News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant, sentenced to a year in prison for meth distribution in 2015, was found with methamphetamine, a large amount of cash, and a loaded handgun shortly after his release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Steven P. Springer II, 25, of Pittsfield, Maine, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to providing false information during the purchase firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Jeffrey Bacon, 27, of Franconia, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Allen McNeal, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 19 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for armed robbery, conspiracy, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. McNeal had been convicted on these charges by a federal jury on Feb. 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: (ORLANDO, Fla.) - Harold Omar Vargas-Delgado (33, Kissimmee), Cary Mitchelle Vargas-Delgado (34, Orlando), and Angel Ruben Maldonado, Jr. (42, Orlando) pleaded guilty today to charges related to their involvement in multiple conspiracies to distribute heroin throughout central Florida. In addition, Harold...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that former Niagara Falls, NY, Police Officer Stephanie A. Costanzo, 29, who was convicted of managing a drug involved premises, was sentenced to time served and three years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -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: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on May 29, 2018, Adam Jankowski, 33, was sentenced to 92 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to the charge of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. United States District Court Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered that Jankowski serve four years of federal supervised release after his prison term.
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement 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: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Junior Jean-Noel (21, Brandon) to five years and one month in federal prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. The court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $292,291.05, which constitute the proceeds of the fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced the grand prize winner of its $300,000 Hidden Signals Challenge. The prize competition, issued in collaboration with the Office of Health Affairs National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), called for the design of an early warning system to keep communities safe by using existing data sources to uncover emerging biothreats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Delonta Phillips, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to five years in prison on a federal charge stemming from a police pursuit that led to the recovery of a loaded firearm and a significant quantity of marijuana from the vehicle he had been driving.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Verona, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 72 months to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Steven P. Springer II, 25, of Pittsfield, Maine, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to providing false information during the purchase firearms.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service and Hawai‘i Department of Transportation have signed an agreement to prepare Chain of Craters-Kalapana Road as an evacuation route through Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park should Highway 130 be cut off by lava from the Kīlauea eruption.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Yuriy Khalabuda, 37, a citizen of Ukraine, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management will host a press availability immediately preceding the public scoping meeting for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) today at 4 p.m. in the Dena’ina Center. The Department of Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Management, Joe Balash, will be available to answer questions about the Coastal Plain Leasing EIS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: For Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
