News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that late Tuesday afternoon, a federal jury found Edward McLarnon, 69, of Malden, Massachusetts, guilty of receiving firearms with intent to commit murder, as well as three related weapons and explosive charges, after a six-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Defendant possessed over 16,000 files, some depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as five-years-old, and a 170-page manual entitled, “How to Practice Child Love".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida- U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Jeremy Roldan (45, Lake City) and Gene Wakeley (43, Lake City) to five years and five months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Roldan was also sentenced for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Carlos Javier Figueroa, a/k/a/ Javi, a/k/a Big Bro, 39, Roberto Figueroa, 42, Leitscha Poncedeleon, 28, and Orlando Yelder, 36, Jose...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Amy Lynn Holmes, 46, of Calais, Maine was sentenced yesterday in U.S District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to two months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing over $96,000 in Supplemental Security Income...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Darrell Chapman, also known as “Bishop" and “Sly Foxx," age 37, of Rensselaer, New York, was indicted today for narcotics and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELVIN PLAZA, also known as “Jordan," 40, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Mikel A. Parish, age 28, from Griffin, Georgia, was sentenced to twenty-three months in prison on Jan. 30, 2018, for theft of government property. Sentencing was done by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge, in Macon, Georgia. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bill to permanently establish the Department of Homeland Security’s Joint Requirements Council, which ensures that the Department and its components coordinate on identified needs to avoid duplicative or other wasteful purchases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An aspiring rapper from Chicago has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a handgun while filming a music video.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the launch of a new electronic data platform to deliver market price information to the commodities industry. The new web-based platform, Market Analysis and Reporting Services (MARS), uses state-of-the-art...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Kansas City, Mo., men have been indicted for the kidnapping and murder of a victim they were attempting to rob.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Georgia man today admitted using fake driver’s licenses in order to obtain checks issued in response to false statements and representations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Cornish, New Hampshire -- More than a century ago, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and his assistants used a few dabs of plaster to seal shut roughly two dozen sculpture molds. The molds were then put into storage for safekeeping. Since then, the molds have passed from the Saint-Gaudens family to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside woman who worked at Fannie Mae offices in Irvine faces fraud charges alleging that she earned more than $1 million from a scheme in which she took bribes and approved discounted sales of Fannie Mae-owned properties to herself and to brokers in exchange for cash kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Monday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JAMES MARVIN POOLE, 33, of Elizabeth City, to 262 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Commerce entered into a Memorandum of Agreement to evaluate and improve consultations for agricultural crop protection products under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DOROTHY D. BARNEY, 58, of Dallas, Texas, has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for fraud in connection with federal disaster relief, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A former bank employee has entered a guilty plea to allegations she stole more than $1 million from customer accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
