News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An El Salvadorian man previously convicted for sexually assaulting a child today admitted to failing to register as a sex offender after unlawfully returning to the United States and traveling to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Eugenio Perez, a federal correctional officer employed by the United States Bureau of Prisons, on charges of deprivation of civil rights, aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a ward, attempted sexual abuse of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a business that operated parking lots has agreed to plead guilty in a 15-year bribery scheme that allowed him to defraud the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs out of more than $13 million that should have been paid in relation to the operation of parking facilities on the VA’s Los Angeles medical campuses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Demetrius Black, 41, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Protecting America’s energy systems from cyber attacks and other risks is a top national priority. The Department of Energy’s, which was released today, lays out an integrated strategy to reduce cyber risks in the U.S. energy sector by pursuing high-priority activities that are coordinated with other...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Kornaker, 47, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of mail fraud and tax evasion, was sentenced to 28 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $602,052.19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Robert Carlos Morales, 41, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced last week for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Morales to140 months in prison. The Court also ordered that upon completion of his sentence, Morales serve four years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) - The Limekiln Prescribed Fire will take place on our around May 16, 2018, weather permitting.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - To mark National Police Week, United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are honoring the service and sacrifice of federal, state and local police officers who put their lives on the line every day they put on their uniforms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on May 11, 2018, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Pablo Martinez, age 28, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 150 months’ imprisonment for a shooting that occurred in East Stroudsburg on Jan. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - An Albanian national living in Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to cutting his way through the roof into a Target department store in Smithfield, R.I., prying open an ATM inside the store and stealing more than $14,000, then cutting through a wall into a CVS Pharmacy located inside the store in order to steal controlled substances.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, sent a letter today to Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging him to investigate credible accusations that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day trial, a federal jury has found a Memphis man guilty on one-count of felon in possession of ammunition. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A Toledo pastor is likely to spend 17 ½ years in prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: South Texas Doctor Charged with $240 Million Health Care Fraud and International Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Brandon Jacob Cochran, 26, formerly from Portage, Michigan, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff imposed a 10-year term of supervised release that will commence once Cochran is released from imprisonment. Cochran will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: On Saturday, June 2, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. join park rangers and volunteers at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park for 19th century musket and cannon drills!.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Celebrate the migration of birdlife through the Indiana Dunes region this May 17-20 at the fourth annual Indiana Dunes Birding Festival. The festival is a partnership with the state’s major environmental groups highlighting the Indiana Dunes area’s rich biodiversity...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Jeffery Lynn Gentry, 40, of White County, Tennessee, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger also ordered Gentry to pay $10, 410,672.74 in restitution.
