News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: JEFFREY M. DESALVO, age 35, a resident of Picayune, Mississippi, was charged today in a five-count indictment for making false statements to the United States Coast Guard and for unlawful use of a merchant mariner license in violation Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1001 and 2197, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Eleven Others Have Been Convicted of Drug Trafficking Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today a settlement with Dauphin County under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act to improve physical accessibility at the county’s polling places for individuals who use wheel chairs and other mobility aids, and for individuals who are blind or have vision impairments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alessandra P. Serano (202) 252-5843 or Joseph Orabona (619) 546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant Conspired with Others to Distribute Narcotics in Brooklyn and Queens.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Damian McKay was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin and a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PETER G. JOHNSON and PETER B. JOHNSON pled guilty today to defrauding a group of lenders (the “Banks") by submitting false “borrowing base" reports designed to secure and maintain a $400 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JARVIS HARDY, age 28, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a nine-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for 1) conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack") (Count One); 2) four counts of distribution of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A personal injury attorney who was recently suspended by the California State Bar was indicted today on federal charges that allege he stole the majority of a multi-million dollar client settlement, most of which should have been paid to the victim of an automobile accident.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Joe Moreland Edger, 43, of Saint Louis, MO, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for his involvement in the Dec. 16, 2014, murder of victim Erin Davis and the Jan. 15, 2016, murder of victim Juanita Davis. (The victims were not related.) Sentencing occurred this morning in front of the Honorable Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: OXFORD - A Clarksdale man, the final defendant in a multi-defendant conspiracy, has been sentenced to 400 months in federal prison resulting from his role in a murder and heroin distribution conspiracy in the Northern District of Mississippi. Derrick Jones was sentenced for his crimes in United States District Court Thursday afternoon.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Seven-Week Old Girl Also Had Fractured Ribs and Clavicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Duane Griffin, age 35, of Schenectady, New York, of setting fire to a Union Street building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Shkreli, a Former Hedge Fund Manager and CEO of a Biopharmaceutical Company, Defrauded Investors and Engaged in Stock Fraud Scheme Involving Publicly Traded Retrophin Inc.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Kennesaw, GA- During the week of March 12, specific parking lots and roads within Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park will be improved by crack-sealing the asphalt. Preserving roads and parking areas are critical in maintaining park access and visitor enjoyment. On these given dates below, parking lots or roads will be closed for a minimal amount of time while work is occurring.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Whittaker, 34, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 24 months in federal prison after his second revocation of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: FBI Investigating Homicide of Navajo Nation Man.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Castro, age 28, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PETER G. JOHNSON and PETER B. JOHNSON pled guilty today to defrauding a group of lenders (the “Banks") by submitting false “borrowing base" reports designed to secure and maintain a $400 million...
