News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Spokane-Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Joseph Trevino, age 35, of Malott, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on March 15, 2018, to Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender. United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Joseph Trevino to a 120-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: HENDERSON - As part of “Take Back North Carolina Initiative," the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that “Operation Thunderstruck," a heroin and opioid centered Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation (OCDETF) resulted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jason Osei Bonsu, 36, of Ghana, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: In a joint announcement, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran announced federal charges against Steven J. Wiggins, 31, of Dickson, Tennessee, following an announcement by District Attorney General Ray Crouch that Wiggins, along with Erika Castro-Miles, 38, also of Dickson, had been indicted for the murder of Dickson County Sheriff’s Sergeant Daniel Baker.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: ATHENS, June 8, 2018-Scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are developing ways to identify the sources of any potentially harmful bacteria found in the surface waters around Athens, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two illegal aliens from Mexico pleaded guilty this week to reentering the United States after having been previously removed. United States Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay presided over the hearings. The pleas will become final when accepted by U.S. District Judge Robert G. James. The court set the defendants’ sentencing hearings for Oct. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that William Flynn, 76, of Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to running an illegal gambling business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Reward of up to $25,000 Offered for Fugitive Wanted for Multiple Armed Sexual Assaults in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Owen J. Drew, 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment by the Hon. Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. After release from the Bureau of Prisons, Drew will serve eight years of supervised release. He will be required to register as a sex offender, also.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: After pleading guilty to violations including identity theft, interfering with agency functions, and possession of controlled substances, two people will serve time in prison and must pay court fines. Maeve McLaughlin, age 32, was sentenced to three terms of six months imprisonment (concurrent), and Louis Riccardi, age 31, was sentenced to three terms of three months imprisonment (consecutive) in addition to time served.
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: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain today announced that a Philadelphia attorney who struggled to pay his law firm’s expenses was indicted on fraud charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway welcomed over 200 visitors on Saturday, May 26, 2018, to the Battle of Ackia Commemoration and Pioneer Days events. Joseph Smith, representative of the Chickasaw Nation, presented a special Junior Ranger program entitled “Chickasaw Culture and Life." The program focused on how the Chickasaw people lived during the 1730s at the time of the Battle of Ackia - known as Hikki’ya’ by the Chickasaw - on May 26, 1736.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that LaTosha Bowers, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - Two Essex County, New Jersey, men charged with multiple drug and weapons offenses were convicted today on all counts, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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: In El Paso, a federal judge on Tuesday sentenced 55-year-old former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Mario De La O Lopez (aka “Flaco") to 324 months in federal prison for his role in Sinaloa Cartel narcotics distribution operations. In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Frank Montalvo also ordered that the defendant pay a $1,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: On Thursday, June 7th, an overdue hiker was located by ground teams in the Paradise River drainage near 4th Crossing in Mount Rainier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Demarius Hawkins, age 27, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on June 6, 2018, by a federal grand jury on firearms and drug trafficking charges.
