News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer today admitted violating an individual’s civil rights by assaulting him at a hospital and repeatedly distributing narcotics, including drugs he stole from a crime scene while on duty, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEITH YOUNG, also known as “Capo," “Bapo" and “Poncho," 28, of Hamden, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a violent New Haven street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A federal grand jury returned four-related indictments today charging 20 alleged members of a Reno drug trafficking and firearms organization for their roles in a large-scale drug distribution ring that operated in the Reno area. Seventeen defendants are charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and three defendants are charged with firearms-related offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo: The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) will offer a temporary exhibit looking back at Wyoming's territorial designation and growth toward becoming the 44th state.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Keith R. Hudson, 70, from Charleston, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court before United States District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel. He had been indicted for defrauding the VA by receiving $197,237 in benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Shamsuddin Dost was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing heroin in Afghanistan that was bound for the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris D. Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Ahead of a House Rules Committee vote on a resolution sponsored by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that insists that the Department of Justice (DOJ) comply with the requests, including the subpoenas, issued by the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Judiciary, related ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today released the following statement on the administration’s announcement regarding foreign investment, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID BERGSTEIN, a film producer and entrepreneur, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 8 years in prison for defrauding investors of more than $26 million. BERGSTEIN was found guilty on March 1, 2018 following a four-week jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel, who imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a Minerva Maestre, 50, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. In addition, the defendant was ordered to forfeit more than $150,000 in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse congratulated Rita Lin on her appointment to the San Francisco County Superior Court. Lin, of San Francisco, has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California since 2014. Earlier today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced his decision to appoint Lin to the bench along with nine other California superior court appointments.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on ways to reduce health care costs. In her remarks, Senator Murray underscored the need for immediate action...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A McHenry man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 210 months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis B Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced today the convictions of multiple offenders in two separate sex trafficking cases. “Sex trafficking, particularly of children, has no place in this country," said Minkler. “Our children...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: ANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in federal prison for trafficking in methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for recording cell phone videos of his sexual assaults upon a 9-year-old victim.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the monitoring and management of wild horses or burros on public lands in Nevada. The hearing is scheduled Tuesday, July 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., at the BLM Carson City District Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road, in Carson City, Nev.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: LOVELOCK, Nev. - The Rocky Fire started on private land just after 7:15 p.m. on June 23 approximately 20 miles north of Lovelock. The fire was determined to be human caused. During the course of the investigation it was found that a vehicle drove and parked over dry grass which lead to the dry vegetation catching on fire and burning over 1,613 acres. The investigation is still ongoing and BLM cannot release any other information at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Leonard Johnson and Robert Dales, both inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution FCI-Berlin, were sentenced to 12 months and 10 months, respectively for assaulting another inmate at the prison. The court ordered that their sentences run consecutively to the sentences they are currently serving.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Nieto, 40, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a hashish oil trafficking charge.
