News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL D’ALESSIO pled guilty today to operating a years-long scheme to defraud investors in his luxury real estate development projects in Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester, and elsewhere, and to making false claims and concealing assets in connection with his bankruptcy case. D’ALESSIO pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hoboken, New Jersey, woman today admitted her role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Justin A. Sterling, 23, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Dana Nichols, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: The people of Michigan have voted to legalize - with certain restrictions - the possession, use, and distribution of marijuana under state law. However, marijuana continues to be an illegal drug under federal law. As the chief federal law enforcement officers in Michigan, we are providing this statement regarding the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in light of the passage of Proposal One.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Eugene Robert LeClear, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for wire fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
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 Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence and bolstering Alaska’s economy, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 254 tracts (approximately 2.85 million acres) in an oil and gas lease sale on Dec. 12, 2018. The sealed bid opening will be conducted via video livestream.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Eugene Robert LeClear, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for wire fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Dontrell Wise, 32, of Buffalo, NY, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl; and distribution of fentanyl causing death. As a result of Wise’s criminal history, the “death results" charge carries with it a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: A former West Palm Beach, Florida resident pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning" their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that GEORGE DOUMANIS and EMANUEL PANTELAKIS were sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 53 months and one year and one day in prison, respectively, for defrauding investors in Terminus Energy, Inc....
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Moroccan man yesterday on charges of assaulting federal law enforcement officers and failure to depart the United States.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement in response to President Trump’s latest steps to undermine women’s access to health care, including birth control.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Poplar couple who admitted assault charges for driving a vehicle into a group of pedestrians, seriously injuring one, in a drug debt dispute were sentenced to years in federal prison this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Steven Michael Lee McComas, age 21, of Anchorage, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve a combined sentence of 78 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. In July 2018, McComas pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, and conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Program topics and presenters have been announced for this year’s Perspectives Winter Speaker Series, offered free of charge on the second Tuesday of each month, November through April.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: The people of Michigan have voted to legalize - with certain restrictions - the possession, use, and distribution of marijuana under state law. However, marijuana continues to be an illegal drug under federal law. As the chief federal law enforcement officers in Michigan, we are providing this statement regarding the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in light of the passage of Proposal One.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that since the beginning of May 2018, federal law enforcement authorities and their task force partners have seized 158 pounds of heroin, 600 grams of oxycodone, and half a pound of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Ronald Crittenden, 66, of Cincinnati, was sentenced today to 342 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine. Crittenden was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release, to be served after completion of his prison term.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tom Krips Construction Inc. and Etherna Services Inc. after an employee suffered crushing injuries at a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, worksite.
