News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Two people were indicted for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hampshire County, West Virginia, man and a Monongalia County, West Virginia, man were indicted this week by a federal grand jury on sex offender registration violations, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury sitting in Elkins found Cesar Navarro, of Los Angeles, California, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other counts for mailing methamphetamine through the U.S. mail, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) crews have cleared over 600 fallen and hazardous trees at Prince William Forest Park following last week’s wind storm. Employees continue to clear damaged trees and debris, restore downed power lines, and repair damaged historic buildings across the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROT VAN NGUYEN, a/k/a “Minh Dung," a/k/a “Minh Dung Duong," age 56, of San Jose, California, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Barbier to one count of failure to register as a sex offender under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Starting the week of March 12, the Bureau of Land Management will begin work to repair and improve the 1.5-mile unpaved road to the Picacho Peak Recreation Area. While public access to the site may be restricted at times, the BLM plans to provide access throughout most of the project, which may take up to six weeks to complete.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Oregon man was sentenced today to serve 135 months in prison for transportation of child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer of the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - The Justice Department today announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Adrian Wiggins, 53, a former Nurse Assistant at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, with a civil rights offense. The indictment alleges that on January 8, 2017, Wiggins repeatedly struck an individual identified by the initials W.B., a resident of the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and caused bodily injury as a result.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- Ronald Wayne Leavitt, age 61, of Stansbury Park, Utah, who targeted friends, members of his church, and some of their relatives in a fraud scheme, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the affinity fraud scheme Wednesday in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell today sentenced Michael Bernard Code (36, Bradenton) to 10 years and 5 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas A. Gillespie, 44, of East Brady, PA, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Oscar Alfredo Burgon-Urrea, 39, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to unlawful re-entry by a removed alien previously convicted of a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and David Rivera, Field Office Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Defendant Faces Mandatory Minimum 15 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Gerard Ibarra (57, Mexico) to 10 months in federal prison for fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents. The court also ordered him to forfeit $5,752, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense. Ibarra pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew J. Sutton (619) 546-8941, David J. Rawls (619) 546-7966, and. Blanca Quintero (619) 546-7118. SAN DIEGO - Indictments were unsealed today in San Diego federal court charging 40 members of an international money-laundering scheme with conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: A University Heights man was sentenced to 30 days of incarceration for theft of government money.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted on charges of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Mexican National on a visitor visa is set to appear in court on charges he attempted to smuggle illegal aliens behind a load of produce, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment today against Shawn Darrell Wilson, 27, of Sacramento, charging him with dealing firearms without a license, possessing a firearm as a felon, and illegal possession of a machine gun, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Roger Watts, age 34, of Mission, South Dakota, convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on March 7, 2018, by United States District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
