News from November 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Don Deviet Frye, Sr., 53, of Anchorage, was charged today by indictment with attempted possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Frye’s arraignment hearing has been set for Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Ponder, Texas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his stealing 654 firearms from United Parcel Service trailers in Springfield, Mo., en route to Bass Pro Shops.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned indictments charging RAMIRO CORTEZ-RODRIGUEZ, age 39, of Mexico, JOSE PEREZ-GOMEZ, age 45, of Mexico, and ALAN VILLA-MARTINEZ, age 24 of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANKLIN OMAR RODRIGUEZ, 37, a citizen of Honduras last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 29 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Bridgeport Police Chief Armando J. Perez announced, today announced that 16 individuals have been charged with federal offenses related to the distribution of heroin, cocaine, crack and opioids in southern Connecticut.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: FBI Announces the Arrest of an Alleged Hialeah Bank Robber.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury has indicted a Mexican national in connection with a murder aboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ANTHONY ANDREWS, 51, of Lumberton, North Carolina, to 132 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Clariece Burden-Stelly, 33, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to a term of 21 months’ imprisonment and a 36-month term of supervised release following her incarceration, for her role in a tax fraud scheme. As part of her sentence, she was also ordered to pay over $19,000 in restitution to the U.S. Treasury. Burden-Stelly had previously pleaded guilty to false claims and wire fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Former Chesterfield Township Supervisor, Michael Lovelock, 59, of New Baltimore, Michigan, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today based on his conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: BARTHOLDI’S TORCH HAD BEEN HOUSED INSIDE THE MONUMENT’S PEDESTAL SINCE THE STATUE’S CENTENNIAL RESTORATION IN 1980s.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Uxbridge doctor and her former employee were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with a federal drug conspiracy involving the amphetamine Adderall.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that three illegal aliens arrested in northwest Louisiana pleaded guilty and were sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to terms of imprisonment for re-entering the United States after having been removed.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two East Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Two Cuban nationals from Miami were indicted for using credit card skimmers to steal identities and make fake credit cards, which they used to make purchases at Sam’s Club stores in Mentor, Canton, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Falls, Oakwood Village and elsewhere.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Atrium Health Agrees to Settle Antitrust Lawsuit and Eliminate Anticompetitive Steering Restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alex Mercado, 39, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Believed To Be Largest Single Port Seizure Of Fentanyl Pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: The former National President of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Club (DDMC), Jeff Garvin Smith, aka “Fat Dog," 64, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan was sentenced Nov. 13, 2018, to life in prison by the Honorable Judge Robert H. Cleland in Detroit, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.