News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man caught with heroin and a firearm in July 2017 was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers to 151 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Antonio Newson, 43, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
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: WASHINGTON - Thirty-five members and associates of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN) street gang, including a “Godfather" as well as other high-ranking leaders of the organization, have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and related charges in North Carolina, including drug trafficking, wire fraud, firearm possession, and the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement of a finalized rule that withdraws a controversial regulation that would have revised organic livestock and poultry production standards. The withdrawal is effective May 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Thirty-five members and associates of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN) street gang, including a “Godfather" as well as other high-ranking leaders of the organization, have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and related charges in North Carolina, including drug trafficking, wire fraud, firearm possession, and the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An armed man who robbed a casino floor cashier cage at New York-New York Hotel and Casino in January was charged today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Romanian national was sentenced today, and another pleaded guilty, in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders recently sent letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and four hospital accreditation entities following a series of questions raised in a September 2017 article in The Wall Street Journal about patient safety problems at hospitals.
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 Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today opposing House Republicans’ Right-to-Try legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Michael Ervin a/k/a Michael Irving, 37, of Jackson, was sentenced on March 12, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to serve 100 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today opposing House Republicans’ Right-to-Try legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tyson Baker, age 43, of Etters, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to 42 months’ imprisonment and two years’ supervised release for theft of seized money that was evidence in two separate drug cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Rojelio Martin, 36, of Tulare, pleaded guilty today to making false statements to a U.S. Probation Officer, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Bruquanna Griffin (21, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to stealing firearms, and conspiring to steal firearms from federally-licensed firearms dealers. She faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Beam Bros. Trucking Inc. and Its Principals Agree to Settle Civil False Claims Act Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the appointment of six new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC), joining the nine members announced on Nov. 13, 2017. The AGAC was created in 1973 and reports to the Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Emmanuel Lopez, 27, of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 100 grams or more of heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City charges James Musa Gama, age 39, of Salt Lake City, with two counts of possession of the synthetic cannabinoid commonly known as “spice" and two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet March 27-28 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to discuss the pressing challenge of wild horse and burro management on public lands and the impacts a growing overpopulation is having on the environment. The meeting will be live-streamed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday and 8 a.m. to Noon Mountain Time on Wednesday at.
