News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: MACON- A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 charging George Randolph Jeffery, age 58, of Monroe, Georgia. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Naum Morgovsky was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to illegally export components for the production of night-vision and thermal devices to Russia in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and related crimes. The announcement was made by United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, on November 8, 2018, sentenced Jose R. Hodge, age 38, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to 240 months in prison for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Three Akron residents were indicted on federal firearms charges after they were found to have nine firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 29-year-old Marcellus Antoine Burgin of Cypress, TX, and 27-year-old Rasul Kareem Scott of Marrero, LA, to 300 months and 210 months in federal prison, respectively, for carrying out fraud and racketeering schemes that involved the attempted capital murder of State District Court Judge Julie Kocurek in November of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Seven people from New York and West Virginia were indicted this month by a federal grand jury sitting in Clarksburg on drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The world’s largest scientific membership society recently designated the Savannah River Site (SRS) as one of the nation’s “National Historic Chemical Landmarks.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Seven people were indicted on federal firearms charges. Indicted are: Demond C. Smart, 29, of Akron; Eric S. Smith, 49, of Akron; Leighland Johnson, 33, of Youngstown; Russell Littlejohn, 31, of Cleveland; Howard Frost, 39, of Lorain; Edward Campbell III, 27, of Youngstown and Essence D. Williams, 23, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced CHRISTIAN LAVAR BURTON, 38 from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to 120 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - William Borges, 20, of Otis, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man entered a plea agreement today in federal court in Kansas that would send him to prison for 20 years or more, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Nancy Lopez Perez, 44, of Lemoore, pleaded guilty today to distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Shahime Ludvig, Jr., 20, of St. Thomas pleaded guilty today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Sentencing is set for March 14, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - If you’re a fan of fans, a new ventilation system at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) will blow you away.
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: Ocala, Florida - Richard Mel Phillips (36, Fruitland Park) has pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce. Phillips faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: An investigation by Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) and US Park Rangers has brought to justice a man who committed crimes against children. Joshua Faber, age 29, was recently sentenced in federal court to serve 42 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release for felony possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: The federal prosecution of a serial bank robber who briefly terrorized the St. Louis metropolitan area took an important step forward today. Dandre R. Brown, 30, of Godfrey, Illinois, pleaded guilty to a six-count federal indictment charging him with five counts of bank robbery and one count of transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines. The five charged robberies all took place in Madison County, Illinois, during a six-week span from November 2017 to January 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Nov. 13, 2018, after a five-day jury trial before the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, Senior U.S. District Judge, James Silas, 50, of the Chicago suburb of Dolton, Illinois, was convicted of conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Point Reyes Peninsula & Olema Valley Dairy Ranches Historic Districts Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
