News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The FBI on Thursday arrested a Florida man on securities and mail fraud charges related to a multi-million dollar scheme involving highly speculative, low-priced penny stocks, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee will hold a hearing next week to examine the fiscal year 2019 budget requests for the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Maritime Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: CONCORD -United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Antonio Priester, 37, an inmate at FCI-Berlin pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to possess prohibited objects within a federal prison. Priester admitted the prohibited objects he was attempting to possess were Schedule I controlled substances known as DMT and jwh-018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Found Guilty of Killing Off-Duty Secret Service Officer in Robbery, and 15-Year-Old in Attack at Metro Station.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and sent letters requesting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendants Muksedur Rahman, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, and David Trung Quoc Phan were sentenced today by designated Senior District Court Judge John C. Coughenour from the Western District of Washington, on two counts of Mail Fraud, three counts of Fraud in Foreign Labor Contracting, and one count of Visa Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Lorton man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for attempted robbery, attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and the use and discharge of a firearm during those crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Father and 21-Month Old Son Were Struck by Gunfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daniel J. Fillerup, age 34, of Albany, New York, was charged today with distribution of fentanyl that resulted in another person’s death.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID NIKOLASHVILI, 52, a citizen of the Republic of Georgia residing in Queens, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to six months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for operating an immigration fraud scheme. Judge Chatigny also ordered NIKOLASHVILI to pay a $12,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that 12 defendants have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing marijuana. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following news reports that the Trump Organization transferred profits from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury Department, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., requested that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin disclose the size of that payment, in a letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is asking for the public's help in protecting sensitive plants on public land sites near the community of Alturas in Modoc County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the indictment of DAVID THOMAS ROUGIER, 45, on one count of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud. ROUGIER made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Franklin L. Noel in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on Justice Department Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to eliminate a requirement for those seeking asylum to have a full hearing before an immigration judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Wilbur Higginbotham, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A south suburban man has been charged with federal drug offenses for allegedly conspiring to import a fentanyl analogue from China into the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A grand jury has returned an indictment charging Richard Hoyt Crawford, Jr. (59, Port Orange) with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Crawford that the United States intends to forfeit an iPhone, which was used in furtherance of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. and Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA, James J. Hunt announced today that Kathyln Ventura, 25, of Lockport, New York plead guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, controlled substances. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
