News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: (DETROIT) - An indictment was unsealed today charging three pharmacists, one doctor and two other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Abolghasseni “Abe" Alizadeh, 59, of Granite Bay, today to four years and eight months in prison, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Alizadeh was also ordered to pay $15,879,945 in restitution to the victims of his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Howard Hoisington, age 34, formerly of Berlin, Vermont was sentenced on May 31, 2018 on charges of arson with death resulting and conspiracy to commit robbery stemming from the fatal arson that occurred in Northfield, Vermont...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: On May 30, 2018, Geannis Gonzalez, 31, formerly of Peyton, Colorado, Quiana Velasco, 35, of Miami, Jose Daniel Estrella, 38, of Hallandale, Pedro Reyes, 38, of Hialeah, Robinson Castillo, 32, of Pembroke Pines, and Jamie Vives Castillo, 41, of Pembroke Pines, were sentenced to federal prison for participating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Region, U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL") Office of Inspector General, announced today the arrests of SALVATORE ARMAO, the founder and managing partner of an...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Felix Andres, 20, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation following conviction of an aggravated felony before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Dominican nationals were sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in a widespread heroin and fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating in Lawrence.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited EWP Renewable Corp., doing business as Springfield Power LLC, for 25 safety violations after an employee suffered fatal injuries after he was pulled into a conveyor at the company’s Springfield plant in November 2017. The Mount Laurel, New Jersey, company faces $125,460 in proposed penalties.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) presided over a field hearing in Grand Junction, Colorado to examine opportunities for the export of natural gas from the Piceance Basin through the proposed Jordan Cove Energy and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and to evaluate the potential for development of domestic oil shale resources in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Winston-Salem resident was arrested today on charges of tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A West Chester University student has been charged with transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain. The defendant was arrested this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced by a federal district court judge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to 60 months in prison on charges of wire fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that a Corson County, SD, man was sentenced to 47 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Alexander James Oka was sentenced to federal prison following his convictions by a federal jury in Aberdeen, SD, for Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender and for Tampering with a Victim. Oka also served four additional months in tribal custody.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS - On May 24, 2018, Kannaya Jackson of Lexington, Mississippi contacted the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) Communications Center, to report that she had been assaulted by two people when she stopped to check an object in the roadway. As part of this alleged altercation, Jackson stated that she fired several rounds from a handgun in order to defend herself. Jackson was featured in a local media story, bringing significant public interest to the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to four years of probation on her conviction of conspiring to commit health care fraud and conspiring to distribute oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Scott Freeman, 42, of Silver City, N.M., made his initial appearance today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms. The firearms at issue allegedly were stolen during a home burglary in Aug. 2017. Freeman remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing both of which have yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas W. Pilchak and Matthew J. Sutton (619) 546-9709 and (619) 546-8941.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hot Springs, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was sentenced on May 25, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: OMAR MIRAMONTES-GRANILLO, 26, of Chihuahua, Mexico was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on May 29, 2018 for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Miramontes-Granillo was arrested in Laramie County, Wyoming. He received time served plus ten days...
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: Beira, Mozambique - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) bipartisan congressional delegation, focused on conservation and development in Africa, today departed Mozambique after a two-day visit.
