News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas -The former mayor of Richardson, Texas and a land developer who she eventually married, have been indicted on federal conspiracy violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal judge sentenced the former City Attorney and City Manager of Crystal City, TX, to 420 months in federal prison for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme which decimated city coffers announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Darryl Harris, Jr., 35, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 ½ years for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Harris pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas -The former mayor of Richardson, Texas and a land developer who she eventually married, have been indicted on federal conspiracy violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal grand jury indicted a Shreveport surgeon for stealing disability benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it will study the impacts of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico, focusing specifically on the performance of critical buildings and their dependence on distributed infrastructure (such as electricity and water), as well as emergency communications and the public’s response to those communications.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Roland Skeets, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Smith Lake, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 21 months in prison for his conviction on child abuse charges. Skeets will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - A federal jury found Daniel Stephen Johnson, 40, of Coos Bay, Oregon, guilty today of repeatedly sexually abusing children who lived at an orphanage operated by the defendant in Cambodia. The verdict marks the end of the second foreign sexual exploitation trial held in the District of Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Ulric S. Crossland, 27, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to being a convicted felon in possession of a stolen firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: William De Vries was sentenced May 11, 2018, to 835 years in prison after being convicted on 107 counts for the unlawful distribution, sale and possession of child pornography. The 57-year-old Johannesburg, South Africa, man was found guilty May 3, a conviction that came after nine years of delayed efforts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Manassas Park man pleaded guilty today to producing and distributing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Office of Law Enforcement Security is pleased to announce the 2017 Law Enforcement Ranger of the Year and Special Agent of the Year. Ranger Carrie Wostal and Special Agent Chip Mican were recognized yesterday at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Latvian “non-citizen," meaning a citizen of the former USSR who had been residing in Riga, Latvia, of three counts related to his operation of “Scan4you," an online counter antivirus service that helped computer hackers to determine whether the computer viruses and other malicious software they created would be detected by antivirus software.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Statement by Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ASHLAND, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $5,900,000 contract on April 6 to Natt McDougall Company, a small business from Portland, for construction services to modify Howard Prairie Dam near Ashland.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former business owner was sentenced in federal court today for providing false information in order to receive a $1.45 million loan, and for failing to pay employment taxes for the now-defunct business.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- John D. Warbritton, III pleaded guilty today to transportation of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin, Drug Enforcement Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: A jury convicted a Cleveland man of stealing a firearm from a gun show in Berea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Edward McLarnon, 69, of Malden, Massachusetts, was sentenced to serve 25 years in federal prison for receiving firearms with intent to commit murder and other related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former business owner was sentenced in federal court today for providing false information in order to receive a $1.45 million loan, and for failing to pay employment taxes for the now-defunct business.
