News from July 2018
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: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Donald Theodore Fuller, a 34 year-old resident of Greycliff, Montana was sentenced to 120 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Fuller was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Andre Hinton, 36, of McNary, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to eight years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Hinton had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum punishment of eight years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jorge Lopez, aka “Cowboy," was sentenced to 104 months in prison today for robbing and conspiring to rob five San Francisco Bay Area banks, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Schuele Boys Gang member Letorrance Travis, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, called for the release of the full unclassified transcript of the 11-hour, closed-door interview of...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), is hosting a free webinar titled “Request For Proposal (RFP) Strategies for Tribal Community Energy Projects" on Wednesday, July 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Lindell Robinson, age 46, of Middle River, Maryland, today to 13 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Judge Russell also ordered that Robinson must forfeit his vehicle and $16,000 in cash recovered during the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Justimiano Perez Diaz, age 43, of Stigler, Oklahoma.,was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Enticement Of A Minor Using The Internet, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b). The charge arose from an investigation by the Wagoner Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - During the first meeting for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today urged conferees to include two measures in the final report - vital reforms to U.S. export controls and sanctions on Burmese officials responsible for ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal bank 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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN FAUCHER, 41, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of possession of contraband in a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Schuele Boys Gang member Letorrance Travis, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Coreon House, age 20, Rashad Coleman, age 25, and Nicola Dunlap, age 21, all of Indianapolis, Indiana, were indicted on July 10, 2018, by a federal grand jury on one count of conspiracy to commit robbery of a pharmacy, one count of armed robbery of a pharmacy and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - The owner of Midlothian businesses Premier Consulting Services and Premier Credit Consultants was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for defrauding approximately 51 customers of more than $600,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Joshua Knight, 35, of Brunswick, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Knight pleaded guilty to the charge on January 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler, who handled the case, stated that on July 28, 2017, Niagara County Probation Officers performed a home visit for a woman living at 1224 Niagara Avenue, Upper Apartment, in Niagara Falls. As they entered the residence, officers observed the defendant, the probationer's...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Las Cruces, N.M. - Recent moisture and increased humidity has reduced the fire danger and allowed the Bureau of Land Management to lift fire restrictions on public land in southern New Mexico, starting at 8 a.m. on July 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. District Court and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia are issuing an alert to citizens concerning a scam that has cost victims thousands of dollars. Citizens continue to receive fraudulent phone calls from scammers falsely claiming to be with the U.S. District...
