News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today charging Alfredo Sanchez, 39, of Madera, and Saybyn Borges, 27, of Sacramento, with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, distribution of fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Sanchez was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ZACHARY PROVOST, 33, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of robberies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire in late 2017.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Andorra is an independent principality with a population of about 75,000 and area of 181 square miles situated between France and Spain in the Pyrenees mountains. Although not a member of the European Union, Andorra is part of the EU Customs Union and, due to a monetary agreement with the EU, uses the ...
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Estonia is a safe and dynamic country for investment, with a business climate very similar to the United States. As a member of the European Union (EU), the Government of Estonia (GOE) maintains liberal policies in order to attract investments and export-oriented companies. Creating favorable conditions ...
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: The Republic of Kosovo is Europe’s youngest country - and one of its poorest - but it has managed to record positive economic growth rates, 3.8 percent on average during the last 10 years. Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008 and has been recognized by more than 100 UN Member States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 19, 2018, Randall Scott Jenkins, 55, of Maryville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to an Information charging him with two counts of aggravated theft of pre-retail medical products from City Drug Co., and one count of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a three-day jury trial, a Las Vegas felon was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 13 years’ imprisonment, followed by 8 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for multiple bank robberies committed throughout Virginia and North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of San Antonio, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Threatening Interstate Communications, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: The Russian Federation made substantial advances in 2017 to decrease the regulatory burden on businesses and climbed five notches to 35th place out of 190 economies in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 Report. However, fundamental structural problems in governance of the economy continue to stifle ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Arkansas man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for illegally selling numerous handguns and rifles in Chicago and the suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Tristan David Swim, 22, of Caldwell, was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison followed three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Swim on January 9, 2018. Swim was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Arkansas man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for illegally selling numerous handguns and rifles in Chicago and the suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face allegations that he robbed three North Jersey banks between January and April 2018, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The nomination of Charles Rettig to be the new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner today advanced out of the Senate Finance Committee by a vote of 14-13. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jerry Kennedy Walsh, age 72, of Magnolia, Arkansas pleaded guilty today to conspiring to misapply over $380,000 from South Arkansas Youth Services without the authority of the non-profit’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Fernando Hernandez-Hernandez, 58, a Mexican citizen residing in Fresno, charging him with production and sales of false identification documents, possession of document‑making implements with intent to make false identification...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mississippi real estate investor Kimberly Foster became the seventh real estate investor to plead guilty in connection with the ongoing investigation into bid rigging at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Mississippi, the Department of Justice announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Andorra is an independent principality with a population of about 75,000 and area of 181 square miles situated between France and Spain in the Pyrenees mountains. Although not a member of the European Union, Andorra is part of the EU Customs Union and, due to a monetary agreement with the EU, uses the...
