News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Sean Jack pleaded guilty to a Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy and multiple Hobbs Act robberies as well as to brandishing firearms during the commission of robberies. The charges arise from Jack’s role in robbing six gas stations and convenience stores in Queens, New York. Today’s plea took place before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Former Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper James Carson was sentenced today to nine months in prison for violating an individual’s civil rights by using excessive force, said U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Cornelius Cox, age 33, of Fayetteville, Arkansas was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $2,400.00...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national wanted for murder in Brazil was returned to his home country July 10 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers with the assistance of the Oak Bluffs Police Department on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: For the first time in over a quarter of a century, Chamizal National Memorial will present a play that has been selected, cast, directed, and fully produced by the park’s theater staff. The Memorial has hosted many excellent and varied performances over the years and will continue to work with partners...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Carlo D’Addario, age 48, of Lutherville, Maryland today to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances--specifically, “bath salts" chemically manufactured in China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Federal and state authorities arrested 34-year-old Lukman Shina Aminu in Manchester, NH, today for his alleged scheme to launder thousands of dollars from multiple fraudulent schemes, including thousands stolen from former Texas state employees retirement plans, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALAIN KALOYEROS, the former president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute (“SUNY Poly"), was convicted of defrauding and conspiring to defraud a SUNY Poly-affiliated not-for-profit...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin. HAMMOND- Jared Washington, 33, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge James T. Moody on Washington’s guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. The Court imposed a sentence of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Daryl Williams has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for committing drug trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that the former president of a mental health clinic was sentenced today to 82 months in federal prison for perpetrating a multiyear fraud scheme through which the defendant stole over two million dollars that was supposed to be spent to help some of the most at-risk individuals in her community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Derik Wayne Frazier, age 35, of Durant, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Former Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper James Carson was sentenced today to nine months in prison for violating an individual’s civil rights by using excessive force, said U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Small businesses in the research and development domain will have the opportunity to engage with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program representatives beginning July 17th, as part of the third of four legs of a National Road Tour sponsored by the Small Business Administration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today after the FCC voted along party lines to eliminate key consumer protections to help resolve informal complaints...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derron Gordon, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - The park received below average snowfall this winter and continues to have below average precipitation. Temperatures have been warmer than normal and the first heat wave is expected by the end of the week. This has increased the fire danger at Crater Lake National Park. The outlook for significant wildland fire potential is above normal for the next several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
