News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Minneapolis FBI Division to Host Diversity Agent Recruitment Event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dayron Gonzalez, 26, and Felipe Perez, 28, both of Miami, Florida, were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson for conspiring to use counterfeit credit cards. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to the charge on March 8, 2018, and Perez pleaded guilty to the same charge on March 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in the District of Oregon has returned a four-count indictment charging three members and associates of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club (GJOMC) for racketeering, kidnapping and murder. The indictment was returned on June 28, and unsealed today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: In the wake of an indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller detailing Russian intrusion into state election systems during the 2016 election, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Quigley (D-IL) today urged House Republicans to restore funding for election security grants.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and agents with U.S. Border Patrol arrested 18 alien smugglers and seized cash, vehicles and more than 1,000 lbs. of marijuana last month in a joint effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 61-year-old Friendswood man has been ordered to federal prison for mail and wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. David Grudzinski pleaded guilty April 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Andrew Garner, 37, of Jamestown, N.Y., of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Adair County Volunteer Firefighter killed while fighting blaze.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking public comments on the Environmental Assessment for a project to restore a streambank crossing on the Alphabet Hills Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man who was previously convicted of firearms charges was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on a federal firearms charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to bank fraud in connection with the embezzlement of over $229,000 from a small business that employed her.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s New York Division, announced that Joseph C. Paternostro, 28, of Hamburg, New York pled guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $10,000,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to produce documents it is withholding relating to ousted EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s efforts to delay producing records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) relating to his tenure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Assault Occurred in Capitol Hill Neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: New Hampshire is one of ten Districts to Receive an Additional Prosecutor to Focus on Fentanyl Trafficking Prosecutions. U.S. Attorney’s Office will partner with Hillsborough County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment Thursday against Javier Beltran, 34, of Strathmore, and Ulises Medina, 24, of Earlimart, charging them with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, interference with commerce by robbery, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Secret Service will present anti-terrorism training for law enforcement next week in both Huntsville and Trussville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Wallington, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for purchasing live child sex shows from individuals overseas, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Kenneth Brian Hanger (46, St. Augustine) with attempted online enticement of a minor, attempted production of child pornography, and online solicitation of child pornography. In 1994, Hanger...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old resident of The Woodlands has been sentenced following her conviction of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Kavita Nehendra Duvvuru pleaded guilty Oct. 11, 2017.
