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Zongli Chang, M.D. and seven other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today. Chang is also charged with health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Morris sentenced Jacob Ryan Murie, a 38 year-old resident of Box Elder, to 115 months of prison and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Baltimore, Maryland man has his initial appearance today after being indicted by a grand jury in November 2017 for drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Providence woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a long-running, off-the-books payroll scheme through which her temporary employment agency evaded federal employment taxes and workers’ compensation insurance premiums.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown, West Virginia man was indicted by a grand jury today for illegal possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Allentown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Einstin Antonio Cantos, 40, a citizen of Ecuador who was residing in California, has been sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for making false statements on an application for a United States passport, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alfonso Rios-Ayon, 44, a Mexican national, was sentenced on Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 35-year-old resident of Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy and to importing methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
