News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Lowell and Trista Schlaefli were arraigned this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on an indictment charging them with carjacking and firearms charges resulting in a death. The charges arise out of a Nov. 27, 2017, crime spree during which Lowell and Schlaefli allegedly...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that two Colorado nurses who stole opioids from hospitals were sentenced to prison by the Honorable R. Brooke Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
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 Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and 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: DENVER - As part of an ongoing investigation, three more individuals pled guilty on April 30, 2018, to various charges involving funds embezzled from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, announced U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, FBI Denver Field Office Special Agent in Charge Calvin A. Shivers, and IRS-Criminal Investigation Denver Field Office Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kearney, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a $4.3 million conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin throughout Jackson, Clay, Ray, Clinton and Buchanan counties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Shawn Ryan Budovic pleaded guilty in federal court to the production of child pornography after he lured and manipulated a minor into exchanging sexually explicit images online.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to five years in prison for his possession of a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and over a kilogram of marijuana in an apartment near the Mosby Court public housing community.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant admitted involvement in 10 bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Essex County, New Jersey, men have been charged with robbing six convenience stores at gunpoint in November and December 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant Surgically Implanted Liquid Heroin in the Bellies of Puppies to Evade Detection.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Lowell and Trista Schlaefli were arraigned this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on an indictment charging them with carjacking and firearms charges resulting in a death. The charges arise out of a Nov. 27, 2017, crime spree during which Lowell and Schlaefli allegedly ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Brian Denelson Willman, a 31-year-old Great Falls resident, was sentenced today to 25 months in prison followed by 2 years supervised release after pleading guilty to prohibited person in possession of a firearm on Jan. 10, 2018. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to five years in prison for his possession of a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and over a kilogram of marijuana in an apartment near the Mosby Court public housing community.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - In separate criminal cases, two Oregon men pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: CONTACT: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., May 1, 2018 - May is World Trade Month, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) marks the occasion by highlighting USDA’s success and continued commitment to expanding trade and increasing rural prosperity through agricultural exports. “As World Trade...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Lowell and Trista Schlaefli were arraigned this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on an indictment charging them with carjacking and firearms charges resulting in a death. The charges arise out of a Nov. 27, 2017, crime spree during which Lowell and Schlaefli allegedly...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Craig Jerabeck, 57, of Rochester, NY pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant accused of taking kickbacks from companies seeking to do business with Netflix.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On April 30, 2018, U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Tony Alexander McCright, age 44, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland today to thirty months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Judge Chasanow also ordered McCright to forfeit $44,671 and pay a $10,000 fine.
