News from January 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is issuing a temporary land closure for select public lands at the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in San Bernardino County to accommodate the annual King of the Hammers race Feb. 2-10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant was paid cooperator for Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER G. KRUZYNSKI, 51, of Shelton, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Nicole Perry, 22, of Berwick, Maine, was sentenced in federal court to 57 months’ in prison for fentanyl trafficking, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Waldwick, New Jersey, man today admitted carjacking a taxi and striking the victim on the head with a beer bottle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Elizabeth Salinas-Roldan, 42, previously of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Grimace Bandit Suspect Arrested. On Dec. 23, 2017 officers from the Gulfport, Mississippi Police Department, along with FBI agents, arrested Miranda Maloney, 33, who is believed to be the "Grimace Bandit.". Maloney is a suspect in seven bank robberies throughout Arizona between Sept. 30, 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: A former executive pleaded guilty today in the District of New Jersey for his role in a conspiracy to eliminate competition by rigging bids, allocating customers, and fixing the price for liquid aluminum sulfate sold to municipalities and pulp and paper companies in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man who was working as a paid cooperator for the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with falsifying audio recordings in a federal investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released two documents for public review pertaining to Boca Dam, located on the Little Truckee River 5 miles northeast of Truckee: A draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the Boca Dam Safety of Dams Modification Project, and a draft contract between the United States of America and the Washoe County Water Conservation District for work on Boca Dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Beaverton Police Captain Graduates from the FBI National Academy.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: HOLLAND, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited an Ohio roofing contractor for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards. The contractor, Casey Bortles, faces proposed penalties totaling $91,629.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Jan. 2, 2018, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Kassem Mohammad Hafeed, age 53, of Baltimore, Maryland to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for food stamp and wire fraud. Judge Bennett also ordered Hafeed to pay restitution in the amount of $1,532,642.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Pikeville man, Craig T. Anderson, 29, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, to be followed by a 25-year term of supervised release, for knowingly receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: A Warrensville Heights couple were charged in federal court with embezzling nearly $200,000 from a now-closed Cleveland credit union where once worked, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - James Folks has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for methoxyacetyl fentanyl trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The indictment charges Folks, age 44, of East Pittsburgh, with committing the following crimes on December 7, 2017: attempt to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of methoxyacetyl fentanyl and possession of a firearm after seven prior felony convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Four men have been arraigned this week after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Elkins on Dec. 19, 2017 on illegal firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dana J. Boente, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that MEHMET HAKAN ATILLA was found guilty today of conspiring with others, including Reza Zarrab, a/k/a “Riza Sarraf," who previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - DeAnthony Lyons, 21, of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 90 months (seven and a half years) in federal prison for committing the offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Lyons is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Matt Barden, Associate Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that fentanyl and heroin dealer Cordero R. Seals, 29, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for distributing heroin laced with fentanyl causing a near-death overdose. Seals received this sentenced after being found guilty on July 19, 2017, during a jury trial held in the United States District Court, Northern District of Iowa.
