News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former felon who sold cocaine and possessed six firearms was sentenced today to 105 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez, Administrative Officer Jeff Hahn, Officer Manager/IT Specialist Joey Chigro, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ilianys Rivera Miranda of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Florida were among the 162 members of the Department of Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARVIN OYUELA LOPEZ, age 31, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that a Grand Jury, sitting in Macon Georgia, has returned indictments against 30 individuals. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All of the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Get out on the trail Saturday, June 23 during the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center’s Pioneer Trail Trek program, “Bozeman Trail." This program aims to connect participants with public lands, and in turn with America’s natural and cultural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Richard Silvestri, 49, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Next Thursday, the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will hold a hearing to examine the implementation of the PIPES Act of 2016 and matters relating to oversight of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing on nominations for U.S. Ambassador to South Korea and Assistant Secretary of State for both Near Eastern and African Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, reaffirms the Eastern District of North Carolina’s commitment to combating elder abuse and financial exploitation. Mr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug, firearms, and witness tampering laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Former Executives at Publicly Traded Transportation Company Charged with $245 Million Accounting and Securities Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charlie P. Conant, 27, of Syracuse, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with online enticement of a minor. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Howard Trade Elkins, 44, of Hendersonville, N.C. was sentenced late yesterday to 24 months in prison on wire fraud charges for embezzling client funds from his law office’s trust account, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also ordered Elkins to serve two years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: On June 14, 2018, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) presented its Most Supportive Employer Award to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. United States Attorney Shawn N. Anderson accepted the award on behalf of the office. EGSR...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Ryan Andrew Chambers, 37, of Boise, was sentenced Tuesday in United States District Court to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chambers pleaded guilty on March 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Watertown, Mass., man and Georgia woman have agreed to plead guilty in connection with their roles in a long-running interstate prostitution ring.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation Friday issued updated allocations for South-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractors for the 2018 contract year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Stanley Hagan, Jr. (33, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the internet. Hagan was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marcos A. Martinez, 31, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty yesterday afternoon in in Las Cruces, N.M., to federal methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges filed as the result of a multi-agency investigation into a criminal organization that was trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and firearms in southeastern New Mexico.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a dangerous illegal alien after he was released by the city of Philadelphia, despite an active detainer, which included a criminal arrest order signed by a federal judge.
