News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Jan. 23, 2018, Jonathan Lee Decker, 28, of Chariton, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 70 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. On March 11, 2017, Decker was caught in possession of methamphetamine, as well as a machete with a 12-inch sharpened blade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has convicted a Monrovia man for his role in an international money laundering organization that conspired to move millions of dollars in proceeds for narcotics traffickers that included the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has convicted a Monrovia man for his role in an international money laundering organization that conspired to move millions of dollars in proceeds for narcotics traffickers that included the Sinaloa Cartel. The conviction stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s LA Strike Force.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Workers at EM’s Idaho Site recently renovated a hot cell to expand waste processing capabilities to a second facility and further protect personnel from high radiological fields.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jackie Tyrell Kennedy, age 24, of Florence, plead guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The ex-wife of a man who was a fugitive for 20 years until his arrest in April 2017, has pleaded guilty to lying about the whereabouts of her former spouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg, West Virginia man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on a failure to register charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kirksville, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling more than $380,000 from the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in Columbia, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a former Breaux Bridge Police officer pleaded guilty to receiving sexually explicit images.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two local men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Vernon Sonsteng, 56, and Michael Anthony Villegas, 33, both of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty in October 2017 to aggravated identity theft and possessing with the intent to unlawfully use five or more false identification documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Thirteen people, most from Stark County, were charged in an 80-count federal indictment for bringing hundreds of pounds of cocaine into Northern Ohio and selling it in Massillon, Canton and throughout the region, as well as additional firearms and drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Dear Inspector General Horowitz: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary are conducting oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the FBI’s investigation of classified information on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a former Breaux Bridge Police officer pleaded guilty to receiving sexually explicit images.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Thirteen people, most from Stark County, were charged in an 80-count federal indictment for bringing hundreds of pounds of cocaine into Northern Ohio and selling it in Massillon, Canton and throughout the region, as well as additional firearms and drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dionna J. Bradshaw, 37, formerly of Vallejo, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to submit false claims for tax refunds to the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Thirteen people, most from Stark County, were charged in an 80-count federal indictment for bringing hundreds of pounds of cocaine into Northern Ohio and selling it in Massillon, Canton and throughout the region, as well as additional firearms and drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia is filled with heavy hearts at the passing of our friend and colleague, Huntington Police Chief Joe Ciccarelli.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Scams Targeting the Deceased.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Kira Lee Encarnacion, 40, of St. Croix, was arraigned today in District Court on a criminal indictment charging her with federal program theft and money laundering, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
