News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Douglas Wood, 38, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Arthur Raymond Prince, age 19, of Laurel Maryland, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting robbery involving controlled substances, and aiding and abetting the brandishing of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with the armed robberies of five pharmacies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Thursday, November 8, 2018, that BRAD MILLIGAN, age 39, of Metairie, has been sentenced to credit for time served and 2 years supervised release by the Honorable Nannette Jolivette Brown for manufacturing and distributing explosive materials without a license and possessing anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute. MILLIGAN did not possess a license to distribute either the explosives or anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Marvin Jeovanny Flores Escolero, age 37, and a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today to time served (30 days in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Felix Andres, 20, of Mexico, who was convicted of illegal reentry after deportation following conviction of an aggravated felony, and violation of supervised release, was sentenced to serve 14 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Chadwick Grubbs, who is currently in state custody on separate cases, pleaded guilty today to federal charges related to threatening letters he wrote on three separate dates in May to the Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Whitefish Bay. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - After deliberating for approximately five hours, a federal jury found Price Montgomery guilty of violating federal drug, firearms, witness tampering and money laundering laws and James Perrin guilty of violating federal drug and firearms laws. Montgomery’s conviction for killing a federal witness carries a mandatory life sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Thomas Lee Ruffin, 57, of Meridian, Mississippi, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for his participation in the interstate transportation and sale of stolen firearms. Ruffin pled guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and concealing a stolen firearm in July of 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Components for a specialized 60-ton-capacity crane were delivered to Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) earlier this month. The crane was delivered in three shipments due to its size. When fully assembled and installed, the overhead bridge crane will become the...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - EM Assistant Secretary Anne White joined EM early career professionals for lunch Nov. 8 at DOE headquarters. The 10 employees - who included Rosa Elmetti, Genia McKinley, Jomaries Rovira, Junita Turner, Bill Ostrum, Cyrus Nezhad, Ty Sanders, Emily Orler, Jean Pablo (JP) Pabón, and Lisa...
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Brice Todman, 36, of St. John, and Jose Alfredo Rondon Castro, 40, of the Dominican Republic, both pleaded guilty today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez. Todman pleaded guilty to bringing aliens into the United States and Castro pleaded guilty to illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - In the first criminal prosecution in Chicago involving the cryptocurrency trading industry, a federal judge has sentenced a trader to 15 months in prison for misappropriating $1.1 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: At time of robbery, defendant was on probation for prior bank robbery conviction and had been sentenced to prison 10 times.
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives tonight passed H.R. 6018, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2018, which improves coordination of U.S. programs in North and West Africa that fight terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raul Oropeza Lopez, 51, and Ana Maria Oropeza, 45, both of Delano, were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill. Raul Oropeza Lopez was ordered to serve three years and one month in prison and to pay $1,283,160 in restitution. Ana Maria Oropeza was sentenced to three years of probation, and ordered to serve eight months on house arrest. The defendants were also ordered to forfeit over $167,00 in seized cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: As Part of Sentence, Federal District Judge also Imposes Fine of $1 Million and Orders Forfeiture of over $200,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Christian Zerpa-Ruiz and Ragde Pinto-Coronado Stole From Bank and Credit Union ATMs By Infecting Them With Malicious Software That Forced the ATMs to Dispense Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who wore a skeleton mask while disrupting traffic was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
