News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Monday, Eric Begay, 44, of Red Valley, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 42 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release with sex offender conditions. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jerell Weathersby, 21, and Dontrell Wise, 31, both of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing butyryl fentanyl, a Schedule I controlled substance. The charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Astorga, who handled the case, stated that in February 2017, law enforcement officers began an investigation into the cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana distribution activities of the defendant out of a residence at 45 A Street in Buffalo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant took GRE and TOEFL exam for others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Concealed Income And Assets From IRS Collection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Geoffrey S. Walsh, a former vice president of the Bank of Oswego, to 30 months in federal prison followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Walsh had previously pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to make false entries in bank records, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and wire fraud on July 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Fayette County woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Tiffany D. Ramsey, 27, of Boomer, entered her guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND - U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that the District of Oregon collected $21,705,595 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2017. Of this amount, $8,066,251 was collected in criminal actions and $13,639,344 in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted embezzling millions of dollars from a New York-based hospitality company where he was the chief operating officer, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - After a one and a half day trial, Brandon Royce Phillips, 34, of Panama City Beach, was convicted yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Panama City of production, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Trussville man to more than 15 years in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, voiced her strong opposition to President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that U.S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman sentenced LORI DEXTER, age 53, of Decatur, Georgia, to 60 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that E'Shellah Calhoun, age 52, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to conspiracy, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilberto Garcia, 42, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Florida Fugitive Arrested in Baton Rouge by FBI After Abducting Four Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Virginia man of committing a hate crime for assaulting a co-worker at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Chester in May 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Tony Coles, 40, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to serve 65 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division. Coles was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Tamarac.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Rocky Comfort, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with threatening to assault an FBI agent.
