News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that John Paul Willcox, a 37 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 18 months incarceration after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Charges Include Firearms Violations, Counterfeiting, And Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A felon who threatened to “blow up the house" pleaded guilty today to possession of a 12-inch pipe bomb, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, Christopher B. Pitts, 48 years old and a Georgia resident who was previously a practicing attorney in Montgomery, Alabama, received a 37-month sentence for devising a scheme to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution. United States District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Pitts after he pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced SAMUEL MONSERRATE-GARCIA, 55, of Midway Park, North Carolina and VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, 41, of Jacksonville, North Carolina for their roles in distributing methamphetamine in the Jacksonville area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ALBA LORENGIE FILOMENO-GOMEZ, 23, of New London, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for her role in a cocaine trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: The Cannon River Drug Task Force seized nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine from a home in Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: In Waco today, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 38-year-old Juan Francisco “Kiko" Trevino Chavez, nephew of Los Zetas leaders Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40) and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (Z-42), to two consecutive life imprisonment sentences plus 20 years in federal prison. In addition to the prison terms, Judge Moses ordered that Trevino pay a $2 Million fine and a $2 Million money judgment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Homestead National Monument of America Closed Thanksgiving Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney John H. Durham, Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Turner of the FBI’s New Haven Division, and Special Agent in Charge Kristina O’Connell of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England today announced that, on November 6, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned two indictments...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced that MIGUEL GAMEZ, age 32, of Fort Meyers, Florida, was sentenced today for conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride and for obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States Government filed a civil complaint against UBS AG and several of its United States affiliates (together, UBS), alleging that UBS defrauded investors throughout the United States and the world in connection with its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in 2006 and 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: INDICTMENT --- Robert Grafton, 52. On Nov. 7, a federal grand jury indicted Robert Grafton, of Dallas, on three counts of bank robbery. Over a two week period, he allegedly robbed three Capital One bank locations in Dallas, brandishing a weapon and demanding bank tellers hand over the currency in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Carlos Walker, 43, of Newton, Mississippi, was sentenced on November 6, 2018, for his participation in the possession with intent to distribute two kilograms of cocaine. Walker pled guilty to the charge in June of 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Each year, the Secretary's Awards provide an opportunity to recognize some of the outstanding DHS employees who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in service to our missions. It is a time for us to celebrate their accomplishments, and thank them for their service.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen and Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker released the following statement on the joint Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice asylum regulation: “Consistent with our immigration laws, the President has the broad authority to ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: "Today, I join the American people in mourning the lives of those lost in the horrific shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. I offer my deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and all those affected by this tragedy. I would also like to acknowledge the heroic sacrifice of Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Ron Helus, who was killed while engaging the suspect, and thank the law enforcement officers and first responders who were on the scene.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: More than 7 million customers will benefit from improved or new service WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing $1.6 billion in 46 rural electric utility infrastructure projects to improve electric reliability and resilience in 24 states.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2018 — In a ceremony recognizing all employees for their military service, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today formally offered a measure of closure to a group of Vietnam-era veterans still serving in the USDA ranks. The Secretary also observed the centennial of the armistice that ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918 with a wreath laying in memory of 69 USDA employees who perished during that conflict.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., November 8, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today praised proposed rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), which could help farmers advertise job openings to domestic workers as required under the H-2A visa program. The DOL rulemaking would require that ...
