News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Renato Jardines-Santiago, of Mexico, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with re-entry after deportation after having been convicted of a felony crime. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: California man stole $4.7 million through elaborate eight-year fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL HULL, 61, of Shelton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Blake King, age 19, of Chicago and Bernard Graham, age 25, of Calumet City were charged today by criminal complaint, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity released a $7.5 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to spur the innovative design of large power transformers (LPTs) that will be more flexible and adaptable, thereby increasing the resilience of the Nation’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A South Boston man was arrested today on loansharking and gambling charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2018. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY-After a four day trial, Matthew S. Stepp, age 40, of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, was found guilty today of eight counts of mail fraud and three counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault on a Federal Officer was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that on June 4, 2018, Chief United State District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp, sentenced Wayne Rolling, age 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, for his conviction for three bank robberies. Rolling was sentenced to a jail term of 64 months, placed on supervised release for three years and ordered to make restitution to the victim banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced a Ventura, California, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender on June 4, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice told a...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: A Federal Grand Jury sitting in New Orleans returned an 11-count indictment against MARC JESSE ESTES charging approximately $414,982 in fraud, announced U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Rassan M. Tarabein, 58, a former neurologist residing in Fairhope, Alabama, to 60 months imprisonment in a health care fraud case. The judge ordered...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged today in federal court in Boston with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - According to court records unsealed today, four men from Carlisle, Kentucky were indicted on June 6, 2018, for engaging in crop insurance fraud and money laundering-related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jason Fields, age 39, of Rogers, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in federal prison without the possibility of parole to be followed by 20 years of supervised release on...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Jury Convicts Former CIA Officer of Espionage.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resource Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) today issued the following statement on the passage of the 2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (H.R. 5895) by the U.S. House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that a former assistant manager at Citizens Bank in South Philadelphia was charged, along with his wife, in connection with a bank fraud scheme.