News from March 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A south suburban Chicago man was charged Thursday with federal drug offenses for allegedly conspiring to import fentanyl derivative from China into the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to defraud the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of tobacco excise taxes and submitting false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Status Update on Louisiana School Threats and Warning from Law Enforcement Officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Tyler Poland, 31, of Auburn, Maine, was arrested and charged by a criminal complaint unsealed today in U.S. District Court with illegal Ecstasy and marijuana trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Herman Fleming (26, Lehigh Acres) and Sondre’jah Wilbon (24, Fort Myers) today pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges arising out of a straw purchasing incident. Both individuals face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Rosario Beltran-Leal, aka Jose Luis Aguilar, aka Dagoberto Suarez (Beltran), 44, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana in the Giant Sequoia National Monument in Tulare County in the Sequoia National Forest, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An accountant from Georgia has been ordered to federal prison after admitting he committed wire fraud and stole more than $3 million from his former employer and client, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Daniel Nathan West, 52, of Duluth, Georgia, pleaded guilty Sept. 15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A member of MS-13’s Enfermos Criminales Salvatrucha (ECS) clique in Chelsea, Mass., was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: On March 6, 2018, a Williamson County man was indicted for methamphetamine offenses, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that he has appointed Douglas E. Gregory, a 19-year veteran prosecutor of the United States Attorney’s Office in the Western District of New York, Attorney-in-Charge of the Rochester Branch Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on the updated evaluation criteria associated with the WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Fernando Garces, 25, of Portland, was sentenced today in federal court to two years of probation for aiming a laser pointer at a news helicopter.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Beam Bros. Trucking Inc. (BBT), and its principals Gerald Beam and Garland Beam, have agreed to pay $1,025,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that BBT overcharged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on contracts to transport mail. BBT is a trucking company located in Mt. Crawford, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cruz Juvenal Vasquez-Rojo, age 40, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (50 days in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Release Date: March 13, 2018. Contact: Theo K. Chargualaf, Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist. Phone: (671) 477-7278, ext. 1005. 2018 Youth Conservation Corps Internships Available. This summer, War in the Pacific National Historical Park will once again host the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former Richmond lawyer was sentenced today to one year in prison for bankruptcy fraud and failing to collect and turn over employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old resident of Kingwood has received a second federal sentence for failing to appear in court, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Oscar Cantalicio Ortiz pleaded guilty Dec. 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former Richmond lawyer was sentenced today to one year in prison for bankruptcy fraud and failing to collect and turn over employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michelle K. Martin, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 hours incarceration and five years of supervised release for taking more than $82,000 from a local credit union, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Aaron P. Arnzen (619) 546-8384 Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738.
