News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Three individuals have been charged in a federal indictment with a series of bank robberies that took place in Dane County in January and February 2018. The announcement was made by Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, FBI Special Agent in Charge...
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement Wednesday after President Trump signed into law S.204, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two former associates of Parsippany, New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS) were each sentenced today to 21 months in prison for their roles in a test referral bribery scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted a woman last night on multiple charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and filing false federal income tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: (Dillon, Mont.) - Please join the BLM-Dillon Field Office for National Trails Day. The BLM will be hosting volunteers to help enhance the Bear Trap National Recreation Trail, within the Bear Trap Canyon unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness. Work will include picking up litter, brushing and minor trail...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two former associates of Parsippany, New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS) were each sentenced today to 21 months in prison for their roles in a test referral bribery scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A 25-year-old New Bedford, MA, man previously convicted and incarcerated for possessing a loaded firearm without a permit pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ellis Arkie Sago, 23, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Janet West, a former vice president at Cox Communications, was sentenced to two years, one month in federal prison for her part in an embezzlement scheme that cost the company millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Georgia man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for using a fake driver’s license in order to obtain a check issued in response to false statements and representations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former commissioner with the now-defunct Paterson Municipal Utilities Authority (PMUA) today admitted his role in two schemes to steal funds from the authority, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant RUBY J. NGIRMEKUR, age 38, was sentenced in District Court today by Designated Judge Ramona V. Manglona to 33 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud. The Court also ordered her to pay $13,090 in restitution and a $100 assessment fee, and to perform 50 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host an economic strategies workshop June 6, as part of ongoing planning efforts for Bears Ears National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: New York Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Prison in Sextortion Case.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - After deliberating one hour, a federal jury found Atticus Sliter-Matias guilty of two counts of mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Pryce Elijah Demars (25, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces the guilty plea to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine entered by Kevin Alford, age 41 of Greenville, Georgia, before the Honorable Leslie J. Abrams, U.S. District Court Judge sitting in Albany...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man who was arrested in Warren County on Christmas Eve in 2014 was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Due to the continued high risk of wildfire in the region, Bandelier National Monument, Pecos National Historical Park, and Valles Caldera National Preserve will implement public closures to all backcountry areas of the parks on Friday, June 1, 2018, at 12:01 AM, pursuant to Stage III...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Manalapan, New Jersey, man who was previously employed by a family amusement center in Freehold, New Jersey, was arrested today for allegedly convincing children to engage in sexually explicit conduct online, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
