News from March 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Two Newport News men have been sentenced this week to a combined 87 months in prison for distributing heroin, including on the property of a local elementary school. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Conspiracy includes approximately 32 kilos of cocaine and one kilo of pure fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin, who also serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, announced today that a jury has convicted RENATA FOREMAN, age 38, of Independence, Louisiana, on multiple wire fraud and aggravated identity theft counts following a three-day trial before...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Late yesterday afternoon, a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Mississippi, found Raymorris Asencio, 31 of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, guilty of human trafficking and transporting a minor across state lines to engage in prostitution. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney William C. Lamar...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 57-year-old man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of trafficking heroin, cocaine and nearly 12 kilograms of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. States Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jeffrey Layne Parker, of Belleville, Illinois, pleaded guilty Aug. 31, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument has announce fire restrictions within the parks until further notice. Due to the extreme fire danger, fire restrictions are now in effect and being enforced at both Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument due to the fire danger in the Texas Panhandle.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - An indictment was unsealed today in federal court following the arrest of Xaver Boston, 28, of Charlotte, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray of the Western District of North Carolina...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patrick Begay, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Ramah, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assault charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - An indictment was unsealed today in federal court following the arrest of Xaver Boston, 28, of Charlotte, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray of the Western District of North Carolina...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old Laredo man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Raul Garcia Jr. pleaded guilty Nov. 1, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office will host four public scoping meetings to seek input on the Crescent Peak Wind Energy Project which is proposed on 32,531 acres of public lands 10 miles west of Searchlight, Nevada and extends 22 miles north-to-south and five miles...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced its findings regarding Chinese practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property, as well as actions to be taken by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Treasury Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Approximately 125 Firearms Stolen from Five Area Gun Store.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Emmanuel Bao, 52, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 22, 2018, Jason Massengill, 39, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, for his role in a conspiracy to produce counterfeit obligations of the United States with intent to defraud the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A former Hampton Police Officer was arrested yesterday in Idaho on charges of conspiring to distribute narcotics and tampering with a witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A man whose forehead tattoo helped victims and investigators confirm his identity was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for possessing a firearm during two robberies of convenience stores in late 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Order of Revocation against Aviation Technologies, of San Antonio, Texas, for falsifying maintenance records.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Damian Lamont Swindle, 38, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced to 108 months in prison, following his conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. In addition, U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist imposed a three-year term of supervised release that will begin when Swindle is release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Ofstein, of Boston, Massachusetts, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $6,031,141 in restitution to the Xerox Corporation by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
