News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, former New York State Assemblywoman Pamela Harris pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, one count of making false statements to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), and one count of witness tampering. The proceeding was held before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy. Harris was arrested on January 9, 2018 and resigned from her position in the New York State Assembly on April 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The leader of one of Newark’s most violent street gangs was sentenced today to 540 months in prison for his admitted role in five murders, an armed carjacking, an armed robbery of a drug dealer, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and drug conspiracy as part of a racketeering conspiracy involving the South Side Cartel, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston women have been taken into custody on charges they committed fraud against the Veterans Administration (VA) by generating purchase orders for fictitious goods and services, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Tuesday, June 12, 2018, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Alexander Ruben Alvarado, age 21, of Iowa City, to 36 months in prison for unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Alvarado was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: She stole over 183,000 dollars between 2010 and 2014 from Charleston Building and Construction Trades Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Naum Morgovsky and Irina Morgovsky pleaded guilty today for their respective roles in a scheme to export components for the production of night vision and thermal devices in violation of the Arms Export Control Act, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Assistant Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A retired soldier pleaded guilty today to receiving and selling stolen government property that had been initially delivered to at Fort Eustis.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: JUNE 12, 2018 - The Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 influenced significant changes in American postsecondary education, according to a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) indicating the Department of Education’s (Department’s) intent to delay implementation of the final Program Integrity and Improvement regulations by two years. Specifically, we oppose the proposed delay of these regulations, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that he and Assistant U.S. Attorney Belinda Alcantara, Elder Justice Coordinator, were guest speakers at the “2018 Enhancing Judicial Skills in Elder Abuse Cases Workshop," organized...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County man was sentenced to federal prison on drug and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Malcolm Hodges, 25, previously entered guilty pleas to illegally possessing a firearm, and possessing and intending to distribute methamphetamine. Hodges ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert D. Moreno, 38, of Ukiah, Calif., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to marijuana trafficking and money laundering charges. Moreno entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that he be sentenced to not more than 20 months of imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A newly released Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) letter responding to a request from Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) shows that DOI, under Secretary Ryan Zinke, has been lying for months about why and how it canceled a study on the human...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert D. Moreno, 38, of Ukiah, Calif., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to marijuana trafficking and money laundering charges. Moreno entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that he be sentenced to not more than 20 months of imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the Court.
By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man who sold heroin and an illegal firearm in Huntington in 2016 was sentenced yesterday to 64 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jamal Marsalas Glass, 20, previously pled guilty to distributing heroin and carrying a firearm during ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams today announced that U-Haul Company of Pennsylvania and Miguel Rivera, the general manager of U-Haul’s Hunting Park location, were charged today with violating hazardous materials regulations. One of the alleged violations led to two fatalities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Monday, June 11, 2018, a physician, Dr. Willie J. Chester, 65, of Pike Road, Alabama, pleaded guilty in the ongoing “pill mill prosecution" arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. That medical practice was known as “Family Practice" and was located at 4143 Atlanta Highway in Montgomery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The Department of Justice today announced the arrest of more than 2,300 suspected online child sex offenders during a three-month, nationwide, operation conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. The task forces identified 195 offenders who either produced child pornography or committed child sexual abuse, and 383 children who suffered recent, ongoing, or historical sexual abuse or production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Grover Allen White, of Romney, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
