News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL FLEISCHAUER, 32, of North Branford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Attorney’s Office, EDLA announced yesterday that DONALD MARCELIN, a/k/a “Snook," a/k/a “Black," a/k/a “Golfer," age 41, and LANCE STOVALL, a/k/a “Lele," a/k/a “Allen," age 28, both of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Defendants Made Millions by Artificially Inflating the Company’s Stock and Inducing Elderly Victims to Invest.
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 EPA Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the alarming statistics on youth e-cigarette usage released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the announcement on FDA’s new steps to address the youth e-cigarette crisis and proposal to ban menthol in combustible tobacco products...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced Jose Antonio Hendricks, 60, of Charlotte, to 198 months in prison on child pornography charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Dudgeon, 60, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 24 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. Dudgeon pled guilty to this charge on Sept. 11, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the alarming statistics on youth e-cigarette usage released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the announcement on FDA’s new steps to address the youth e-cigarette crisis and proposal to ban menthol in combustible tobacco products...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: A Mahoning County judge was indicted in federal court for stealing at least $100,000 from a former client, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Patrick Rashad Durham, aka “Pat Pat," 29, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for transporting an individual for the purposes of prostitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today called on his Democratic and Republican colleagues to join him in opposing H.R.6784, a bill by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.) that removes the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the lower 48 states. The bill, which has only three cosponsors, is expected to receive a House vote tomorrow morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert announced that a Federal jury handed down a guilty verdict against Michael Hendrickson 28, for possession of prison contraband on Wednesday, following a one-day trial. “Contraband cell phones in correctional facilities create a security...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Examining Funding Needs for Wildlife Conservation, Recovery, and Management." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore. along with Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Bob Casey, D-Pa., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., today introduced legislation designed to help more working families and middle-class Americans save for retirement. Wyden’s bill, the Encouraging Americans to Save Act, enhances retirement savings incentives and restores a retirement savings program eliminated by the Trump administration known as myRA.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled, “Examining Funding Needs for Wildlife Conservation, Recovery, and Management."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Todd Mehrhoff, 48, Waunakee, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud. Mehrhoff faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison. Chief District Judge James D. Peterson scheduled sentencing for March 5, 2019, at 11:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL WILLIAM MUZYKA, 49, of North Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale fencing operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: MACON - Isaac J. Culver, III was sentenced today for his involvement in a complex, multi-million dollar computer purchasing scheme defrauding taxpayers and the Bibb County School District, announced United States Attorney Charles E. Peeler. Following a nine day trial in July, Mr. Culver, age 48, of Lizella...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Anderson, South Carolina - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that brothers Soeuth Ath, 46, and Sean Ath, 54, both of Spartanburg, South Carolina, were among five men sentenced to federal prison for their roles in bi-coastal methamphetamine, marijuana, and money laundering conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Cocaine and Firearms Seized in Residences in Madera and Fresno.
