News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Osvaldo Tavarez, 48, appeared for his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after a Federal Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment charging transportation of a minor with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Tavarez remains in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday July 18, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Williams, 57, of California City, California, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to narcotics conspiracy and distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. The charges carry mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $20,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud offense and admitted operating a $6 million scheme that bilked investors who were promised large profits from the resale of tickets to high-profile sporting events, including the Super Bowl and the World Cup.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita lawyer and a computer software engineer were charged today in a federal indictment alleging they were responsible for cyberattacks on web sites that posted information critical of the lawyer’s work, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Online Auction Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: New Indictment Adds Obstruction of Justice Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joanne T. Huehn, 42, formerly of Milltown, Wis., was sentenced for stealing from the mail while an employee of the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Huehn to five years of probation. Huehn pleaded guilty to this offense on May 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A resident of Sewickley, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on charges of tax evasion and obstructing the due administration of the internal revenue laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Suffolk woman was sentenced yesterday to 12 months in prison and six months under house arrest for helping her husband possess firearms after he was convicted of a felony and attempting to obstruct the investigation against him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Robert Lad Solfisburg, 34, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 150 months’ prison. Solfisburg had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Lee Starkey, Jr., of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jack Wood, 47, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation released a final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) regarding construction of a fish screen on the Green River Canal located near Green River, Utah. Under the direction and legislative authority of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program, Reclamation will provide funding for construction of the fish screen facilities.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site workers continue to prepare to remove highly radioactive soil under a former engineering laboratory located about 300 yards from the Columbia River and less than a mile from Richland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Domingo Diaz, 40, of the Dominican Republic, was arrested on Monday on an information charging him with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Diaz made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
Release: WICHITA, Kan. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered two loaded firearms in two days at Kansas airports. The first was found at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) and the second at Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) at the security screening checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant Preyed on Young California Teen, Inducing her to send Images over Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DUANE MARTINEZ pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin between 2015 and 2017. As part of that conspiracy, MARTINEZ arranged to deliver heroin to a 41-year-old woman, Ivy Katz, while she was a patient in a hospital rehabilitation clinic, causing Katz to overdose and die.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Timberline Hardwood Floors LLC for willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards. The Fulton, New York, custom hardwood-flooring manufacturer faces proposed penalties totaling $182,917.
