News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance to an Individual under 21 Years of Age and Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Grants, NM: Due to prolonged hot, dry weather and to reduce the risk of human caused fires at El Malpais and El Morro National Monuments, park officials will be implementing Stage II fire restrictions beginning Friday, May 4, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is continuing to conduct oversight on the rising costs of the Medicaid program. I respectfully request information about the practice of union “dues skimming" from home health care Medicaid recipients. In 2016, American...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Christopher Bryan Smith, age 45, of Biloxi, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to one count of knowingly possessing visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Honduran national pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally reentering the United States for the eleventh time.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that yesterday afternoon in federal court, SHEPHARD LEE SPRUILL, 47, of Greenville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 96 months in prison on the charge of Health Care Fraud Conspiracy, and 60 months in prison for Perjury, to be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: HUNTSVILLE, AL-The FBI and members of the Local Executive Board of the Tennessee Valley Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (TVRCFL) held a grand opening ceremony today to commemorate the new TVRCFL in Huntsville, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Isaac Basilio Rosas, 33, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison, by Chief United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for conspiracy to transport at least five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Owner of Virginia Auto Repair Shop Pleads Guilty To Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced federal charges against 15 individuals who are alleged to have operated a drug trafficking organization bringing large quantities of narcotics into the Kokomo, Indiana area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Anthony Davis Stagnitta (21, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with knowingly distributing child pornography using the internet. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. Stagnitta was detained pending a detention hearing that is scheduled for May 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: A Maple Heights man was indicted for robbing a Cleveland bank day one day after being released from prison for previously robbing the same bank, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 180 months’ imprisonment and eight years supervised release on his conviction of narcotics and firearms offenses, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Following a four-day trial, a federal jury has convicted Michael Wright, 28, and Rickey Cherry, 28, both of Dallas, of multiple robbery and firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron Hicks, a/k/a Boog, a/k/a Boogy, 33, of Buffalo, NY, was convicted after a jury trial of racketeering conspiracy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The defendant was convicted by a prior jury of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and faces a maximum aggregate of 30 years in prison when sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a White River, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office is proposing to offer through a competitive sale three parcels totaling approximately 431.53 acres of public lands in White Pine County, Nevada. The legal land descriptions for these parcels are as follows:.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: FBI Oklahoma City Investigating Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for her involvement in stolen identity tax fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
