News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RONALD THOMPSON, age 42, of St. Charles Parish, was sentenced today for charges relating to narcotics trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that James Robert Fix, age 47, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence for Possession of Child Pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B). United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced today to seven years in prison for traveling from Newport News to Louisiana to have sex with a minor, and for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with firearms trafficking related to five separate sales, including selling an illegal sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Raul Efrain Lopez Jr., 36, of Nampa, was sentenced yesterday to 92 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Lopez was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise. A federal grand jury indicted Lopez on January 9, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jason Williams, 44, of Kenmore, 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 fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SEAN BRIGGS, a/k/a “Big Sean," a/k/a “Big C,", age 33, was sentenced today to 60 months imprisonment for one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking crime in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A). U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, age 31, of Conway, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). United States District Judge Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced McDowell to 33 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Louis Driver, 43, of Lauderdale County, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Former Ladera Ranch Resident Arrested in Connection with $2 Million Real Estate Scheme That Targeted Retirees and Other Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Josh Harry Isler, age 55, from St. Ansgar, Iowa, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids to one count of trade secret theft and one count of making a false statement or representation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. .
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas -Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James Lewis Story (Jimmy), age 57 of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,282,966.00...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on July 11, 2018, Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Redfawn Fallis, age 39, of Colorado, on charges of Civil Disorder and Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Convicted Felon during the DAPL protest ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Park Rangers Jesse McGahey and Philip N. Johnson, and Firefighter Nick Bliss recognized for heroic actions, courage, and professionalism.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WAYNE SONIAT, age 61, of New Orleans, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman to fifteen (15) months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after previously pleading guilty to a two-count Bill of Information for wire fraud and making false statements on federal income tax returns. SONIAT was also ordered to repay $481,231 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Tuesday to five years and five months in prison for possessing drugs and firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Raul Efrain Lopez Jr., 36, of Nampa, was sentenced yesterday to 92 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Lopez was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise. A federal grand jury indicted Lopez on January 9, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to illegally possessing a firearm.
