News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Pain pill investigation leads to prison sentences of eight years for one defendant and two years for another.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: A man who tossed a loaded semi-automatic pistol and a bag of marijuana into a wooded area near the I-380 and Glass Road interchange in Cedar Rapids after a car accident in July 2017 was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Cole Lee Rankin, 24, of Paris, pleaded guilty today to Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gregory Jerome Brown, 28, of Bountiful, Utah, pleaded guilty today to robbing three banks, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the White House to produce documents it is withholding relating to interim security clearances for the President’s top aides, particularly in light of troubling new data from the Department of Defense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Pennsylvania Biofuel Company Owners Charged with Fraudulently Claiming Fuel Tax Credits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: A Moreland Hills couple was charged in a 24-count indictment with ordering and performing unnecessary tests and procedures to defraud insurance providers, as well as illegally distributing opioids and other drugs, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced a deal today between the United States Attorney’s Office and Rite Aid Corporation to resolve a criminal investigation in the Southern District of West Virginia regarding Rite Aid’s improper sale of the methamphetamine precursor pseudoephedrine...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $3 million prize competition to reenergize innovation in U.S. solar manufacturing. The American Made Solar Prize will incentivize the nation’s entrepreneurs to develop new processes and products that will reassert American leadership...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Rafael Lora, age 42, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a superseding indictment on Jan. 23, 2018, with additional cocaine trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted Tuesday in federal court on multiple counts of drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Maria Santa, 41, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for failing to surrender for service of her sentence, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ordered today’s sentence to be served consecutive to Santa’s original sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: A man who tossed a loaded semi-automatic pistol and a bag of marijuana into a wooded area near the I-380 and Glass Road interchange in Cedar Rapids after a car accident in July 2017 was convicted by a jury today after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Convicted of Anti-Gay Hate Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE- Nathan James Garcia, aka “Bones," pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce and armed bank robbery in connection with the 2012 robbery of a Salinas, Calif., bank, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty plea was accepted this morning by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford for the robberies of two Rockford banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, 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 a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brittney Ridgeway, 29, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of heroin. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: JACKSON, MS-The FBI’s Jackson Field Office is pleased to announce the Mississippi Center for Excellence as a recipient of the 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Award. MCE was selected for having demonstrated outstanding contributions to the community they serve.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant is latest to plead guilty out of nearly two dozen defendants indicted after long-term narcotics investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 16, 2018, a jury found Adrian Harper (age 39), of Milwaukee, guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
