News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on May 31, 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge W. Louis Sands sentenced Yalanda Mills age 36, of Cairo, GA, to 98 months imprisonment for the offense of Possession of Items Intended for the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Peter Robert Bobal, 42, of Hallandale Beach, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Miami for enticing a 14-year-old to engage in sexual activity and committing a felony involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Johnny Andres Asuncion, III, age 39, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today after having been convicted after a three-day jury trial in November, 2017, of Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or more of actual Methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Edward F. Shea sentenced Asuncion to a life term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: A man who was found lying in a field in the possession of a loaded handgun and over 500 grams of ice methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 22 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Zurab Dzhanashvili Managed Coast-to-Coast Network of Russian and Georgian Criminals that Ran Illicit Gambling Parlor, Stole Approximately Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Cargo, and Plotted to Rob Victims by Seducing and Drugging them with Chloroform.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Clyde Peterson, 46, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Yahtahey, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 21 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a sexual abuse of a minor or ward charge. Peterson will be on supervised release for eight years after completing his prison sentence and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, Calif.- A three-alarm fire that severely damaged an apartment complex construction site in Concord, California, was determined to be arson.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Continuing his work to expand recreational opportunities on public lands, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today designated 19 national recreation trails in 17 states, adding more than 370 miles to the national recreation trails system of more than 1,000 trails in all 50 states.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Four small technology firms were awarded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to create solutions that will automate analysis of mobile technology firmware at scale and identify vulnerabilities and prepositioned cyber-threats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 39 months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PEDRO BRITO-MARCOS, age 22, a citizen of Guatemala, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Ahead of the official start of hurricane season, which begins June 1st, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen visited the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida for an operational briefing regarding the 2018 hurricane season. Secretary Nielsen was joined by National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: On May 30, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement regarding the Department’s role in executing President Trump’s Executive Order 13800 Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure: "Pursuant to President Trump’s Executive ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: A federal court enjoined Michel G. Blanchet of Los Angeles, California, from preparing, processing, and distributing adulterated fish or fishery products without first taking required remedial action, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: A man who solicited sexually explicit photos and videos from a minor and distributed them on the Internet was sentenced to 200 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Acting Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Two Lake County, Indiana men, both members of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, were convicted by a federal jury in the Northern District of Indiana of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, marijuana and alprazolam, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: The former chief executive officer of FutureNet Group Inc., an information technology company, pleaded guilty today for his role in orchestrating a scheme to bribe an official from the City of Detroit to obtain benefits for FutureNet, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for her involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: The owner of general contracting business pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans, for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
