News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Russell Truman, 50, of Gardiner, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Charges include distributing child pornography, making bomb threats, and identity theft.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: I thank Chairman Aderholt, Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Ranking Member Bishop for their work on this bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eriel Rivera, 45, of Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $2,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement in reaction to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlighting factors contributing to the debt crisis in Puerto Rico and the systemic lack of accountability and transparency across the territorial government.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Vickie L. Sanders, 57, of Olney, IL, was sentenced on May 9, 2018, to 120 months in federal prison for methamphetamine-related offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Sanders previously pleaded guilty to six counts in a federal indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the conviction of YAHYE MOHAMED HERROW, 46, for his role in a multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme. HERROW was initially indicted on Dec. 20, 2016, and following a three-day trial before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the jury convicted HERROW on counts of conspiracy and mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: The 28th annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 9 through Saturday, June 16, 2018 on the South and North Rims of Grand CanyonNational Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Eric Epstein, age 57, of Pompano Beach, Florida (previously of Owings Mills, Maryland) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Epstein was indicted on Aug. 24, 2017 and charged with committing mail fraud to obtain more than $50 million in money and property from various businesses through the fraudulent sale of light bulbs and cleaning supplies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jon Wilson, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Philadelphia Field Division announced today that the DEA has provided and will continue to provide community resources from its 360 Strategy for residents of the Kensington area.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Washington - On April 9, 2018, Beken Livestock Inc. (Beken), Weimar, Texas, waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and paid a civil penalty of $6,000 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Thirty-seven individuals have been charged with federal crimes related to methamphetamine drug trafficking in two separate indictments unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Charles Dwight Stout, III, 20, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to damage religious property and to causing damage to religious property because of its religious character, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute U-47700, a dangerous synthetic opioid with street names “China white" and “pinky" that is more potent than morphine, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Dan Neill for the DEA’s Las Vegas office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Freeport, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a gun trafficking charge. RYAN ALAN LORING, 38, was sentencing to two and a half years in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Loring pleaded guilty on Jan. 26, 2018 to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jared Ryan Marcum, age 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced today after having been convicted on Dec. 1, 2017, following two separate jury trials, of possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney’s Office -. Middle District of Georgia. And. U.S. Department of Agriculture - OIG. Invite You To. Food Stamp Fraud Investigation Training. Wednesday, June 20, 2018. 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Central Georgia Technical College. 3300 Macon Tech Drive - Macon. Building I, Quad A. Topics of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Man Pointed Rifle at Neighbor and her Child Leading to a Near 11-hour Stand-off With Police.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Over the course of this Congress, our Subcommittee has heard from a number of witnesses about approaches that are working to connect people with good jobs in our communities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Brigith Dayana Gomez, 29, of Venezuela, was sentenced today to 20 months and 15 days in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for her participation in an extortion plot. Additionally, United States District Judge Joan A. Lenard ordered Gomez to pay at least $841.20 in restitution, and prohibited her from using social media and email during her sentence and the term of supervision.
