News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A claims representative for the Social Security Administration in Sacramento, was found guilty today in federal court for conspiring to commit immigration fraud and falsifying government records, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS ORTIZ, also known as “Cuko," 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joseph T. Clemente, Jr., age 34, of Latham, New York, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a short-barreled rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT CHADRONET, 41, formerly of East Providence, R.I., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing three bank robberies in 2015, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release following a previous federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, former New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) Inspector Massimo Dabusco was sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 18 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit extortion, to be followed by a term of three years’ supervised release. The Court also imposed a $4,000 fine. Dabusco, also known as “Max," pleaded guilty to the charge on May 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating seven hours, a federal jury of eight men and four women yesterday found Albert P. Majkowski, Jr. guilty of three counts of wire fraud, two counts of tax evasion and two counts of a lesser included offense of failure to file a tax return, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN FLUMAN, 34, of Southbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing and detonating a pipe bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Paul Jay Harry, 33, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Harry will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to expend significant resources in China, working to break down trade barriers, promote U.S. farm and food products, and ensure that the country will remain a strong export market well into the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Laredo residents and a Nuevo Laredo man have been sentenced to federal prison for harboring and transporting illegal aliens which resulted in multiple deaths, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Four aliens died and another four received severe injuries resulting from a vehicle rollover.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Nazik Modawi and Abboud Wali were sentenced to prison for their conspiring to bribe a SEPTA employee. Modawi, who bribed SEPTA employees on two occasions, earned a sentence of one-year imprisonment. Wali, who was involved with one of those bribes, was given a sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Lawrence Neubert, 46, of Spring Valley, CA, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN FLUMAN, 34, of Southbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing and detonating a pipe bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Matthew Riehl, 25, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park has announced the Lake McDonald Properties Management Plan Draft Environmental Assessment availability for a 30 day public review and comment. Comments will be accepted until March 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Donna M. Smith, age 58, of Cohoes, New York, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for fraudulently obtaining disability insurance benefits.
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: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN ASMODEO, 34, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for engaging in, and videotaping, sexual activity with a minor in the fall of 2003. ASMODEO pled guilty on Oct. 23, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of escape, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to fraud and identity theft charges arising from unlawfully using the identity of a disabled Medicare beneficiary for 17 years.
