News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Keisha Findley, age 42, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Judge Grimm also ordered restitution be paid in the amount of $333,779.53.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Moffett, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 28-year-old woman has been found guilty of importing 15.62 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for five hours following a two-day trial before convicting Mayra Aguirre, of Bradenton, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Sterling man pleaded guilty today to intentionally damaging his former employer’s computer network.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to robbing 10 banks in the greater Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Middlebrooks, 22, Nasir Perez, 20, and Deborah Siegel-Edelman, 21, all of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to aiding and abetting Hobbs Act Robbery. Middlebrooks and Perez...
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Office of River Protection ’s (ORP) Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) passed a major landmark last month toward completion when the first building was transferred to plant management for commissioning, the last step before beginning vitrification of Hanford tank waste.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to bank fraud in connection with a $1.2 million ATM skimming and cloned card scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jose Santiago Cruz-Delcid, of El Salvador, has admitted to cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Fort Lee, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, and Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie of the FBI’s Newark Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Prescription Drug Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison on his conviction of violating supervised release conditions, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Since December 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has participated with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in several tests and evaluations of two National Security Cutters, USCGC Hamilton and USCGC James, to independently confirm that operational capability is delivered to the Coast Guard fleet.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Salem, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently announced that it is seeking public nominations for five positions on the Northwest Oregon Resource Advisory Council.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on May 1, 2018, Juan Jesus Nava, 26, of Oxnard, California, was sentenced to two years and three months (27 months) in prison for misprision of a felony. Following the prison term, Nava will serve one year on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to interfere with commerce by threats or violence and to carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - The first defendant involved in a rip crew responsible for multiple home invasions and carjackings to steal narcotics in Hidalgo County has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jorge Antonio Calvo-Ayala, 25, of Pharr pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SHAMAR MADDEN, also known as “Sheist," 38, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Luis Enrique Moran-Vargaz, 36, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 8 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Joseph A. Banco Jr., Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
